[X4dow]

This guy I worked with yesterday said this:

"Cant understand all these panic fuel buyers, complete nonsense, I had to wake up at 4:30 just to go into a pump to fill my tank and these idiots were already there at 5 AM queueing up".

I just nodded...

 

[cah197]

Did you tell him you woke up to a full tank again this morning?

 

[Chrisb]

Thank you to all the idiots that are running the fuel stations dry thru their sheer selfishness.

Thanks for creating the problem where our works lorries cannot get Diesel to deliver the stuff they all want, thanks for creating the problem for transport companies you eff**g morons.

 

[Ukflyer]

Thank you to all the idiots that are running the fuel stations dry thru their sheer selfishness.

Thanks for creating the problem where our works lorries cannot get Diesel to deliver the stuff they all want, thanks for creating the problem for transport companies you eff**g morons.

 

[D4m0]

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We had a stack like that once at work 🙈 waaaay before any of this current stuff going on, they sent a “standard allocation” when we had a return of the office (so they completely gutted it, then sent new stationary allocation which includes tea/coffee/plates/mops/toilet rolls etc)… not sure who messed up, think someone tried to order 20 rolls and ordered 20 packs of 12 🤣

 

[metastable]

there’s plenty of alternatives…

 

[bigmadstu]

I fired up the old ICE astra yesterday to deliver son to his pals house. ( Wife had the corsa EV at work. ) I drove past 2 fuel stations and felt no need to "top up the tank". Is this odd behaviour?

 

[Swagman]

ICE drivers stopping everybody from getting about due to the unnecessary queueing.
Luckily, I just rode my bicycle sedately past them as they all sat there fuming at their own stupidity

 

[cah197]

ICE drivers stopping everybody from getting about due to the unnecessary queueing.
Luckily, I just rode my bicycle sedately past them as they all sat there fuming at their own stupidity

They won't understand and will just assume you are homeless, which is why you are riding a bike.

 

[Swagman]

Ah yes, the idea that if you are a car driver your status goes up in the eyes of other people.
It's a sad indictment of the society we've fashioned over the last few decades.

 

[cah197]

Ah yes, the idea that if you are a car driver your status goes up in the eyes of other people.
It's a sad indictment of the society we've fashioned over the last few decades.

Yeah, all the mummies at school wonder why I own a new Defender but make the kids cycle to work.

 

[Colin Mclean]

I can just imagine the chaos if fuel stations limited the purchase to £30 worth of petrol or diesel, no cans allowed and if you can’t get £30 worth into your tank, it still costs you £30.
Bring in the Army drivers they say, many of them have HGV licenses, but how many are HAZCHEM qualified to handle that type of load.

 

[First Draft]

Yeah, all the mummies at school wonder why I own a new Defender but make the kids cycle to work.

Child labour!

 

[cah197]

Child labour!

Too right. Kids these days need to understand what hard work is!

 

[First Draft]

Too right. Kids these days need to understand what hard work is!

I'm sure that nice Mr Rees-Mogg would be pleased to see that, given his Victorian facade overlaying a heart of ice.

 

[JeffG]

I'm sure that nice Mr Rees-Mogg would be pleased to see that, given his Victorian facade overlaying a heart of ice.

He has quite a nice Victorian façade, to be fair.

(Actually 1600 - Gournay Court)

 

[Blanik]

I can just imagine the chaos if fuel stations limited the purchase to £30 worth of petrol or diesel, no cans allowed and if you can’t get £30 worth into your tank, it still costs you £30.
Bring in the Army drivers they say, many of them have HGV licenses, but how many are HAZCHEM qualified to handle that type of load.

Interesting side effect of £30 minimum - drivers who would put in £10 or £20 fuel a week now need to put in
£30 so a sudden spike in demand?

 

[Swagman]

On a plus note, a major internet based retailer has asked if I can supply an additional 1000 cargobikes and riders to help them allieviate the pressures placed upon them as Christmas, a lack of drivers and a need to become more sustainable forces their hand. This is on top of the original 250 bikes we have already put on the road to help both this retailer and other businesses in the "last mile logistics" sector.

 

[cah197]

As an ex-Royal, I'm surprised you haven't offered your services to Bernard Matthews.

'Aye, I'll slot, gut and feather 1,000 turkeys an hour for ya!'

 

[b789pilot]

ICE drivers stopping everybody from getting about due to the unnecessary queueing.
Luckily, I just rode my bicycle sedately past them as they all sat there fuming at their own stupidity

The last few days, I have taken to riding my e-bike around the local Tesco car park. This car park is now permanently grid-locked thanks to the 'oh so happy looking... NOT' drivers queuing for the forecourt or shoppers just trying to get into and out of the car park. There is some kind of smug satisfaction to be absorbed knowing that I don't have to go in there for any other reason.

Now, if only I could bottle the energy that the idling cars are wasting and the pent up anger of the car occupants, I don't think I'd need to purchase energy to fuel my home for a year.