drove off without paying

buckfasterer

ok im brickin it here........got petrol earlier on this eve, went into the shop to pay......bought a bottle of lucozade and forgot to pay for the petrol.......how long will i have before they ring the guards, if they havent already?

Dave!

Dunno, but just go back and pay now and I'm sure all will be well... Probably a common mistake.

Rb

Go back, explain what happened, apologise and pay.

DEmeant0r

Maybe if your guilt is eating you, you should just go back and pay now?

leninbenjamin

why not go back and pay in the morning? problem solved...

Ruu_Old

I'd skip the country if I was you, pronto!

Just go back and pay.

javaboy

buckfasterer wrote: »

ok im brickin it here........got petrol earlier on this eve, went into the shop to pay......bought a bottle of lucozade and forgot to pay for the petrol.......how long will i have before they ring the guards, if they havent already?

If you're serious about this and the garage is not an all nighter I would ring the local Garda station and tell them what happened and that you intend to pay in the morning. Ask them to write it down. Then if you do get a call you have someone reliable to back you up on it being an honest mistake.




Did this really happen btw?

mthd

i did this a few weeks ago, just call the shop tomorrow and give them your reg, they'll call you if anything turns up on the cameras. When i did this they never called back so free petrol!

admiralofthefleet

Rb wrote: »

Go back, explain what happened, apologise and pay.

+1, just explain the situation

buckfasterer

garage isnt 24 hrs. and yes it did actually happen.

Holsten

Yeah just go back and tell them the story. They shouldn't really mind since you're not actually a scummer who would knowingly nick petrol.

I'm sure this happens to a few people.

javaboy

buckfasterer wrote: »

garage isnt 24 hrs. and yes it did actually happen.

Right so I'd give the local Gardai a shout before the petrol station does if you're really worried. They probably don't report these things until the following day but you never know.

buckfasterer

cheers folks. am def not a scum bag and things like this will eat away at me.....no sleep for me 2nite anyway!

ejmaztec

A cousin of mine worked at a filling station and was told that, if anyone took off without paying, the cashier had to make good the shortfall out of their wages. Nice:(

Kold

Go back for some more petrol. Then Mexico.

javaboy

ejmaztec wrote: »

A cousin of mine worked at a filling station and was told that, if anyone took off without paying, the cashier had to make good the shortfall out of their wages. Nice:(

What filling station was this? Ebeneezer Scrooge's Goodtime Petroleum Emporium?

Dudess

Relax
If you had just filled your tank then driven off, well that wouldn't look good. But the fact that you actually went into the petrol station and paid them money is gonna indicate you just forgot. It probably can't even be detected on their CCTV footage. And I nearly always get billed for my petrol before even saying I got petrol/how much I put in - it's kinda surprising you didn't.

As someone said, it's no doubt a regular occurrence. When they discovered their till was down tonight it was probably a case of "aw sh1t, someone forgot to pay for petrol... AGAIN!"

It happened to me too - I just went back and the girl was lovely about it, not shocked or disgusted at all!

ejmaztec

javaboy wrote: »

What filling station was this? Ebeneezer Scrooge's Goodtime Petroleum Emporium?

Never get a job at one of the filling stations on the Killarney Road in Tralee.;)

javaboy

ejmaztec wrote: »

Never get a job at a filling station on the Killarney Road in Tralee.;)

Noted. Thanks.

Rb

ejmaztec wrote: »

A cousin of mine worked at a filling station and was told that, if anyone took off without paying, the cashier had to make good the shortfall out of their wages. Nice:(

As far as I know, that's not the usual case for gas station employees.

jhegarty

ejmaztec wrote: »

A cousin of mine worked at a filling station and was told that, if anyone took off without paying, the cashier had to make good the shortfall out of their wages. Nice:(

Well thats illegal anyway...

meathstevie

jhegarty wrote: »

Well thats illegal anyway...

Correct : the only deductions an employer can make without your explicit agreement are PAYE and PRSI contributions. All other deductions need formal agreement and a catch all phrase in a contract is not going to do the trick. Imagine Tesco's or Dunne's staff having to cough up for stuff that's being taken by shoplifters.

As for the forgetfull drive off : don't worry and go in tomorrow to pay. The only reaction you're likely to get is : "Thank you. Don't worry this happens all the time."

AlmightyCushion

Rb wrote: »

Go back, explain what happened, apologise and pay.

Better bring a gun so that if they don't believe you, you can shoot your way out.

Jigsaw

Happened me last week actually. No issue. Just go back explain your mistake and pay for the fuel. Simple as.

monkeyfudge

ejmaztec wrote: »

A cousin of mine worked at a filling station and was told that, if anyone took off without paying, the cashier had to make good the shortfall out of their wages. Nice:(

What were they supposed to do? Leave the petrol station unattended as they desperately run down the road after the car?

Steve

Go back NOW and pay for it - at the rate petrol is going up, you won't be able to afford it tomorrow.:pac:

Dave!

I changed my mind; set fire to the station and you'll be fine.

mikemac

ejmaztec wrote: »

A cousin of mine worked at a filling station and was told that, if anyone took off without paying, the cashier had to make good the shortfall out of their wages. Nice:(

Illegal
Payment of Wages Act 1991

Jesus Wept

200 hours community service, and a public flogging ftw.

Xavi6

Dudess wrote: »

Relax
If you had just filled your tank then driven off, well that wouldn't look good. But the fact that you actually went into the petrol station and paid them money is gonna indicate you just forgot.

Not necessarily. Could be a tactic to avoid suspicion. Just like the lad who pays for a cd but has 5 others under his jacket. It'd be more dodgy to pull up to a petrol station, be there for five minutes then drive off. At least by buying a drink the employee can just presume you were just thirsty after training.

Heisenberg.

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Sherifu

Nuns eh, they must have given up on the aul saddle-less bikes.

padi89

Your grand OP just pay today, no problem it happens a fair bit.

Dudess

Sherifu wrote: »

Nuns eh, they must have given up on the aul saddle-less bikes.

Behind the stage in the gym of my nun-run school we actually did find a saddle-less old fashioned exercise bike dealie.

Sherifu

Dudess wrote: »

Behind the stage in the gym of my nun-run school we actually did find a saddle-less old fashioned exercise bike dealie.

Fair play to them. Girls just wanna have fun.

EamonnKeane

tell them it was a protest against Western fascist repression of the Middle East

Dudess

A couple of posters have been advising the OP to effectively steal the petrol. Please do not advocate theft or criminal behaviour of any kind.

kodute

The number one mistake criminals make is returning to the scene of the crime. :pac:

stovelid

I worked in a station when I was in college. Got scammed for petrol on a few occasions.

NEVER had to pay it out of my wages.

My place did have cameras trained on the pumps, but was never sure if they were actually recording.

bookiebasher

A few months ago i pulled into a station with my daughter and got €20 petrol and a €6 car wash...Had no cash so paid with my card...The girl gave me back a receipt with the code for the car wash at the bottom...Drove around the back and was 3rd in line for the wash so i was there for a good 20 mins...

At 9pm that nite the guards landed in my MOTHERS house looking for me ( i moved out 20 years ago) as they claimed i drove out without paying for the petrol...I went Fooking mad......

The manager of the shop rang me 2 days later squirming that the girl had not taken for the petrol and having viewed the cameras agreed that i would not have been on their premises 20 mins after getting petrol if i intended not to pay...

Moral of the story is check your receipts after purchasing items as i never did before this but always do now..

kmart6

See now it's people like you that are pushing up the price of fuel!;)

Dudess

I'd say the guards would be quite annoyed if they were phoned every time this happened. And I seriously doubt they'd be all strict and cold on your ass if you ended up being questioned by them. They'd probably have a bit of a chuckle about it. On a scale of 0 to 10 in terms of seriousness for them, I'd say it would sit somewhere around... 0.1.

Caoimhín

Dudess wrote: »

Behind the stage in the gym of my nun-run school we actually did find a saddle-less old fashioned exercise bike dealie.

Im excited.

kmart6

Ya never know,they might send a S.W.A.T. team in after the OP!

baby_blu

this thread is cracking me up, a discussin about not paying for petrol turns into a discussion about nuns on exercise bikes

Classic:pac:

Kintarō Hattori

So c'mon OP, did you go back? What was said to you?

elmolesto

Kold wrote: »

Go back for some more petrol. Then Mexico.

lol

2-ShortDa5foot5

Weird, exactly the same thing happened to me a few mths back.

I realised when I got home, and luckily, the garage was 24 hr. I called in and explained the story to the guy. He said they keep a list of people who drive off and it's sent to the local Gardai in the morning. I paid him anyway and he explained that he would take my name off the list and explain to the manager in the morning.

Also if there was any accusations I knew I would be on camera going back to pay. Haven't heard anything since so think it sorted itself out!

thalia_13

I know people have said that the petrol stations cant take the money off employees if someone skips without paying, but its true. A certain large garage on a major road heading west does this.
They have pump attendants and my sisters friend who worked there, asked me and all my family that if we were to use that garage to please use attendants and pay them at the pump after they fill your car!

This was to counteract the amount of people who never paid, and would drive off. The losses were deducted from the staff wages. To ensure that petrol was paid for she recommended we hand the money to the attendant after he fills the car, as its all on camera.

This garage is renowned in the area for blatant disregard of employee rights, r.e. longer hours for those under 18 than legal, no breaks, and of course making staff pay for fuel 'stolen' by customers who forgot to pay. and whats worse the pay is already diabolical. My sisters friend is not wealthy and was working 2 jobs to pay though college. The amount of times she had wages deducted because someone drove off without paying was horrendous.

Back on topic, I do know that when my brother worked in a garage, a few people forgot to pay, but came back and the manager laughed at them, told them they were fierce honest! I guess some smaller garages just have a certain amount they write off every week to losses....

vibe666

Dudess wrote: »

A couple of posters have been advising the OP to effectively steal the petrol. Please do not advocate theft or criminal behaviour of any kind.

ah c'mon, hardly serious comments and I don't see how anyone could have taken them as such.

noticed you didn't chastise the guy who suggested doing it again and making a run for mexico. :rolleyes: bring back the old emoticon!!!

anyway, back on-topic, I had to stop at a garage in Ratoath the other morning for fear of running out of juice and was standing there for ages waiting for her to push the little button to turn on the pump.

the whole time I was there I stood staring straight at a sign saying I had to pre-pay for my fuel before they'd turn on the pump.

i think I'd even read it a little bit in my half asleep early morning daze without actually taking it in before I realised.

first time I've even seen anything like that, so I don't think it registered in my brain the first few minutes till I wasn't getting anywhere.

As for the garage docking peoples pay, why doesn't someone grass on the owner?

Spud83

thalia_13 wrote: »

I know people have said that the petrol stations cant take the money off employees if someone skips without paying, but its true.

Nobody said the can't, they said they legally can't. If the employees reported this then they would be in trouble, the same with any other laws they are breaking. The problem is the employes just go along with it in fear of losing there job.