Forecourt ignorance

fonecrusher1

Stopped in at the local topaz yesterday to top up. Place was busy so i pulled in behind an empty ford mondeo to wait. Obviously the driver had just filled up & gone into pay. No problem.
2 minutes pass, 3 minutes a guy stops behind me with the same idea, so now theres 2 people waiting for this idiot, 5 minutes pass & im angry so i get out & head in to the shop to see this fool having a great laugh with one of the checkout staff. He looks at me (knows fine well what im piss off about) am i blocking ya, i'l just move ???.... I say yeah? if you don't mind theres a que waiting for you.

WTF is wrong with some people? Was i unreasonable?

The height of downright stupidity. This mug thought he could just leave his car blocking one of the 4 petrol pumps & sure who cares if its an inconvenience to others.

Get your petrol, pay for it & move on or at least move the car to a more considerate location.

GTE

I see it everyday at work.

Idiots park at a pump and then go into the shop spending about 30 minutes was the most. No fuel was bought. It was a quiet day so didnt need to tell him but every day I am at work there is an idiot or two.

And then those skanger mobiles that are left on. You know the ones that cant idle properly. They get a fiver and then spend ages in the shop blocking people. . . . :mad:

-Corkie-

You should have told him you would post about his behaviour on boards for all to see..;)

fonecrusher1

bbk wrote: »

I see it everyday at work.

Idiots park at a pump and then go into the shop spending about 30 minutes was the most. No fuel was bought. It was a quiet day so didnt need to tell him but every day I am at work there is an idiot or two.

And then those skanger mobiles that are left on. You know the ones that cant idle properly. They get a fiver and then spend ages in the shop blocking people. . . . :mad:

Well if its quiet i have no problem but when its busy its just stupidity.

fonecrusher1

-Corkie- wrote: »

You should have told him you would post about his behaviour on boards for all to see..;)

Absolutely begging for thanks.^

hurleronditch

I dont mind how long people spend in the once a) they have bought petrol, and b) they dont take the piss. Now if the shop was quiet enough that the attendant had time for banter i wouldnt hang the lad out to dry. We've all dilly dally'ed, bout a sandwich, met a mate and had a quick chat etc etc etc

What gets my goat, is when people use the pumps as parking spaces if they are not getting petrol, i saw it last week on the naas road. I mean what the **** like, theres about 20 spaces around the corner and a fcuking mcdonalds car park 20 yards away.

TequilaMockingBird

I was in a busy garage the other day, so I filled up and moved off a few meters (where I would still be covered by CCTV), then went in to pay.

Was I right to do that?

fonecrusher1

TequilaMockingBird wrote: »

I was in a busy garage the other day, so I filled up and moved off a few meters (where I would still be covered by CCTV), then went in to pay.

Was I right to do that?

Yes, thats called being considerate of others.

BrianD3

Yes, thats called being considerate of others.

In several filling stations that I use, there are signs up all over the place telling people not to move their cars till they've paid.

I used to be opposed to the idea of mini supermarkets at filling stations, There's no doubt that people shopping hold up drivers who just want fuel. However I bet if you asked many station owners they'd say that the shop is much more important source of revenue than the pumps.

And often there is no place for "shoppers" to park except blocking a pump. If it wasn't for the shop/shoppers maybe there wouldn't be a filling station at all or one for the the next 20+ miles. Or else maybe the fuel would be way dearer.

cats.life

am i missing some thing here ,did you say there was 4 pumps? if it was me i would have left and gone to find another place to fill up, or were you in the county where petrol stations are rare;)..it happend to me once , never again.

Berty

I think you're lucky he was actually getting fuel.

Some people just park at the pumps with no intention of getting fuel.

I have seen people parking, shopping, heading back to their car and eating their lunch oblivious to people trying to get to the pump.

Where I live the aul ones just abandon their cars at the pumps.

At 8:05am every single morning a guy in a 04 Golf parks at pump 2, goes in a gets a coffee, two sugars, pays and leaves.

People who park nowhere near the pump thereby blocking all 4 pumps. Assholes.

fonecrusher1

cats.life wrote: »

am i missing some thing here ,did you say there was 4 pumps? if it was me i would have left and gone to find another place to fill up, or were you in the county where petrol stations are rare;)..it happend to me once , never again.

Its was fierce busy. A car pulled up behind me to wait for the petrol pump hog to leave so i could fill up, then move off & so then he could eventually fill up.

I couldn't reverse because there was someone behind me. Hence my anger.

By the way the idiot that was blocking me was not in getting shopping, he was having a great chat with the checkout guy. Chat away, have a disco, just don't leave your car stopped in front of a petrol pump when its mad busy. Its common sense.

P.C.

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Stopped in at the local topaz yesterday to top up. Place was busy so i pulled in behind an empty ford mondeo to wait.

Did that Mondeo have an extra arial?

fonecrusher1

P.C. wrote: »

Did that Mondeo have an extra arial?

Nope, it was an old banger.:D

P.C.

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Nope, it was an old banger.:D

Well - there goes my theory.

Owen

I'd love a little visa machine at each pump, so you could just swipe your laser, or enter your pin and be done with it. Yes I know forecourts want to sell chocolate, newspapers and deli bits to make profit, but sometimes having the machine there would be beneficial for everyone.

djimi

PaintDoctor wrote: »

I'd love a little visa machine at each pump, so you could just swipe your laser, or enter your pin and be done with it. Yes I know forecourts want to sell chocolate, newspapers and deli bits to make profit, but sometimes having the machine there would be beneficial for everyone.

I remember reading a while back that pretty much the only profit they make is from the shop, hence the reason why they wont put self service pumps. It would be really handy if they did exist, but the reality is if noone used the shop then by the sounds of it the station wouldnt exist!

Gumbo

PaintDoctor wrote: »

I'd love a little visa machine at each pump, so you could just swipe your laser, or enter your pin and be done with it. Yes I know forecourts want to sell chocolate, newspapers and deli bits to make profit, but sometimes having the machine there would be beneficial for everyone.

djimi wrote: »

I remember reading a while back that pretty much the only profit they make is from the shop, hence the reason why they wont put self service pumps. It would be really handy if they did exist, but the reality is if noone used the shop then by the sounds of it the station wouldnt exist!

on the airport road theres a self service station, well its just a big yard with a few pumps and you swipe your card and fill up and away you go!

fonecrusher1

PaintDoctor wrote: »

I'd love a little visa machine at each pump, so you could just swipe your laser, or enter your pin and be done with it. Yes I know forecourts want to sell chocolate, newspapers and deli bits to make profit, but sometimes having the machine there would be beneficial for everyone.

Yup absolutely. Would make things so much quicker but as you said they want people to go into the shop & buy groceries & stuff.

Pity. Petrol in, swipe card & your off.:(

Instead of; petrol in, read the papers in the shop, inspect deli counter, meticulously investigate chocolate bar display, 10 minute chat with checkout staff....:pac:

Owen

I'd even love if you could prepay say 30 euro, and then have the handle automatically cut off at 30, rather than getting to 29.70 and edging up to the 30 bit by bit.

franksm

Tesco Maynooth had self-serve pumps when they first opened - wonder why they removed them ? They don't sell 'treats' at the cashier's desk. Could be security-related ?

Anyway, it worked great - even let you swipe your clubcard at the same time. Well handy.

Berty

There is a station in Limerick(Texaco Raheen) which has one pump out of 4 that is self service.

He used to park a banger there permanently because he used to get many driver offs and had no security cameras at that corner.

Sooooooooooooooo,

it used to get many people queueing up behind said banger but obviously it had no driver. They would get mighty pissed off when the staff told them. :mad:

Now its self service and I have NEVER seen anybody use it.

GTE

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Well if its quiet i have no problem but when its busy its just stupidity.

I think the problem stems from them doing it when it is quiet then they think, ahh sure Ill do it all the time.

That and Im not a fan of it anytime because it can go from quiet to busy in a very short space of time.

Ruddy hell the more I think about it I wonder how they missed the 15 car parking spaces beside the shop :S