Do you remove your helmet at a petrol station?

phoenix0250

Like the title says: Do you take off your helmet at a petrol station when filling your tank and/or paying for the petrol?

rameire

Nope, never.

The only thing I take off are my gloves.

JohnnyCrash

Always do. Dont think id fancy being a checkout person seeing someone in a helmet approaching and reaching into their pocket:eek:

Cuddlesworth

I'll take it off when entering the premises. Any premises, not just a petrol station. But no, not at the pumps. And if they won't turn the pump on, I won't use their station.

mikemac

If it's just for fuel, then no as I am in and out and all I'll be saying is the pump number. I've never had the pumps locked on me

But if I'm picking up extra stuff like a paper or a coke or browsing the shelves then yes I would

paulieeye

only station i go to these days is tescos in dundrum. Pay at the pump..dont even have to get off the bike :cool:

CrazyRabbit

This was about 4 years ago....

I got petrol and went to pay, but the security guard refused to allow me in until I remove my lid. I refused to take my lid off as I don't like being treated like a criminal & he was so aggressive about it.

Using my phone, I recorded the fact that he wouldn't allow me to get to the till and that he refused to take payment. Then I drove off, stopped by the Garda station nearby and showed them the footage & gave my name/address.

I'm not normally such a complete $%^$, but the security guard was extremely rough and insulting right from the very start.

I've not had problems elsewhere, but I was politely asked to remove my lid once and I was happy to do so.

seanybiker

If Im entering the place to pay then yes I do remove me helmet. I'd feel like an awful donkey standing in a queue with me lid on.

Please Kill Me

No, I don't. I only take off my gloves. Like already said, if I'm going into the shop/garage to get other things, I'll take my lid off. Other than that - it stays on. I've only ever had one issue, it was in an Esso in Swords. I was at the til, handing the guy a €20 note. He asked me to take off my helmet. I told him I was just paying for the petrol, but he insisted on me taking off my lid. I threw the money at him across the counter and told him to f**k himself. He told me I was barred, but I replied - "if I come in the car next time and don't have a helmet on, how will you recognise me ya donkey?!" He didn't know what to say.

FruitLover

Please Kill Me wrote: »

I was at the til, handing the guy a €20 note. He asked me to take off my helmet. I told him I was just paying for the petrol, but he insisted on me taking off my lid. I threw the money at him across the counter and told him to f**k himself

What kind of ignorant savage are you, throwing money and swearing at people? It's not the guy behind the till that makes the rules, it's the manager. Take your frustration out on the person responsible, not some random guy trying to make it on minimum wage.

unclebill98

Yes. Worked in shops and I do it out of courtesy to the people that work there.

Apart from the security end of things I'd view it the same as being on the phone while being served, kind of rude.

However, if it's late at night and I'm getting served through a hatch I might leave it on.

bogman

Dammed if im taking off my helmet while paying for petrol, its the thugs driving off without paying that should be targeted, not the rest of us

nightster1

phoenix0250 wrote: »

Like the title says: Do you take off your helmet at a petrol station when filling your tank and/or paying for the petrol?

I wear an open face, and generally leave it on, but remove the sunglasses

BrokenArrows

Ya, dont like walking around inside with a helmet on.

I even always take it off before going inside my own house.

KamiKazi

Never, and they can go fvck themselves if they don't like it.

AgileMyth

Always. Not because I feel I should, I just don't like wearing the lid when I'm not on the bike. I always take it off as soon as I step off. My filler cap is behind me on the bike so I can't fill up without stepping off.

On a side not I work in a petrol station and we've never asked anyone to take off their helmet but I know one or two of the staff are slightly nervous seeing people come in wearing helmets.

Please Kill Me

FruitLover wrote: »

What kind of ignorant savage are you, throwing money and swearing at people? It's not the guy behind the till that makes the rules, it's the manager. Take your frustration out on the person responsible, not some random guy trying to make it on minimum wage.

It WAS the manager!! :P If it was just one of the general staff, I wouldn't have given him the earful I did.

What kind of savage am I?? The kind who doesn't take sh1t from anybody!!

MrJoeSoap

I only wear the helmet if I'm robbing the place or if I have a coldsore.

The rest of the time I take it off.

jameshayes

na, i wear glasses so it's a pain in the whole taking lid off and putting it back on again when all i'm doing is paying for a few quid petrol -

And as above, if they dont turn the pump on I just drive off

wellboytoo

Funny I was reading a thread this morning about aggressive bikers by an OP I never agree with, a lot of contributors to this thread sure fulfil the stereo type, it is good manners to take your lid off when paying, and not doing so is pig ignorant.

bladespin

Sure, if it was my station I'd want to see who was at the pump so I don't see the problem, the helmet's not surgically attached like.

I wear glasses too, james that must be some set of whopper lenses if it's that big a deal to put them back on.

jameshayes

ya wouldn't ask a Muslim to remove a Burka - one is about religion but both are about free will

bladespin

jameshayes wrote: »

ya wouldn't ask a Muslim to remove a Burka - one is about religion but both are about free will

You're not seriously comparing a helmet to a burka

Dorsanty

I generally take it off, though if I'm feeling lazy and at a station that doesn't have a sign to take it off when in the shop I might keep it on. One reason for being lazy is that I can have my neck sock tucked into my lid and I've no intention of having to do that too many times in one day.

Like some others I will drive away from places that refuse to start the pump when the lid is on. Though I have found that lifting the dark visor if it's on and taking off the gloves helps with their cooperation. I'm pretty sure they just want to get a good shot of you on a camera.

One station refused until I took my lid off and I was too short of petrol to argue, turns out they wouldn't have insisted if the bike was facing the other way as then their camera would have caught my reg.

sleepysniper

wellboytoo wrote: »

Funny I was reading a thread this morning about aggressive bikers by an OP I never agree with, a lot of contributors to this thread sure fulfil the stereo type, it is good manners to take your lid off when paying, and not doing so is pig ignorant.

Any link to said thread? Might make for some interesting reading.:D

BTW I always take the lid off before going into the shop to pay for the petrol.

wellboytoo

sleepysniper wrote: »

Any link to said thread? Might make for some interesting reading.:D

BTW I always take the lid off before going into the shop to pay for the petrol.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056431699

be prepared to be peed off he always gets me going, but the mod thought so too

seanybiker

wellboytoo wrote: »

http://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056431699

be prepared to be peed off he always gets me going, but the mod thought so too

Hahaha he's some chap for winding people up alright.

onemorechance

http://www.evilchili.com/videos/30787/Hilarious_Ski_Mask_Prank

wellboytoo

seanybiker wrote: »

Hahaha he's some chap for winding people up alright.

A Real Keyboard warrior all right

seanybiker

wellboytoo wrote: »

A Real Keyboard warrior all right

I don't think hes a keyboard warrior, more a mad yoke. Ibget a laugh off him.

chasm

mikemac wrote: »

If it's just for fuel, then no as I am in and out and all I'll be saying is the pump number. I've never had the pumps locked on me

But if I'm picking up extra stuff like a paper or a coke or browsing the shelves then yes I would

what he said

daenerysstormborn3

I don't take my helmet off. I don't see the problem with leaving it on. I don't see how it's ignorant to leave it on. If I'm going into the shop to purchase something with my petrol I'll take it off because I don't want to walk around a shop with my helmet on, plus I wouldn't like to make the staff nervous seeing a person with a helmet walk around the whole shop. If you're just dropping a €20 on the counter I don't see the problem.

That thread about "aggressive" bikers was someone whinging because someone on a bike overtook him, the typical jealous car driver.

How is it aggressive to refuse to remove your helmet?

If they refuse to unlock the pumps for me because I'm trying to fill up with my lid on then I go to the next station but in fairness I always use the same two petrol stations, one down the road from the house and one down the road from work so in both places they know me and never had any bother.

hondavfr

I take mine off out of habit now.

rameire

i dont think it is agressive, as i said i dont take it off.
its so much hassel to take it off and put it back on.
my head is nice and snug in the helmet and i like to keep it that way,
and I have never been challenged on it.
although i do use the same two stations, Esso at kill on the N7 and King oil athy, and I have been using them for the last 5 years, so maybe they are used to me now.
if I get cash out or get the lotto with my petrol, i dont take my helmet off either.

if i was ever to be challenged, i would flip the lid, or even take it off, but i have never had to.

P.C.

jameshayes wrote: »

ya wouldn't ask a Muslim to remove a Burka - one is about religion but both are about free will

Actually, I have.

Did not go down to well, but it was hidding her features, and I insisted she take it off, or leave - she left.


I might not take off my helmet when filling, but it is the polite thing to do when going into the shop to pay.

As another poster said - it is like having a conversation with somone on the phone.

seanybiker

P.C. wrote: »

Actually, I have.

Did not go down to well, but it was hidding her features, and I insisted she take it off, or leave - she left.


I might not take off my helmet when filling, but it is the polite thing to do when going into the shop to pay.

As another poster said - it is like having a conversation with somone on the phone.

Ha Ha Ha I would have loving to see her face when you said that. Literally.

Alkers

I take my helmet off all the time when going into the station but leave it on when at the pump. The point about the burka is a good one in fairness.

MrJoeSoap

P.C. wrote: »

Actually, I have.

Did not go down to well, but it was hidding her features, and I insisted she take it off, or leave - she left.


I might not take off my helmet when filling, but it is the polite thing to do when going into the shop to pay.

As another poster said - it is like having a conversation with somone on the phone.

To be honest mate, I think I know the place where you work or worked. The rate that place has been robbed over the years I'd be asking everyone to pose for a photo at the door.

Cuddlesworth

Its not acceptable to go into a shop or an place with large volumes of cash when everything but your eyes is obscured. Fine if its your local and they are used to you. Not ok in pretty much every other circumstance.

And being annoyed at having to remove it when entering a petrol station? My local in a good area was robbed six times in a month. And bike helmets were used among other things.

onemorechance

pixiebean22 wrote: »

I don't take my helmet off. I don't see the problem with leaving it on. I don't see how it's ignorant to leave it on. If I'm going into the shop to purchase something with my petrol I'll take it off because I don't want to walk around a shop with my helmet on, plus I wouldn't like to make the staff nervous seeing a person with a helmet walk around the whole shop. If you're just dropping a €20 on the counter I don't see the problem.

It's more likely that an (armed) robber will go straight to the cash register than wander around checking out the price of milk first. I'm sure some might wait around for customers to leave, but I'd expect in and out asap is the norm!

Would you not think that someone coming in with their head and face covered, making a beeline for the cash register will make the assistant more nervous than the same going over to the deli counter or to check out the shelves?

Green_Martian

Don't take mine off, only had an issue once before with one garage and don't go back there now at all.

Don't see the problem with it, i usually only take off my gloves so i can get the money out which i always try and have ready before going into shop so they don't have heart failure with me putting my hand in my pocket at the counter:D

Interceptor

Don't take mine off buying fuel - its too much hassle with neck warmers and earplugs. I can't hear what they are saying so I just fill to €20 and have the money ready when I walk in. I used leave the lid on when I was shopping in Tesco - they didn't like that.

'cptr

daenerysstormborn3

onemorechance wrote: »

It's more likely that an (armed) robber will go straight to the cash register than wander around checking out the price of milk first. I'm sure some might wait around for customers to leave, but I'd expect in and out asap is the norm!

Would you not think that someone coming in with their head and face covered, making a beeline for the cash register will make the assistant more nervous than the same going over to the deli counter or to check out the shelves?

No.

jimgoose

Lid on, mickey out. Now I'm here to kill you, Little Bill. :cool:

reece

i generally burst through the door all credit cards blazin'. Lid stays on. i make 1 exception, that texaco station on the n4 near lucan .female staff are hotties :-) and hoping some day one will ask me out, although with my ugly mug, maybe i should leave it on

Paparazzo

I wear a flip up, so just leave it open. When I had a closed face I never took it off. Never had any problems

weeder

leave it on, but its a local station and everyone knows me well enough

Hotblack Desiato

At the Statoil (now Topaz) near Newlands Cross a good few years ago, in broad daylight, I was asked to pre-pay before they'd even turn the pump on. I told them this was not acceptable, and have never been back with bike or car. I live not far away, plenty of alternative places that won't treat me like a POS though, so their loss.

KamiKazi

P.C. wrote: »

Actually, I have.

Did not go down to well, but it was hidding her features, and I insisted she take it off, or leave - she left.

LMFAO, why do I have no problem believing you actually did this? :pac:


But comparing a helmet to a burka, why not? For the purposes of this thread they do the same thing, cover your face - which is the problem right?

Until petrol stations change their 'Remove all helmets' signs for 'Remove all headwear' signs they can go and sh1te.

KTRIC

KamiKazi wrote: »

Until petrol stations change their 'Remove all helmets' signs for 'Remove all headwear' signs they can go and sh1te.

Quite right

Flyin Irishman

I wear a flip up lid, so I usually flip up the chin bar before I pump the petrol, then when I go in to pay if there is a sign on the door saying helmets must be removed, I'll take it off. If not I usually just leave it flipped up.