The idiocy (and selfishness) of panic buying

[Blue Mist]

I filled up in Asda Ashton on Friday. No queues, no limits. I put £48 worth in, then did my shopping as usual. Should keep me going in October/November. I did notice that it had gone up 2p/litre since I last filled up there - now £1.32.7. A woman opposite me put in a fiver's worth!

And your last line is what this thread was meant to be about, not Brexit. Stupid people. She presumably saw no queue and decided to 'top up'. but that gas a huge knock on effect. What a selfish stupid person.

 

[crazyg]

And your last line is what this thread was meant to be about, not Brexit. Stupid people. She presumably saw no queue and decided to 'top up'. but that gas a huge knock on effect. What a selfish stupid person.

Exactly. She came in after me, left before me, and drove straight out of the store to be on her busy little way.
Moron.

 

[meltonblue]

And your last line is what this thread was meant to be about, not Brexit. Stupid people. She presumably saw no queue and decided to 'top up'. but that gas a huge knock on effect. What a selfish stupid person.

My local garage put a £40 maximum limit on the other day. I did say to them I thought they should have done a £20 minimum limit too or instead. Be interested to see the difference in the queueing if they had.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

It is my understanding that it is mainly automated these days with little chance much could go wrong (unless they fall asleep)
Perhaps I should have said tube drivers, apparently those things are as good as automated and only a very good union stop it happening.
Compared to other industries 70 k seems a lot.

Commercial aircraft are automated to a large degree too. Which is fine under normal circumstances, until something goes wrong and needs the input of a highly trained human with complex specialist skills.

At which point their “overpaid” salary looks like a bargain doesn’t it.

Same thing with train drivers.

 

[Coatigan]

And your last line is what this thread was meant to be about, not Brexit. Stupid people. She presumably saw no queue and decided to 'top up'. but that gas a huge knock on effect. What a selfish stupid person.

Or maybe that is all she could afford before pay day but still needed to get to work to do her last shift of the month. Glass houses. If there was no queue, hardly a big contribution to the panic.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

I'm going to panic buy half a tank of diesel on Friday or maybe next week depending on how many miles I do this week. Is it possible to find out which garages have both petrol and diesel before joining the queue?

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

And your last line is what this thread was meant to be about, not Brexit. Stupid people. She presumably saw no queue and decided to 'top up'. but that gas a huge knock on effect. What a selfish stupid person.

How do you know she didn't also call in for a new UK sticker for her car?

:)

 

[Blue Mist]

How do you know she didn't also call in for a new UK sticker for her car?

:)

You say that jokingly but that us a disgrace. As far as I understand it that is nothing to do with the e.u. demanding it just that we have decided we don't want GB stickers number plates we want UK. Unneeded expense. That one baffles me

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

You say that jokingly but that us a disgrace. As far as I understand it that is nothing to do with the e.u. demanding it just that we have decided we don't want GB stickers number plates we want UK. Unneeded expense. That one baffles me

Not directly but a knock-on effect of leaving probably.

We didn't really care about Northern Ireland as much as some politicians have tried to claim they do since, hence you get silly measures like this.

New rules for driving in the EU explained and why GB number-plate stickers have been replaced

The change from the traditional GB identifiers to the new UK one is designed to be more inclusive of Northern Ireland

www.google.com

 

[crazyg]

How do you know she didn't also call in for a new UK sticker for her car?

:)

Because it sells petrol/diesel only, and you pay for it at the pump via credit/debit cards. As I said earlier, she drove in, put £5 worth of fuel in, and drove back out again. The store does sell items as you have described, but she didn't go into the store car park.