Bad tempered people and petrol queues.

I was shocked at the news showing the guy with the knife, it's awful the way people treat others nowadays, what is the world coming to. If my mum was alive she would be telling us the stories of rationing. Here in N.I the petrol stations have no queues, just as it is normally thank goodness.

Petrol in a carrier bag ???

A man in a Range Rover thought I jumped in front of him which as we were both coming from different directions I am not sure. However there was barely a queue, I checked how much fuel he had filled up with, £6.10 !! can you believe it. I was empty,empty and put in £79.00.

I believe the woman filling up several plastic containers was actually the manager of a care agency, getting emergency supplies for her staff so that they could continue providing home care for their clients.
Jumping to conclusions much ?

Gosh Violetsky, that sounds frightening.

I'm SURE petrol stations must have regulations regarding containers? I have got told off for having a child on the forecourt once, they can't let people fill up random crap with petrol surely?

AGAA4

People seem to be more aggressive now. My poor neighbour who is disabled had abuse hurled at her for parking in the disabled bay.

No excuse for aggression, but was she clearly displaying a Blue Badge? If not, she has no right to park in the bay, whether she is disabled or not

blame, this, blame that... at the end of the day, all just down to human behaviour... NOT ACCEPTABLE

the other side of the coin, is BE KIND! we seem to have forgotten that..

"lets get back to normal! another mantra... time we all grew up
and stopped being so selfish and , in fact, criminal in some respects.

is the woman with the carrier bag a new video? There was one the same back in the 90's when the refineries were blockaded

GagaJo

An ex student of mine, now a nurse, has been driving around this morning after coming off night-shift, looking for petrol. I feel sorry for her having to do this, after working a 12 hour shift. And if she can't get petrol, she won't be able to get to work tonight.

Own goal, Brexit.

What has Brexit to do with it? Same HGV driver shortage all over Europe.
Stop trying to make it political, it’s down to media stoking panic and greedy people.

If people will come to blows in a supermarket over unneeded toilet rolls we shouldn't be at all surprised if they panic at the thought of not being able to drive where they want to.
Many of those desperately queueing probably go no further than the local area, like me. I rarely travel very far, these days. I fill my tank when it reaches the quarter mark, and it lasts for several weeks. Luckily mine was three quarters full, when the panic hit, so have just watched, in amazement, at the antics.
I feel sorry for those who really are in desperate need, though.

If you can work from home or get youngsters to walk from school, do! Self employed people who need to drive are in difficulty. As for Xmas, plan b, beef joint, takes less space in freezer than turkey. Plan c, nut roast.

I live near to a fuel station , roads gridlocked , much horn honking , it was the same in 2000 tbh !

We were lucky to fill up at our local garage who was only serving locals.
That said I’m limiting how much I use my car until the panic is over.
Still I’m used to staying at home.

Listening to an HGV driver on the radio this morning, it’s illegal to carry petrol in containers inside your car. There will be fumes emitting from the container and these could explode, especially if you’re a smoker ! The woman emptying water bottles to fill with petrol would have contaminated the petrol with water droplets too. Not sure how the engine would react.

How do we define panic buying though? It is remarkable how every person interviewed in a petrol queue accuses others of panic buying, how do they know? Maybe the others in the queue have just as valid a reason for filling up as they do. Would anyone assume that a retired person was panic buying because they are not having to get to work? Maybe that retired person is looking after an elderly parent, doing childcare for a working adult child who is a key worker?

In some garages they are only allowing people £30 worth at a time. Idint need any yet but I will next Wednesday

I saw another item about an Asian lady employee of a garage, she was knocked to the ground by a customer and was racially abused. All care and decency seems to be evaporating.

i need to get to hospital appointemt on Friday and do not have enough fuel to get there and back its 30 miles each way tried to get fuel friday and was in long queue and garage closed so did shoppingandwent home tried again yesterday local tesco fuel closed,next door is a shell one but ques wee round the roundabout and down slip road was i stupid enough to queue i got through the queue and went home ill try thursday if cannot get will have to cancel appointent

A friend who works at a fuel station says there have been shortages of drivers for many months and years. These have been managed to date; the turning point has been Bp having a supply issue at a small handful of outlets and leaking it to the media who have hyped it up way beyond the scope of the problem at that time. The inevitable result - a rush on fuel courtesy of a panicked public.
The media has a great deal to answer for

It all boils down to ‘survival of the fittest’. It’s a primitive instinct. Darwin knew what he was talking about.
runnerbean - I agree. Walk if you can! It will do you good!
As far as Christmas is concerned, the last one was the most chilled, stress-free one we’ve had for years! Cheaper too…

Now be honest….was your tank empty or were you just topping up to be sure you wouldn’t run out??? No judgement just asking….

Well lucky you! Every petrol station I tried had no petrol yesterday. Luckily I use very little and can be patient, though it would make life more difficult as I'm not that mobile.
The irony is that you have to use petrol to search for petrol!

It also said on the news that the lady filling up cans was getting fuel for her carers who visit and help the elderly and disabled. I think we should be careful how we judge. It’s so easy to whip up resentment that is not justified.

GillT57

How do we define panic buying though? It is remarkable how every person interviewed in a petrol queue accuses others of panic buying, how do they know? Maybe the others in the queue have just as valid a reason for filling up as they do. Would anyone assume that a retired person was panic buying because they are not having to get to work? Maybe that retired person is looking after an elderly parent, doing childcare for a working adult child who is a key worker?

Well this is the point.
Should any one, nurse or otherwise, feel entitled enough to insist on moving from 2nd to 1st in the queue?
Seems as if people no longer think in terms of us. More just me

Keep Calm and use a Carrier Bag seems to be the order of the day.

Filling up containers with fuel is strictly controlled ie one 1 gallon or less metal container only is allowed to be transported in a car. Those using plastic or more than one should be reportedly to the police.