Petrol pump queues

[goats]

If there are, just join ‘em

It was bloody shut!
Followed earlier advice and headed to western ave, almost straight onto forecourt, in and out in 5. Couldn’t afford to leave if it was effed as only had 10 miles left in tank

[dembethewarrior]

I’m thinking of popping down to Sainsbury’s on Colchester ave now….can’t be idiots queuing now

Even if they aren't queuing they'll probably have none. All supermarkets in Pontypridd are coned up same as you go up the valleys, Porth, penygraig and Tonypandy got nothing.

[dembethewarrior]

It was bloody shut!
Followed earlier advice and headed to western ave, almost straight onto forecourt, in and out in 5. Couldn’t afford to leave if it was effed as only had 10 miles left in tank

I've got 12 miles left. Nowhere within 6 miles of me has it I'm not risking it as I'd be the one to get stuck with no diesel

[goats]

I've got 12 miles left. Nowhere within 6 miles of me has it I'm not risking it as I'd be the one to get stuck with no diesel

That’s what I was thinking….after driving 2 miles to the first one and then 3 back to western ave I had to get some. I could have made it home but phucked then if something happens Monday when I def need some fuel. Done now, half full. Panic over.

[dembethewarrior]

That’s what I was thinking….after driving 2 miles to the first one and then 3 back to western ave I had to get some. I could have made it home but phucked then if something happens Monday when I def need some fuel. Done now, half full. Panic over.

Went to llantwit fadre in the end, if there was none there I was getting home and leaving fumes in the car, there was supreme there 148 odd a litre. Girl behind the counter said one bloke had filled 3 cars to the brim having been back and forth to get them..

I got half a tank as well, minimum I could get away with putting in but didn't bother filling it all the way up.

[lincoln blue]

Another tanker there at 9am this morning. Told me that they were getting supplies as normal.

They were open when I passed at about 8am with about 10 cars in a queue but when I was returning around 08.30 they were closed.

[xsnaggle]

They were open when I passed at about 8am with about 10 cars in a queue but when I was returning around 08.30 they were closed.

They were closed because of the previous post. They have to close when a tanker is unloading!!!

[life on mars]

People are mad , I'm glad though I bought 300 toilet rolls though yesterday instead of panic buying fuel.

[olderblue]

People are mad , I'm glad though I bought 300 toilet rolls though yesterday instead of panic buying fuel.

Sperm banks around the country are experiencing a shortage atm
Apparently all the wankers are queuing for petrol

[Jimmy the Jock]

Sperm banks around the country are experiencing a shortage atm
Apparently all the wankers are queuing for petrol

This

[IanD]

It wasn't a politician who started it, it was BP. The thing was engineered to force the government to let in foreign drivers.

If spread evenly, the government's belated knee-jerk reaction to allow visas for (up to?) 5,000 drivers, equates to less than one driver per member company of the Road Haulage Association. Epic fail by BP then. Thankfully, other fuel companies are available.

[the other bob wilson]

Went to Tesco’s Llantrissant this morning to buy three things in the store, before I could go in there though, I was stuck in a queue for twenty minutes while other drivers waited to buy petrol, when I got in the store, it was as quiet as I’ve seen it. Asda at Tonypandy was just the same when I drove past there with people who had no intention of buying petrol having to wait for some time before they could get - I had the free time for the queueing not to be a problem, but others don’t. It’s annoying, because it’s all so unnecessary.

[Trigger]

Needed some earlier so on my way home thought I'd try Tesco Pengam green and if queuing outside the forecourt I'd leave it.

Straight in to the pump.

No diesel though which may have helped

[goats]

Sainsbury’s still shut no fuel, or maybe they are just saying that. A big problem is no one can actually get into the supermarkets for food and stuff as all the panic ers are in the way. Shut the fuel….dim problem

[xsnaggle]

Apparently the next thing the media are going to panic about is a shortage of jobs in the hope everyone will rush out and get one.

[Optimistic Nick]

I drive an electric car but I've got a petrol lawnmower. I actually need to go and get some petrol because the lawnmower is empty. I've no idea what the etiquette is on walking up to a forecourt and asking to jump the queue with my gerry can (a la skipping the queue in a supermarket if you have just one item), but the alternative is driving an electric car to a petrol station to fill up a can which I suspect would look like some pretty deranged panic buying itself.

Not that it matters, because there is no petrol left around here anyway.

[Baloo]

Driving through parts of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire on Saturday there were no closures or queues at any of the several petrol stations I passed outside of the main towns.

[JamesWales]

I drive an electric car but I've got a petrol lawnmower. I actually need to go and get some petrol because the lawnmower is empty. I've no idea what the etiquette is on walking up to a forecourt and asking to jump the queue with my gerry can (a la skipping the queue in a supermarket if you have just one item), but the alternative is driving an electric car to a petrol station to fill up a can which I suspect would look like some pretty deranged panic buying itself.

Not that it matters, because there is no petrol left around here anyway.

If you dress in an eccentric manner you can get away with it. Perhaps like Louis 16th or something?

[IanD]

Apparently the next thing the media are going to panic about is a shortage of jobs in the hope everyone will rush out and get one.

Turkeys

[goats]

Turkeys

I’m going to cook a chicken this xmas, with beef and ham. Already stockpiled in the freezer. Cranberry and mustard in cupboard. I’m loving it already

[blue matt]

Panic buying Fuel is hardly a new thing, its happened in the past, the threat of " lorry drivers protesting " set if of last time, they did then protest, but it didn't really matter as the damage was done and petrol stations were empty anyway due to panic buyers draining the tanks ) I was a Carpenter at the time and we were all told to go and fill up our vans and the boss sent someone with the flatbed to fill up some ex-army Jerry cans and anything else that he could get to fill with Diesel, The labourer took that onboard and put 2 empty Oil Barrels ( might have been 200 L each ) on the back and filled them, the trucks leaf suspension was flat when he got back the poor lad had a warning about overloading the lorry made me laugh at the time and I said to the boss, he was only trying to help

So it does seem a little bit of a stretch to blame the government for people panic buying Fuel ( though nothing surprises me on here anymore, I occasionally expect to see people blaming the tories for it raining that day and they forget a umbrella )

[LeningradCowboy]

this was neatly summed up for me when the other day, despite presumably being aware he doesn't speak much French, he decides to wing it on a TV interview and comes up with some garbled nonsense "prenez un grip and donnez moi un break".
this is the arrogance of someone who has never had to bother with trying at anything his whole life because every door has been held open for him.
I can't believe he's actually running the country.

Boris Johnson is fluent in French.

[blue matt]

Boris Johnson is fluent in French.

you shouldn't let the truth get in the way of a Boris Bash though

[BlueArmy 86]

you shouldn't let the truth get in the way of a Boris Bash though

Does the buffoon not deserve a constant bashing?

[jon1959]

Boris Johnson is effluent in French.

There's a surprise!