Tesco's petrol stations - Please boycot!

i think your wasting your time over a pointless argument. ok yes it seems a little bit of discrimination, but i sometimes fuel bike when sitting on it, but fuel it mostly standing. i will agree it is annoying to take off helmet before you top up. (this has only happened to me once and it was annoying). i think your better off spending your spare time relaxing then wasting time and money on phone calls which will probably not get you very far.

its like saying to drivers don't use your phone. no matter how many reasons you give them not to. the only way they will probably learn is if they have an accident while holding their phone. even then still use it in the car. i could go on for ever talking about how much it annoys me. but i rather just forget about it and accept some people are just C***S.

although there was one time someone was on their phone with there window down, the sensible thing was to do was to go up to the window and rev loud as i could. childish but felt goooooodddddd

OK, went to my local shell. Filled up sitting on the bike, stood up put bike on side stand, (slowly as my alarm arms itself) , took one winter glove off and counted the cash on the seat. ( I went over by 28p silly me.) I never spill a drop anywhere but in the tank.
Went inside stood in queue and paid. Had my full face helmet and tinted De Walt safety glasses on.
Waited for any comment but none. This is how I do it.
cheers,

I like the Tesco super octane stuff when I have a turbo'd car or high performance engine, works nicely, no issue plus their fuel is so dam cheap And for these reasons, for this boycott I'm oooouuuwwwwt!

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Originally Posted by hardhat_harry

I believe the latest APSE Blue book doesnt have the not to fill up while sitting on the bike entry anymore it was revised last year and that was removed

A useful counter-argument for the arsenal.

Originally Posted by maxinc

Get over it and enjoy the ride. Is not worth fighting the little people serving the big corporations for such issues. The only things you will find are frustration and disappointment.

Originally Posted by maxinc

I'm not saying don't sit on your bike when you fill up, just don't be offended when asked not to do it by the station's employes.

Originally Posted by maxinc

although I'm not going to boycott Tesco :P

Agree with all of these points! Never think to fill up on the bike, but might start doing so now to fit some more in for the commute. I tend to pay at pump just to save time, and haven't yet been asked to remove my helmet when paying at the counter.

Originally Posted by kiggles

i rather just forget about it and accept some people are just C***S.

Yet another example of how the UK has become a namby pamby state. If I douse my gonads with petrol, surely that's my affair. If I want to fill up standing on my head, what business is that of anyones.
OK, I can see its nice for someone (employee or bystander) to politely point out the dangers, but if I decide to go ahead anyway, they shouldn't have a policy prohibiting anything. If you're not endangering anyone else, then it's no ones business.
If anything, it's health and safety that need getting rid of IMO.
OK, rant off.

It's your affair if you douse your gonads with petrol on your own premises but I don't think it's anyone's place to say what is right or wrong on someone elses.

Shouldn't have a policy prohibiting anything is a bit silly. Do you think you should be allowed to smoke whilst filling up?

I think it may be more of an insurance thing and it only gets acted on by the odd jobsworth.

I think people these days assume you have a right to everything. Fuel, food, care, help policing etc etc. Unfortunately you don't and you only get to use these things if your a fine standing member of society and pay your dues. So its not your right to have fuel sold to you. And they can request anything they want. That's how it works in my book anyhow.

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When one place refused to sell me petrol, I simply went to another. I refused their policy and stopped going there as did most of the bikers in town. Their loss, not mine.
But this isn't about it, it's about creating silly rules when there is no need for them. You can't even but 2 packs of paracetamol/flu medicine at some shops at the same time ffs!

Originally Posted by sv4me

Pay at pump is your friend

This ^^

That situation does sound ridiculous, but I always do pay at pump with helmet on, ear plugs still in, sitting on the bike, and assuming I've not left my wallet in the top-box, I also just lean across to put my card in without getting off the bike at all

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whats my prize?