removing lids

Only once... Which is my many miles of riding isnt bad!

Not this again!!!

No I have never been asked to take my Lid off, I have plenty of places to choose from to fill up. I have travelled all around the South never been asked.

I wear glasses so its a pain to take it off, in the winter its cold I have short hair.

In the stores I go to, where the people that work know me, they let me leave my lid on, they don't have a problem with it. But then thats something that happenes over time.

Was on my way to the Wirral Egg Run and stopped off at the Petrol station on the A55 right before Buckley , filled up , walked in and was asked to remove my lid . I explained I had an Autocom system on to hear my SatNav , a Buff over my face to keep me warm and I aint taking my lid off , he opened his mouth and I said "No offence laddo but you have about a Thousand bikers coming through here in an hour , probably wanting to fill up and all of them are going to say NO" ........ he just shrugged and got very mumpy with me , I paid for my fuel and made a mental note "Don`t give those Buffoons my money ever again"

As I left , about 20 bikes all came in and queued up for fuel . I wonder what happened after I left ?

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Jamiebridges123

Will try that if it happens. I think we need to compile a list of good petrol stations and bad ones in the regional threads.

would be easier just to note the bad one's it's reasonably rare. Usually just jobsworth looking for a kick. Not had a pump and run in a while or had a bad day etc...

In the early nineties there was a spate of armed robberies committed at petrol stations using a stolen big sportsbike as the uncatchable getaway vehicle and the helmets to substitute the balaclava.

Thats when the petrol stations started insisting on removal of helmets and back then if you didn't do it they wouldn't start the pump. No point in going somewhere else either as every petrol station was the same.

So I tend to my remove my lid anyway as it's an old habit. If I don't remove it I feel a bit like I'm being lazy and taking advantage of the fact most petrol stations nowadays don't bother or or don't like to ask (people have short memories).

There is no excuse for how rude petrol station attendants can be, but you do have to understand that many cashiers in high risk places such as bank, post office, or late night facilities such as off licenses or petrol stations live with the fear that one day sombody might stick a gun in thier face. It happened to a friend of mine in a Birmingham betting shop and she needed a fair bit of councelling and eventually had to find a different job.

So if they ask nicely, just take it off.

The beauty of a flip lid, I've never been asked to remove. If I was asked then they would have an argument on their hands.

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I took off my helmet to fill up once and proceeded to splash fuel in my eye. Now its helmet on and visor down - at least at the pump.

I never take the lid off, i've been told about once but didn't take no notice, although i do kinda make it obvious i'm going to pay by making a big thing of getting my wallet out.

I've only been asked to remove my lid once and that was by a power-crazed security guard at one of those joint petrol station/Sainsburys Local places.

Mind you, he also had a go at me for sitting on the bike as I fuelled up (which I always do), for taking a mobile phone out of my pocket (I only wanted to check the time) in the forecourt and for not moving my bike out of the way so someone else could use the pump while I was paying.

So much power, so much influence! The non-stop, adrenaline-fuelled day of a Sainsbury's doorman! I bet he was a stallion with his missus that night...

[Dave20046]