removing lids

Originally Posted by Kilted Ginger

Always remove my lid when going into pay, "pump no 3 PLEASE, THANKYOU, simple manners, same way as i remove sunglasses or earphones to talk to someone, so you can make eyecontact, and communicate properly with another human being who at the end of the day is only trying to do a thankless job. Really dont understand peoples opposition to remove lid, must take all of 12 secs, and if 12 secs of my time makes someone elses day a little easier or more pleasant then is 12 seconds well spent.

If you stop a stranger to ask directions do you stop your engine and remove lid, or scream at them like a lubatic???

After the last thread on this, I thought I was the only one with ^^ this opinion!. Glad to see there are a few others out there with manners!

I usually remove my helmet but if im in a rush i make a point of parking my bike with the registration plate facing them and their cameras. I know its not infallable but usually does the trick.

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Hence why the folk with flip up lids don't seem to have the same hassle.

But I mean if you're a hooded youth, who now tends to wear a baseball cap AND a hoodie, and walk looking at the ground, I don't see them getting shouted at over the Tannoy. Thankfully I haven't been told to remove my lid, and it doesn't matter if you have your lid on, you can still be "Hi", "thanks", etc... I personally leave the chatting up to the Friday night out personally, but each to their own.

Originally Posted by Kilted Ginger

or scream at them like a lubatic???

Out of curiousity, what is a lubatic!? Porn sets and too much coffee spring to mind!??

Originally Posted by Jamiebridges123

But I mean if you're a hooded youth, who now tends to wear a baseball cap AND a hoodie, and walk looking at the ground, I don't see them getting shouted at over the Tannoy. Thankfully I haven't been told to remove my lid, and it doesn't matter if you have your lid on, you can still be "Hi", "thanks", etc... I personally leave the chatting up to the Friday night out personally, but each to their own.

OK, I'm clearly not going to succeed in changing you mind, as you say, each to their own.

Is this removal of helmets more of a southern thing, I've never had it up here in the north.

I've seen it once when I was in a petrol station down south on my way to France. I'm in the garage shop queueing up to pay for my petrol, a biker is filling up with his helmet on.

He walks into the shop, and by now he is clutching a tenner in his one ungloved hand.

As he approaches the desk the cashier barks out something about removing his helmet, the biker just stands impassively in the queue. The cashier barks it out again, this time the biker points to the side of his head ans says sorry can't here as got ear plugs in, can she say it again.

Cashier then asks/barks out for a third time for biker to remove helmet, and he asks why.

The cashier says it's so the CCTV can register his face incase he does a runner for not paying.

The biker steps forward, slams the tenner down and walked off.

I, and the others in the queue were actually laughing as he did this, I suppose they all thought the same as me. Hardly gonna do a runner by walking into the shop with money clearly visible in his hand.

Also what was laughable was the sheer stupidity of the cashier, insisting the helmet was removed AFTER filling the bike, AFTER entering the shop, and AFTER joining a queue to pay with money as I said clearly visible.

If asked to remove my helmet, I probably would, unless I knew there was another garage a mile down the road.

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by grh1904

Also what was laughable was the sheer stupidity of the cashier, insisting the helmet was removed AFTER filling the bike, AFTER entering the shop, and AFTER joining a queue to pay with money as I said clearly visible.

Exactly, there is no real reason to do it. You do feel a bit compelled to anyway (or I do) out of courtesy but decent staff really don't mind. Just be friendly with them and have a quick transaction and that's all they're bothered about.

I'd only remove my helmet if there were signs planted about the station or maybe if they asked nicely.

reading some of these comments some of you have the same view as me, but the others just to let you know i have manners but i will not remove my lid when i am getting shouted at and RUDELY asking me to remove it i dont think so.
i would hae gone to another petrol station but i was running on fumes and didnt know how far the bike would take me.
the lastest trick in luton is lil thieving gits nick your lid so you have to leave your bike, then come back and nick your bike aswell.
so there is no way i am taking my lid off

There is a small privately owned petrol station up by Berkinshaw fire station (some of the locals may know it opposite the golden fleese pub) they used to always come out and request that a helmet must be removed if you want fuel. Even the flip up front helmets must be taken off completely.
After an arguement with them about not wanting to its too much effort they agreed in future it would be ok becuase they know I'm a paying customer. I dont use the garage very often but when I do I give them a wave and the pump turns on no need to remove the lid. - Winner.
You could ask them to take note for the future so you dont have to mess around or use a supermarket where you can pay at the pump.

Guys, totally understand why some of you feel it's discrimintation when they wouldn't ask an asian female to take off her veil but I used to work in a petrol station.

It was our rule that the pump didn't get switched on for ANY bike (even if we knew them) unless the rider removed their helmet. I for always stuck to this rul and I never had any problems. Now, it may be that I didn't get problems because I was polite but I do think that you guys are making a HUGE deal out of nothing.

As KG said in his post previousluy, it's only polite.

It's not an easy job working in a place like that. You continually have people coming in shouting at you and being rude to you and most of the time, you're on your own with a large quantity of cash, not a lot of fun late at night.

Yes there will always be jobsworths that are rude but for those that ask politely, its just common decency to take it off.