Panic at the Pumps.

[Easy 10]

A chap on 5-Live came up with quite a good idea to stem this panic buying.

Set the starting price at the pump at £25. So however much petrol you put in to top up within that, whether it be 1 litre or 5 litres, you will pay £25 for it. That way you'll put off most of the the people queuing for a quarter of a tank.

Works for me.

 

[beorhthelm]

Have they gone on strike yet? No

Are they in discussions at ACAS? Yes

Has there been any disruption to deliveries to date? No

Has every Daily 'You don't need to be mentally subnormal to read this paper but it helps' Express reader dashed to the pumps to put in £6 worth of petrol 'just in case'. YES

I'm amazed that that #PrayForAResolutionToTheTankerDriversDispute isn't yet trending on Twitter

fair points, but why do these disputes always get to this point, were the union goes into the ACAS arbitration with the strike gun loaded? shirley the proper way to engage in industrial disputes would be to arbitrate then hold a ballot for action? i'm sure that is the standard except where the union whats to flex its muscle/gain profile/bash the government of the day.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

A chap on 5-Live came up with quite a good idea to stem this panic buying.

Set the starting price at the pump at £25. So however much petrol you put in to top up within that, whether it be 1 litre or 5 litres, you will pay £25 for it. That way you'll put off most of the the people queuing for a quarter of a tank.

Works for me.

Seems a bit harsh on someone with a scooter, without a tank big enough to take £25 worth.

 

[Easy 10]

Seems a bit harsh on someone with a scooter, without a tank big enough to take £25 worth.

OK, just make it a rule for CARS then

*picky*

 

[Hillian1]

OK, just make it a rule for CARS then

*picky*

This is a bloody good idea.

And like most good ideas it will never happen.

 

[vegster]

Just got back from Sainsbury's in Worthing, moderate panic, pumps busier than normal. passed the Murco garage on the way back and they had a a dozen cars backed up down the road waiting.

 

[Albumen]

Ye ..I'll visit me customers carrying my lawnmowers, hedge cutter n chainsaw on my back...oops flaw ..need petrol to run them ...dam

Not everyone needs one like you. Over 50% of all car journeys are avoidable. I wasn't including services.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

the American sub-prime mortgage industry?

I have corrected this for you.

 

[mikeyjh]

Not everyone needs one like you. Over 50% of all car journeys are avoidable. I wasn't including services.

Of course they are - This drives me nuts. I have to drop Johnny off at rugby practice. I have to drop Lucy off at her ballet lessons. I have to do 46 runs to and from the nursery every day.

Anytime people want to do anything, it's just grab the car keys and off you go, no second thought - And that's what people should think about, maybe I don't have to do this journey in the car?

 

[leigull]

Actually dreading having to fill up in the next day or two, and for once it's not just the price that's scaring me. Maybe a 2am trip to the Tesco on Dyke Road will be in order.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Have they gone on strike yet? No

Are they in discussions at ACAS? Yes

Has there been any disruption to deliveries to date? No

Has every Daily 'You don't need to be mentally subnormal to read this paper but it helps' Express reader dashed to the pumps to put in £6 worth of petrol 'just in case'. YES

I'm amazed that that #PrayForAResolutionToTheTankerDriversDispute isn't yet trending on Twitter

This. If there is a shortage of fuel this coming week it is only the British public who are to blame. Even the normally calm and rational Edna seemed twitchy in her replies to this thread yesterday. f*** knows what would happen if there was a real emergency.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

This. If there is a shortage of fuel this coming week it is only the British public who are to blame. .

Incorrect.

The MEDIA and the public.

 

[DumLum]

Incorrect.

The MEDIA and the public.

and MPs!

 

[Arthritic Toe]

A chap on 5-Live came up with quite a good idea to stem this panic buying.

Set the starting price at the pump at £25. So however much petrol you put in to top up within that, whether it be 1 litre or 5 litres, you will pay £25 for it. That way you'll put off most of the the people queuing for a quarter of a tank.

Works for me.

This is a great idea and possibly more practical than the martial law/shooting people approach.

 

[CHAPPERS]

and MPs!

"The greater the extent to which people have fuel in their vehicles, with maybe a little bit in the garage as well in a jerry can, the longer we will be able to keep things going." - Well done Francis!

 

[Sir Royston thorne]

This. If there is a shortage of fuel this coming week it is only the British public who are to blame. Even the normally calm and rational Edna seemed twitchy in her replies to this thread yesterday. f*** knows what would happen if there was a real emergency.

Correct, at this time I believe that there has not even been a date set for industrial action. Also, in all probability it would be a token one day strike anyway. Peoples selfish greed always amazes me, I remember one winter there was talk of a " Big Freeze " coming and that evening I went to the Co-op for a few bits and found that all the milk,bread and frozen food had been stripped out by human locusts. I'm pretty sure most of that would have ended up being wasted as usual but hey, never mind " I'm alright " grr

 

[Easy 10]

Not the greatest of panels, but Question Time should still be lively tonight...

Comedian Alexei Sayle, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander MP, children's minister Sarah Teather MP, conservative Anna Soubry MP, and the columnist and chair of the National Trust Sir Simon Jenkins.

 

[Deleted member 22389]

Correct, at this time I believe that there has not even been a date set for industrial action. Also, in all probability it would be a token one day strike anyway. Peoples selfish greed always amazes me, I remember one winter there was talk of a " Big Freeze " coming and that evening I went to the Co-op for a few bits and found that all the milk,bread and frozen food had been stripped out by human locusts. I'm pretty sure most of that would have ended up being wasted as usual but hey, never mind " I'm alright " grr

Halfords has seen an increase in people buying Jerry Cans. Absolutely pathetic, which are probably made in China lol.

 

[El Presidente]

Halfords has seen an increase in people buying Jerry Cans. Absolutely pathetic, which are probably made in China lol.

Not the only thing that Halfords have had an increase in sales from according to NotGus on Twitter

https://twitter.com/#!/search/NotGusPoyet

After #LFC v #EFC FA Cup semi final confirmed, Wembley branch of Halfords reports record sales of locking wheel nuts from local residents

 

[Aadam]

Coincidence that the government are scaremongering the public and causing panic buys at the pumps at a time when the economy is about to exit a second successive negative quarter. Way to halt a technical recession, kudos.