[News] There's no need to panic buy petrol

[Deleted member 22389]

I need fuel for my delivery job, so I'm going to be screwed in a couple of days by the looks of things.
If you don't need you car, please leave fuel for the people who really need it. NHS workers, delivery drivers and so on.

 

[CheeseRolls]

I am not getting drawn into this. Christmas is already planned.

Present Wishlist - Asking for sovereignty.
Gift Buying - Sovereignty in various sizes with optional gift wrapping included.
Extended Family - All invited for Christmas day. This year sovereignty will be on the menu.

Perfect, no panic buying and there is plenty to go round!

 

[happypig]

Simple solution with absolutely no flaws whatsoever* : Charge drivers for 90% of a full tank of fuel no matter how much they put in.

Anyway, I'm off to buy some lawn mower petrol. If I have time I might think about buying a lawn mower to go with it.




*May contain flaws

 

[LamieRobertson]

Simple solution with absolutely no flaws whatsoever* : Charge drivers for 90% of a full tank of fuel no matter how much they put in.

Anyway, I'm off to buy some lawn mower petrol. If I have time I might think about buying a lawn mower to go with it.




*May contain flaws

…fortunately I topped up my mower fuel yesterday…probably go back to work if I can’t go on holiday

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Oooh. I'm ahead of the curve for once. Filled up yesterday before I knew this was a thing. £25 a litre and bring your own rubber hose and suction.

 

[happypig]

…fortunately I topped up my mower fuel yesterday…probably go back to work if I can’t go on holiday

Can you not go to Devon on this :

 

[sparkie]

They need to put a temporary £10 maximum fuel purchase in place until the run on fuel subsides.

People will then have to queue at multiple garages and it might put some off.

 

[Bozza]

There absolutely is a driver shortage, and it is having an effect. The husband of one of my work colleagues, is a tanker driver at the Esso refinery in Fawley. He hasn’t had a day off in weeks, beyond the legally stipulated rest days, as they are basically being asked to name their price to do overtime and work their days off.

Oh, I'm not disputing that at all.

It's petrol that there's not a shortage of.

...of wasn't when I started this thread anyway.

 

[METALMICKY]

Seems appropriate!

 

[WATFORD zero]

Mrs Wz has just got back from the gym with related horror stories of Benfield Valley Sainsbury's queues backing onto the A27

 

[Eeyore]

It's not petrol shortage, it's a shortage of common sense.

If I need to fill up I'll go at 6am.

Nowt as queer as folk.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

It's not petrol shortage, it's a shortage of common sense.

If I need to fill up I'll go at 6am.

Nowt as queer as folk.

You shouldn’t have told EVERYBODY

 

[BNthree]

This scare is doing a better job at causing traffic jams than Extinction Rebellion ever could.

 

[sparkie]

It's not petrol shortage, it's a shortage of common sense.

If I need to fill up I'll go at 6am.

Nowt as queer as folk.

Hmm. I best go at 5:30am now.

 

[Bozza]

It's not petrol shortage, it's a shortage of common sense.

If I need to fill up I'll go at 6am.

Nowt as queer as folk.

Filling up at 6am only works if:

- the garage didn't sell out the previous day, or
- the garage did sell out but had an overnight delivery

Strikes me that most garages tend to have deliveries during the day when there are staff on premises to do whatever they need to do.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Hmm. I best go at 5:30am now.

5.14am

 

[Sid in the Sharknado]

This scare is doing a better job at causing traffic jams than Extinction Rebellion ever could.

I assume this is what Adam Smith had in mind when he was talking about the invisible hand.

 

[Eeyore]

Hmm. I best go at 5:30am now.

5.14am

You shouldn’t have told EVERYBODY

That's three cars I don't have to worry about when I go tomorrow afternoon...

 

[lawros left foot]

I went to the wholesaler this morning.

I couldn’t get any custard powder.
I notice that this shortage isn’t front page of the Sun.


I was also guilty of panic buying. I haven’t been able to get peas for about 3 weeks, and they had some in this morning, so I bought 3 bags instead of my usual 2.

 

[rippleman]

I went to the wholesaler this morning.

I couldn’t get any custard powder.
I notice that this shortage isn’t front page of the Sun.


I was also guilty of panic buying. I haven’t been able to get peas for about 3 weeks, and they had some in this morning, so I bought 3 bags instead of my usual 2.

So now you're peaing everywhere. Good job Mrs LLF is a dab hand with a mop!