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

Deleted member 22389 · Sep 24, 2021

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 · Sep 24, 2021

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 · Sep 24, 2021

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 · Sep 24, 2021

happypig said:
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 · Sep 24, 2021

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 · Sep 24, 2021

LamieRobertson said:
…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 · Sep 24, 2021

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 · Sep 24, 2021

hans kraay fan club said:
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 · Sep 24, 2021

Seems appropriate!

WATFORD zero · Sep 24, 2021

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

Eeyore · Sep 24, 2021

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 · Sep 24, 2021

Brighton Lines said:
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 · Sep 24, 2021

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

sparkie · Sep 24, 2021

Brighton Lines said:
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 · Sep 24, 2021

Brighton Lines said:
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 · Sep 24, 2021

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

5.14am

Sid in the Sharknado · Sep 24, 2021

BNthree said:
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 · Sep 24, 2021

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

LamieRobertson said:
5.14am

Neville's Breakfast said:
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 · Sep 24, 2021

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 · Sep 24, 2021

lawros left foot said:
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!

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