Julia9054
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Phew! Thought it was my fault. I've driven to work twice this week due to a dodgy hip. Got a physio appointment on Monday so things will either return to normal or get worse depending on the diagnosis!
Drago's murder deathkill slaughter massacre panic petrol buying watch!!!
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Thought it was my fault. I oiled my bicycle chain 700km ago.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
We once had a colleague rang in, snowed in....he lived 1 mile from work.
Our manager in the meantime managed to get in, on time....16 miles from work.
Didnt go down well
Landsurfer
Veteran
You weren’t the same guy that tripped and bruised your knee and overwhelmed the NHS in Sheffield are you ???
Actually yes - 60 miles away and that's not a joke. Wonder what the situation will be tonight as the closer living workmates are running low on fuel but they still live too far to cycle to work.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Train and bus it is then unless they don’t want to get paid.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
At least they now have a use for all the toilet roll they panic bought last year
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
If there is no actually fuel shortage and loads of people have filled up more than usual- so more has been sold this week than usual
Then presumably next week - and maybe the week after - the sales should be less than usual so hopeful prices will drop a bit
Then presumably next week - and maybe the week after - the sales should be less than usual so hopeful prices will drop a bit
That was what amused me about the last fuel nonsense around twenty years ago.
People who only used a fiver a week to go to work were filling their cars at top dollar, then carrying all that fuel round for the next couple of months whilst the prices came back down. 😂
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Stupid is, stupid does.
Also describes how congestion and traffic jams are caused by drivers thinking like this.
Also describes how congestion and traffic jams are caused by drivers thinking like this.
HMS_Dave
Grand Old Lady
Unsurprising. It is everybody else's fault after all...
Landsurfer
Veteran
I have taught all my children and grand children to assume at all times that everyone they meet is stupid.
Stupid is the predominate state of the human.
But ..
When people show themselves not to be stupid then embrace them as equals ... but the stupid test is your stupid test not mine ...
Stupid is the predominate state of the human.
But ..
When people show themselves not to be stupid then embrace them as equals ... but the stupid test is your stupid test not mine ...
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
A few posters have made this point, but what measures would you take?
The few stories I've seen all pointed out the shortage at the pumps is caused by a lack of drivers - accurate as far as we know.
Bear in mind BP shut the first stations before any panic buying, which shows the supply chain is struggling to cope with normal buying patterns.
Would you have the media banned from reporting the BP story?
That's way more than dodgy in a free society, not to mention impossible to enforce.
The speed of modern media is but one of many problems.
Stories are published almost instantly, so there is no time to decide if a given story needs censoring (another insoluble problem), and even less time for a censorship board to consider the story and make a ruling.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
I saw a man being interviewed carrying three Jerry cans, he said he wanted to get in before the hoarders started.
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Drago
Legendary Member
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- Suburban Poshshire
Thats not entirely accurate, Mr Rider.
Less than 1.5% of forecourts had their supplies affected by the lack of drivers. Drivers can just drive to the next one, so on its own this small number was largely unconsequential.
The widespread fuel shortage is being caused by panic buying.p, not any driver shortage.
That panic buying was caused by the ineptitude of politicians (the NACA lot can argue over that aspect of it) and, most importantly, has been whipped into a frenzy by sensationalist reporting, some of it from media outlets that should know better, such as the BBC that people were cooing over a week ago on this very forum.
The media do indeed have a lot to answer for with their behaviour over this matter.
Less than 1.5% of forecourts had their supplies affected by the lack of drivers. Drivers can just drive to the next one, so on its own this small number was largely unconsequential.
The widespread fuel shortage is being caused by panic buying.p, not any driver shortage.
That panic buying was caused by the ineptitude of politicians (the NACA lot can argue over that aspect of it) and, most importantly, has been whipped into a frenzy by sensationalist reporting, some of it from media outlets that should know better, such as the BBC that people were cooing over a week ago on this very forum.
The media do indeed have a lot to answer for with their behaviour over this matter.
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