Bitch Bitch Bloody BP!

[vifferman]

i would definately send out one of the Igors to remonstrate with you.

Very good, Mr Paul.

[Blakamin]

Sorry..

I'm not gettin' any of this.. The experts (fuel companies) suggest that you should not do something because there is a remote possibility you could blow the whole suburb to kingdom come and they are a bunch of wankers for requesting you not to? Stuff me, I wouldn't be polite about it.

But how about if the first time you hear about it and its some complete Igor goin off his nuts... I dont care if he's a brian surgeon, tree surgeon or pump jockey.. be polite!!! f*ck, imagine if he worked in the hospitality or tourist industry and acted like a prick???
a little "excuse me, dont you know you're not allowed to do that" followed by a point to the sign would have made the world of difference to me... f*ck him.. If someone just walks up and starts abusing me they can go get f*cked... geez, it's not like I was smoking at the same time!
(damn full-face helmet!!)

[Sniper]

Hmm8 people reading tis thread right now

[dangerous]

It is courtesy to remove your helmet.
As for sitting on your bike, the charging system dumps a crap load of current to earth through your bike frame. If you aren't earthed properly, and you touch something and get a spark while filling, the consequences aren't worth thinking about. I for one do not want to either toast my crotch or blow up.

common sence to me.... you would think that even a dumb ass would under stand that aye

Which is a friggin' pain! Especially when I used to wear a clear visor and sunglasses and gloves - too many things to fumble with / have to rearrange. Now I don't have a click-type buckle, it's very annoying.

and how much time out of your life does it take to remove all that?

so told them go fuck themselfs and took off

well that mate in my books, puts you down to there level.

Reminds me of the munter in the nissan patrol filling up behind me at BP last week. He had the engine running

ummm... diesel was it? they dont have HT leads/plugs to ignite the vapour & was most likely on a turbo timer.

All I will say is that I agree with the forecourt attendant.

Anybody who sits on their bike while they fill it with petrol is, at the very least, a feckin idiot.

Why?
How much extra gas do you get in your bike while it's upright? 200mL??
How fast do you reckon you could get off if it caught fire?
Would you be wearing flammable clothing (e.g. cordura)?
Would you have remembered to put down the side stand?
Would you remember not to drop the gun?

Forecourt fires happen more regularly than people may think, particularly in cool, calm weather. The flash that sets everything off may not come from you or your bike (most likely from the cow on the cellphone in the Pajero), but the result will still be spectacular.

So for 200mL worth of gas, market value 20 cents, you're prepared to put in danger yourself, your bike, anybody else in the vicinity and god-knows how much worth of vehicles and service station hardware, than you are a feckin dickhead.

And that sir sounds reasonble to me.... 10 out a 10 H

They're most likely afraid some twat will spill petrol/drop the bike/otherwise self-immolate and then blame BP for it somehow being their fault.

ahhh huh.... some one thats on to it.

What difference would it make if I was off the bike?? flames go woof, how is that gunna not put anyone else in danger ?
If my bike goes woof its gunna damage some shit (prolly me as well since I'd still be putting fuel in it) if i'm on it or not!!
and the day it happens while I'm fuelling up, I will apologise for being wrong.

refure to the 1st quote above to answer ya 1st line... and as for your last line, well duh.... how dumb is that.

I always get off to fill, Think of how slippery some forecourts are, i have almost dropped my bike getting off it when i put my foot down and it decided put me into the splits

hey more common sence..... Ive seen it happen and bloody near done it my self.

[dangerous]

Sorry..

I'm not gettin' any of this.. The experts (fuel companies) suggest that you should not do something because there is a remote possibility you could blow the whole suburb to kingdom come and they are a bunch of wankers for requesting you not to? Stuff me, I wouldn't be polite about it.

Working in a gas station is not a hell of a lot of fun and often does not attract brain surgeons or the upwardly mobile customer service rep. Don't expect them to be polite all the time, it's a rotten job sometimes dealing with customers.

If it was my station I would not like you sittin on your bike ('cos you might piss off without paying) either and i would definately send out one of the Igors to remonstrate with you. It's a little thing....

Paul N

Nope - still not gettin it....

LOL..... you and me Paul

But how about if the first time you hear about it and its some complete Igor goin off his nuts... I dont care if he's a brian surgeon, tree surgeon or pump jockey.. be polite!!! f*ck, imagine if he worked in the hospitality or tourist industry and acted like a prick???

a little "excuse me, dont you know you're not allowed to do that" followed by a point to the sign would have made the world of difference to me... f*ck him.. If someone just walks up and starts abusing me they can go get f*cked... geez, it's not like I was smoking at the same time!
(damn full-face helmet!!)

can you not put your self above all that shit? if he wants to be a prick, let him and as for your 1st pargraph, I doubt very much that he would work in hospitality or tourist industry well not after his 1st day anyhow... proberly why he works in a servo.

[Ms Piggy]

I try to ooze non-threatening behaviour.

Oh but you do, you dooooo.

[Ms Piggy]

I'm sure this has been in other threads but most stations have little stickers warning not to sit astride a bike while fueling. Have been told off for talking on a cell phone at the door into the service station but that was at Gore.

Yeah I was told off for using my mobile in a service station, when I was in the shop ???? It is a safety issue and who needs to be reinforcing the biker stereotypes of us being inconsiderate a-holes.

[sAsLEX]

in a rush i hate having to take off my helmet, especially if I am wearing glasses at the time, so I go to the night time pay window there is at most BP's, but guess waht?? THe geniuses (sp?) cant stretch the eftpos thingo to the window, so I just walk in past the no helmet sign and pay in helmet.

Oh and they prob wouldnt get your plate if you drive in towards the station as they point out from the store!! not suggesting drive aways here!

[Zapf]

yea I have the same issue specially wearing glasses all the time. Its pain to take your glasses off, then your helmet, then glasses back on. And get your wallet out at the same time without droping your gloves....!

[Paul in NZ]

But how about if the first time you hear about it and its some complete Igor goin off his nuts... I dont care if he's a brian surgeon, tree surgeon or pump jockey.. be polite!!! f*ck, imagine if he worked in the hospitality or tourist industry and acted like a prick???
a little "excuse me, dont you know you're not allowed to do that" followed by a point to the sign would have made the world of difference to me... f*ck him.. If someone just walks up and starts abusing me they can go get f*cked... geez, it's not like I was smoking at the same time!
(damn full-face helmet!!)

Well.... If I was astride a potential fireball and some Igor ran up going off his nut (possible slight exaggeration here but allowed for a good story) I would think (in order).

1. Woss your bloody problem you tosser...
2. Hmmm Maybe he's trying to tell me some thing important and vital and it involves me not blowing us all to bits.

Perhaps our rabid Igor has just seen a safety movie from the company and is actually quite upset that you are endangering his life? Just a thought??

NOW.... True Story Time....

A few years back I worked in Malaysia for 5 months or so.

One night we were sitting having dinner in the restaurant of the old Federal hotel behind a huge plate glass window… Across the road was a busy service station on the main drag of the 'entertainment' district..

We observed an Igoric attendant over fill a small car and spill some petrol on the forecourt and footpath.

We observed a very thick local throw away one of those nasty 'burns very quickly' local cigarettes (hand rolled on the inner thigh of a dusky and possibly disease ridden maiden).

We observed a small petrol fire right at the pump. (getting bigger)

We observed the clever ans swift acting trainee Igor attendant attempt to extinguish the fire with a bucket of water (well it used to be water before standing in their atmosphere for half a day).

We observed the fire quickly become a very large spread out fire that was now spilling out onto the street and burning at least 3 foot high and giving off a LOT of light. And did the traffic even stop? (well 2 or 3 of the scooters rode around it) Nope!

This was friggin’ hilarious as at one stage half the road was on fire!

Eventually the local head Igor managed to find an extinguisher that worked and that coupled with the diminishing (crappy) fuel supply and the lack of actual oxygen in the air put out the fire and we returned to our meals thoroughly entertained by some more Asian city street madness…

Ha ha

Then we thought about it for a bit…. We clever clogs highly educated smart bastards westerners were watching a potential service station explosion that would have torn out the front of our building apart from behind a very breakable glass window that would have shredded us like month old lettuce…..

Ah hem….

Yes! Some times we need to be shouted at!!!

[Paul in NZ]

in a rush i hate having to take off my helmet, especially if I am wearing glasses at the time, !

I hate taking my helmet off too but it's all the screaming and the fainting and the "oh he's not possibly human' and stuff...

The laughing and snickering I can handle...

[scumdog]

DON'T get off my bike, DON'T take off my helmet, I put the gas in, Crissy-Bimbo goes into the office and pays and we ride off. End of story. :spudwave:

[Blakamin]

Well.... If I was astride a potential fireball and some Igor ran up going off his nut (possible slight exaggeration here but allowed for a good story) I would think (in order).

1. Woss your bloody problem you tosser...
2. Hmmm Maybe he's trying to tell me some thing important and vital and it involves me not blowing us all to bits.

Perhaps our rabid Igor has just seen a safety movie from the company and is actually quite upset that you are endangering his life? Just a thought??

NOW.... True Story Time....

A few years back I worked in Malaysia for 5 months or so.

One night we were sitting having dinner in the restaurant of the old Federal hotel behind a huge plate glass window… Across the road was a busy service station on the main drag of the 'entertainment' district..

We observed an Igoric attendant over fill a small car and spill some petrol on the forecourt and footpath.

We observed a very thick local throw away one of those nasty 'burns very quickly' local cigarettes (hand rolled on the inner thigh of a dusky and possibly disease ridden maiden).

We observed a small petrol fire right at the pump. (getting bigger)

We observed the clever ans swift acting trainee Igor attendant attempt to extinguish the fire with a bucket of water (well it used to be water before standing in their atmosphere for half a day).

We observed the fire quickly become a very large spread out fire that was now spilling out onto the street and burning at least 3 foot high and giving off a LOT of light. And did the traffic even stop? (well 2 or 3 of the scooters rode around it) Nope!

This was friggin’ hilarious as at one stage half the road was on fire!

Eventually the local head Igor managed to find an extinguisher that worked and that coupled with the diminishing (crappy) fuel supply and the lack of actual oxygen in the air put out the fire and we returned to our meals thoroughly entertained by some more Asian city street madness…

Ha ha

Then we thought about it for a bit…. We clever clogs highly educated smart bastards westerners were watching a potential service station explosion that would have torn out the front of our building apart from behind a very breakable glass window that would have shredded us like month old lettuce…..

Ah hem….

Yes! Some times we need to be shouted at!!!

FARQ!!!..

Point taken...and I will now endevour to get off my bike the moment I get DucatiSuicideStand™ fixed.... which will be when I can get my hands on a grinder... grinder+Ducati =

[dangerous]

yea I have the same issue specially wearing glasses all the time. Its pain to take your glasses off, then your helmet, then glasses back on. And get your wallet out at the same time without droping your gloves....!

fuk this makes me laugh........ so is it a pain to drop ya daks before you take a shit???? or do ya shit in ya pants............ think about it

[mangell6]

Whomever believes that this is about "safety" has succumbed to the wild rantings and ravings of the "mights", "may", "possibility", "could" protagonists who bombard us everyday with the remote possibilities of something terrible happening.

3½ years ago the BP station attendant asked me to hop of my bike to refuel, he explained simply that it is an OSH issue. He explained, I complied and have done ever since because it suits me with having a tankbag.

The legal problems IF in the unlikely event that a petrol spill MAY occur and MAY travel as far as something hot and COULD ignite are what is driving this move by BP.

Somewhere at a BP station someone has "identified a risk" and BP is required by NZ law to do something about it, they have.

I do not normally remove my helmet when paying for gas, I have removed it the only single time I have been asked, regarding identity there are enough cameras at gas stations to have movie time. Try not paying sometime and watch what happens.

As far as dickheads causing themselves injury I refer you to the Stella Awards web pages.

Mike