Bitch Bitch Bloody BP!

[ajturbo]

Just popped into a BP station this morning to fill up, and was half way threw the filling when this young man ( hehehe younger than me any way!) came up and said that I had to get off the bike! I said “no” I will fill it then get off and if you have a problem with that , tell the boss”…well he did, as I was paying for it! (in the shop…I had gotten off the bike by then!!!) the manager told me that if I didn’t get off the bike next time, I would have to fill some where else!!!! He said that it was a safety issue… now I have been filling that way for the last 27 years, the only mishap I had was when I filled it too much and had to wait, in the hot sun, for the KB’s!!!
Why is that a problem ??? or am I suddenly unable to fill my bike my way, because I’m dangerous?
or is it because i now live in tauranga and the M/Cs here are dangerous and the word has gotten out?

the other thing here is the fact that i have filled up at the gas station at least 10 times before!!!
looks like my last. no sweet as there are others...
there was gas station in welly where i was told to take off my helmit!!!
That also was a BP!!

[Blakamin]

Happened at the bp here to me... stopped filling (had $2 in) handed him the nozzle, gave the c*nt a coin and never went back.

in some parts of Aus if you wear your helmet into a servo they set off the alarm

[James Deuce]

It is courtesy to remove your helmet. Helmets have beed used as a face disguise in petrol station robberies many, many times.

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.

[bear]

Same thing happened to me yesterday at a BP in Tawa, Wellington. I was told that if a spark or fire happened when I was filling up and sitting on the bike then I would be the earth and it wouldn't be pretty.
The dude said it was like one in three million chance but it has been known to happen. They also had some new signs up illustrating this policy.

[crazylittleshit]

I've had the same problem but then I looked into the facts. And like jim said It could become a very flamable situation.

And that gas station stocks the best 98octane.

[Sniper]

Ummm, I dont know, I get look but Im not too sure if many people in Blenheim are worried about blowing up

[jrandom]

Yup, it really is a safety issue. Think about crotch spillage and subsequent light-up or, as Jim says, vapour ignition in a cloud above the tank, right in your face. Gas station doesn't want to be dealing with charred, screaming, half-dead customers.

Always the best idea to step off before filling, can't blame the guys working there for making the rule.

I don't usually take my helmet off, but if I was filling late at night I'd do it to avoid scaring the crap out of the guy on duty. Common courtesy.

[Blakamin]

I wouldnt have got shitty but there were no signs, been going there for 6 months and the guy (never seen him before) had an attitude from hell!
bonus is now i use 91 and go to the mobil where they dont give a shit... I dont always stay on the bike but I like to have it be my choice... my bike, my sack!

[Sniper]

I wouldnt have got shitty but there were no signs, been going there for 6 months and the guy (never seen him before) had an attitude from hell!
bonus is now i use 91 and go to the mobil where they dont give a shit... I dont always stay on the bike but I like to have it be my choice... my bike, my sack!

You have a point there Blakamin. If the guy was nice about it I suppose a compromise could have been reached but if he had an attitude then I would have told him to piss off too.

[James Deuce]

I wouldnt have got shitty but there were no signs, been going there for 6 months and the guy (never seen him before) had an attitude from hell!
bonus is now i use 91 and go to the mobil where they dont give a shit... I dont always stay on the bike but I like to have it be my choice... my bike, my sack!

This is meant respectifully and not waspishly: Ever stop to think that he may have been bashed with an 18" crescent wrench by a dude wearing a helmet? Gas stations get robbed a lot more than any other retail outlet. I try to ooze non-threatening behaviour.

[750Y]

I had a guy turn the pump off when i arrived to fill up with my lid still on. thinking the pump was stuffed i rode round to the next pump which started to fill then stopped, then i realised it was the dick at the counter. long story short I insulted him in front of a line of customers & he threw me out of his station, lol. never went back...

[vifferman]

Been there, had this thread before:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...hlight=station

[Blakamin]

This is meant respectifully and not waspishly: Ever stop to think that he may have been bashed with an 18" crescent wrench by a dude wearing a helmet?

Probably... with the attitude he had, very likely!
I dont mind taking my helmet off but his attitude about me sitting on my bike..farq him... the Duc doesnt like 98 anyway.
I try to ooze non-threatening behavior as well... the guys in the BP knew me (cept this dick). they didnt charge me for fuel one day coz they stuffed up... I went back when I realised I had more change than I should.. and they apologised and said thank you for your honesty and blah, blah,
That was reason I kept going there.. until "mr attitude". It was "get off your bike or i'll turn the pump off" not "hi, sorry but due to our new rules...."
lucky he didnt get a spanner around his head...(CBR had nowhere to put one)
I always took my helmet off to go pay until i realised you didnt have to... (WTF)
when I was in Aus they'd hit the alarm, stop the pumps and call the cops if you went in with a helmet on! (most parts of Melbourne anyway)

[vifferman]

I always took my helmet off to go pay until i realised you didnt have to.

I was the exact opposite, and never took my helmet off until someone asked me to. Then reading the previous thread about this completely stuffed me up (by opening my eyes to the fact it's a policy at some stations, and by alerting me to the perceived 'threat'), so now I always take it off. 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. I was considering buying a flip-front just so I could leave it on.
At least now I don't have to fill up as often, as the VifFerarri can go further than 120km between fills.

Should I leave my helmet on unless asked to take it off? It would save a few minutes, the risk of dropping the thing, AND a lot of hassle.

[Cajun]

aj - what Bp was this at, only been asked twice at gas station i been asked to do this is bp chapel street, and i never been back there, and also shell on mt maungnni road(end of hewllits road) they turned the pumps off on me. told me i couldn't full up, i siad where you your signs saying that, they didn't have any, so told them go fuck themselfs and took off, handy thing is i was test riding a bike.

Only places i seen that have these signs is bp.