Am I out of line for asking people to remove their helmets?

[george formby]

It's just basic manners innit! Precisely why I like my flip face hemlet, I can pop into the garage & still look vaguely human.

[Headbanger]

Anyone rude enough not to remove their helmet when entering a shop or a building is just a badly educated fuckwit.

I often comment to petrol station workers that they should provide a better place for bike helmets as many pumps are desuigned without sufficient flat space to park your lid.

If someone can't be bothered removing their helmet I wouldn't bother acknowledging their question.

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[ajturbo]

do you not have to remove your helmet at gas stations anymore?

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i have NEVER removed my helmet to just fill up with gas...

no-one has ever asked me too..

if they did, i would ask them if they wanted my money or not..?

[Headbanger]

if they did, i would ask them if they wanted my money or not..?

If I were a servo worker I'd say no, Don't want your money, Give us back our gas and rack off.....

[Owl]

If I were a servo worker I'd say no, Don't want your money, Give us back our gas and rack off.....

Guess you don't work in a servo then!

[2wheeled Gasman]

I agree with AJ.
If they want to remove your helmet before going into a servo they should put a sign up at price signage pole.Then at least you have a choice at which servo to gas up at, that way no one gets upset. Or serve you from the after hours window.
But I'm all for helmets off when at the shops looking round for general stuff

[vifferman]

No, you're not out of line.
I leave mine on at the service station, but that's solely because:
- It's just a very quick visit (usually less than 2 minutes inside), with little communication required
- The guy at the service station I go to doesn't mind (I asked, and he said no bikers take their helmets off, and he doesn't care)
- There's no need for any face-to-face interaction, if you get what I mean.

At banks, or malls, or shops where I'm browsing, I ALWAYS take my helmet off. When I buy bus tickets for my wife, I leave it on - same deal as the service station: it's always the same shop, they know me, it's a quick transaction.

[Headbanger]

Guess you don't work in a servo then!

If I did I'd imagine there would be numerous threads here on KB about that fuckwit working at the servo.....

[duckonin]

If I were a servo worker I'd say no, Don't want your money, Give us back our gas and rack off.....

In a case such as, I would keep my money and drive off anyway, I did offer to pay so it is not a drive off, other than that YOU can come out and serve your petrol into my bike,then bring back my change...As I always pay in cash. I don't use one of them time wasting cards,like to be personal when handling my money that way I know how much I have left.

[Headbanger]

In a case such as, I would keep my money and drive off anyway, I did offer to pay so it is not a drive off, other than that YOU can come out and serve your petrol into my bike,then bring back my change...As I always pay in cash. I don't use one of them time wasting cards,like to be personal when handling my money that way I know how much I have left.

I remember visibly upsetting a servo attendant many years ago when I wouldn't let him fill up my bike.

I guess he got all his self-worth from the only menial task he was capable of doing, and was crushed when some bastard turned up and refused to let him use his one and only skill.


And gong back to your post....You would drive off?

Why would you have had a helmet on in your car? Looking to rob the place?

Think I'd lock the door to the servo and call the cops if some mad bastard was sitting in their car on the forecourt wearing a helmet.

[jackie]

In a case such as, I would keep my money and drive off anyway, I did offer to pay so it is not a drive off,

Swap petrol for a television and you'll find it doesn't quite work like that.

[wickle]

In a case such as, I would keep my money and drive off anyway, I did offer to pay so it is not a drive off, other than that YOU can come out and serve your petrol into my bike,then bring back my change...As I always pay in cash. I don't use one of them time wasting cards,like to be personal when handling my money that way I know how much I have left.

To leave without paying is theft!

[Laxi]

farrk! not this crap again
edit: lets see here.... search "remove helmet"...... 1st 3 pages hmmm
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...=remove+helmet
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...=remove+helmet
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...=remove+helmet

[dipshit]

So a question i have is Am i out of line for asking them to remove their lid while in the shop?

Not at all.

The trouble is a lot of motorcyclists have shit for brains.

[Ixion]

No. Provided you provide some place for people to put them.

It can be very difficult trying to 'browse' in a shop holding a helmet.

You either struggle to do things one handed (try putting clothes back on a hanger with one hand!); or put the helmet on the floor which can be a pain if you are moving steadily along a rack or show case etc. And then someone usually seems to lick it or fall over it.

Provide a shelf for helmets , with a sign. Point it out and ask folk to remove them.