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[markjay]

Mortar tanker tailed by drivers looking for petrol

A tanker driver has told how he was tailed by about 20 drivers who were dismayed to discover he was not transporting petrol.
Johnny Anderson, who drives for Weaver Haulage, was transporting 44 tonnes of mortar from Bilston, Wolverhampton, to a building site in Northamptonshire.
When he reached his destination, he saw a line of traffic backed up behind him.
"The man at the front... actually said 'You could have stopped and told us you weren't a petrol tanker," he said.
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[Wagon]

I got shouted at by an aggrieved lady this eve, saw a tanker at my local Esso and joined a 3 car queue on the main road, didn't notice the 10 cars down the side road waiting... oops , filtered in but shouty lady wasn't happy.. the language she was dishing out to the bloke behind was epic as he wouldn't change pumps as hers didn't have Diesel... any ways another 585 mile range , that'll prob be done midweek

 

[E55BOF]

That was no lady...

 

[Petrol Pete]

Mortar tanker tailed by drivers looking for petrol

A tanker driver has told how he was tailed by about 20 drivers who were dismayed to discover he was not transporting petrol.
Johnny Anderson, who drives for Weaver Haulage, was transporting 44 tonnes of mortar from Bilston, Wolverhampton, to a building site in Northamptonshire.
When he reached his destination, he saw a line of traffic backed up behind him.
"The man at the front... actually said 'You could have stopped and told us you weren't a petrol tanker," he said.
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Bilston you say ? I think the man was misquoted in this report. His comment should have read..

" Yow cud ov stopt an tod uz you wor a petrul tankur mhait"

 

[Darrell]

Bilston you say ? I think the man was misquoted in this report. His comment should have read..

" Yow cud ov stopt an tod uz you wor a petrul tankur mhait"

????????

 

[zipdip]

A tanker driver was saying that he feels like the pied piper he gets followed to forecourts,he was in Suffolk delivering to a small town garage when he noticed a car following him ,he pulled onto the forecourt and the car parked by a closed pump and a aged women said can I wait until you are finished ,he said well I will be 45 minutes at least,so he carried on shot his fuel down into the garage tanks and was packing up his hoses and the garage opened and he watched the old lady put in all she could get into her car it amounted to £4 .36p so he said you waited 45 minutes for that she said have to keep the car full up.

 

[Rich764089]

Still no super anywhere round here. Getting ridiculous now. The E63 may never get out again at this rate!

 

[merc07]

It was no different on Friday to what a saw on Monday in the south west this week - nothing has changed, it definitely is not getting back to normal yet around here.
I filled up 4 times at my local Tesco at around 08:30 and didn't queue once.
However, 90% of the forecourts I pass during the day had no fuel and the other 10% have massive queues, this includes 4 others closer to the motorway in the same town I live ??

Why do I keep looking at the pumps as I drive by ??

Bath and Cirencester were the worst, causing caos on the roads..

Still the M5 was a carpark from Friday late morning so they all must have filled up somewhere..

 

[zipdip]

Well did a small amount of food shopping just now and our local Morrisons fuel station was not open first time I have seen that still it meant you could get in and out of the supermarket,just had a phone call from a bulk powder hgv driver I know,I told him about the old lady and her putting £4.36 in her tank and the tanker driver is being followed,and the the driver of the bulk powder said I can beat that ,I had a load of special cement on and two cars were following me at the traffic lights a driver said what garage are you going to,he was well upset when I said I had cement on.

 

[Darrell]

I saw what I think is a new phenomenon this morning.

A filling station in Kingsbury was closed yesterday so a few people went into the shop to ask when the next delivery was coming.

They were told that the tanker will be coming in at 6.30am today (I saw it) and they’ll start serving fuel at 8. The people then park their vehicles in a queue outside and return at 7.45am to get their fuel!!

 

[Rich764089]

I saw what I think is a new phenomenon this morning.

A filling station in Kingsbury was closed yesterday so a few people went into the shop to ask when the next delivery was coming.

They were told that the tanker will be coming in at 6.30am today (I saw it) and they’ll start serving fuel at 8. The people then park their vehicles in a queue outside and return at 7.45am to get their fuel!!

Madness. I would rather be stranded in my home than be part of a Soviet bread (fuel) queue.

(No political undertones or xenophobia, just an analogy).

 

[Darrell]

Madness. I would rather be stranded in my home than be part of a Soviet bread (fuel) queue.

(No political undertones or xenophobia, just an analogy).

That’s what it’s becoming like.
Didn’t we find it amusing to see them all queuing up for a loaf of bread?

 

[vijilants]

So the media have now stopped reporting on the problem and there is still no petrol in South London and other areas.....where do we go from here ??

 

[Rich764089]

That’s what it’s becoming like.
Didn’t we find it amusing to see them all queuing up for a loaf of bread?

Well, maybe not amusing
But I'm sure many felt a little superior!

 

[Petrol Pete]

So the media have now stopped reporting on the problem and there is still no petrol in South London and other areas.....where do we go from here ??

North London ?

 

[Rich764089]

North London ?

 

[Petrol Pete]

I seemed to remember reading that in the Soviet era they often did no know what they were queuing for , they would just join a queue and eventually from word of mouth find out what might be at the end of it.

 

[MercedesDriver]

Well, maybe not amusing
But I'm sure many felt a little superior!

My guess is that they feel the same today while watching RT.

 

[MercedesDriver]

North London ?

Don't bother.

 

[Rich764089]

My guess is that they feel the same today while watching RT.

RT?