WHAT IS EVERYONE ON.
Working at a Garage, in a VERY backstreet, with 2 x 1950's mechanical petrol pumps, and 1 1970's diesel pump, and a TOTAL capacity of about 15000 litres of fuel, we where innundated today, people who normally buy £5 every 2 weeks bought £40... We won't see them now for over a month.
Being backstreet, we really don't get fuel at a good price, so are a tad expensive, roughly 5p per litre over the bigger places , we have 2 tanks at
4500 litres each for Petrol, and 1 tank at 4500 litres Diesel, and 2b honest we lose about £120 per week on fuel, but provide it as a service to the locals who use us for thier servicing and repairs, and we even wander out and fill thier cars for them, so fully attended.We used almost a weeks fuel today, and had to turn down regulars that support us EVERY day, and always service thier cars/vans with us, because idiots wanted too much fuel.
Even old grannies... One old dear buys £5 PER MONTH, she lives at the end of my road, so I know her well, but she filled up along with every one else.
We have a delivery tommorrow, it's been promised, but may be next day, but it's being kept for our regular customers, anyone else gets £5.
There REALLY WAS NO NEED FOR THIS PANIC BUYING.
Our supplier has MILLIONS of litres of fuel, and they are a haulier NOT a refinery, so STOP GOING MAD ON FUEL, there is plenty, and there is NO need to panic.
If you live in Desborough and normally buy your petrol outside Desborough, not being funny, but if we don't know you, you can fack off.
Our normally reliable old Petrol pump got so overheated today it kept siezing up, and we had to pick it to bits and put it back together again.