All the people panic buying petrol

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Are fucking selfish, and will be the first to moan when they're takeaway can't be delivered, they can't get a taxi, or places are short staffed as people CAN'T GET TO WORK

god I'm pissed off

@HeddaGarbled

If you sat in your house today, car outside with 1/4 of a tank that would usually last you at least a week - saw the news about shortages and then thought 'id better fill up just in case'...yes, that's panic buying. You're not the different one who's 'just filling up'

I disagree. I think it shows sensible forward planning under worrying circumstances.

Same. I’m on half a tank, If I see a petrol station with no queues, I’m going to fill up (small car).

I definitely won’t be queueing until I’m low though.

My next door neighbours have 3 cars and were filling them all up at 8am on Friday. My tiny 2.0 litre KA was on empty so had to be filled but my DH's massive diesel tank is sitting on the drive with less than a quarter tank. He works from home unlike me so is not rushing to fill up. Although most petrol stations near us have run out of diesel so even if we need it we are screwed.

@Nayday

So the queues of people 'sensibly forward planning' actually create shortages of fuel because they're buying it in quantities they wouldn't usually, which them causes more 'sensible forward planning'. It's just bloody loo roll all over. Until everyone calms the feck down again.

Not having loo roll wont cost you a job! Fuel and bog roll are totally different.

@bonbonours

I think the vast majority of people don't think they are panic buying. Everyone has places they have to go and reasons why they need petrol and if they weren't lucky enough to have a full tank at the point when there was news of shortages they are understandably wanting to make sure they don't run out.

Which is by definition, panic buying.

Ffs if you have to go to work in your car fine its the people filling just incase and not having to go anywhere that are being selfish

[quote JesusIsAnyNameFree]@whynotwhatknot

Not that I care what you think, I mean even a teensy tiny bit, but yeah, not mowing is a problem as they get swamped by weeds if they aren't mowed.

I mean I am certain you're fine with your lawn looking like that and I am sure in your area no one bats an eyelid, but in this area it's unacceptable. HTH[/quote]
Seriously? They’re not going to get swamped by “weeds” by not mowing between now and March. Have you not heard of “no-mow May”?

Your second sentence is unwarrantedly snide.

I wonder about the airlines - used to work did an oil company and the airports only kept 2-3 days of fuel on site

Major airports have their aviation fuel pumped in directly from the refineries. They will be fine.

@whynotwhatknot

Ffs if you have to go to work in your car fine its the people filling just incase and not having to go anywhere that are being selfish

You could need your car for an emergency at any time. Funny that all the people calling others selfish for queuing for fuel have also been queuing for fuel too. Just smacks of the whole lockdown thing of complaining about the amount of people in a shop when you are there too.

@MereDintofPandiculation

Yes, it will.

I fill up about every six months, just because I don't drive the car much I don't trek to the petrol station each fortnight and put a fivers worth in, I go once and fill it up, I last filled up in March/April

@Gyredjk

I fill up about every six months, just because I don't drive the car much I don't trek to the petrol station each fortnight and put a fivers worth in, I go once and fill it up, I last filled up in March/April

Why even bother having a car for that mileage? Taxis would be cheaper.

@XenoBitch loo roll and fuel may be 'totally different' but the frenzy of panic buying is the same - the self-fufilling prophecy of 'if everyone buys the same thing at once, in a way they wouldn't usually' causes shortages (supply chain hit rather than actual shortage).
If you changed your usual behaviour and bought fuel ahead of time due to perceiving there could be a shortage - you're panic buying. The justification of why you as an individual have all the 'right' reasons to need to buy is irrelevant - as a collective you have contributed to creating panic buying. That's just factual I'm afraid.

Same for me, I work in a school and have 80 miles worth of diesel in my car, enough for 1 week, all my local petrol stations say “no diesel “.

@Gyredjk

I fill up about every six months, just because I don't drive the car much I don't trek to the petrol station each fortnight and put a fivers worth in, I go once and fill it up, I last filled up in March/April

I don't think that's recommended for a happy car to be honest.

@JessieJo15

I wonder about the airlines - used to work did an oil company and the airports only kept 2-3 days of fuel on site

Major airports have their aviation fuel pumped in directly from the refineries. They will be fine.

Plus there isn’t actually a shortage anyway, other than that caused by panic buyers. Airlines won’t be panic buying aviation fuel.

@Nayday

If you sat in your house today, car outside with 1/4 of a tank that would usually last you at least a week - saw the news about shortages and then thought 'id better fill up just in case'...yes, that's panic buying. You're not the different one who's 'just filling up'.

Absolutely this 100%.

Half the panic buyers don't recognise that they are actually panic buyers. Whether you want to call it "sensible forward planning" or panic buying is irrelevant - it amounts to the same thing.

There is no petrol shortage - there was enough to go round. Or at least there was until everyone started their "sensible forward planning" and now there's not enough. There is no petrol or diesel at all in my town currently. None. I didn't actually know how much I had - when I got in the car tonight it just tipped onto the red as I drove down the road so naturally I thought I just stick a bit in. I honestly didn't expect every single petrol station to have been drained dry. My DM is disabled so I'm hoping she doesn't need me over the next few days as I don't have enough petrol to get to hers, and then back home again.

I guess the media are partly to blame - but then again, not having sufficient lorry drivers to deliver petrol is relevant news. And particularly relevant following on from recent empty shelves in supermarkets, again caused by a shortage of lorry drivers able to deliver. What has actually caused this is people filling up their cars more often/with more petrol than they would normally do - if everyone had just stuck to what they normally did, we'd all have been fine.

@xenobitch i havent queued at all actually

im meant to go visit ils on tuesday but if i cant get any i wont go

It seems like there's a small amount of panic buyers, which have then left the none panicked wit no choice but to fill up. Otherwise they have to wait for hours multiple times a week.

Most drivers use their cars daily...need fuel...don't have time to sit in hours of a queue for £10 of petrol 3 x a week

[quote motherrunner]@JesusIsAnyNameFree I don’t know. I’m not in a position to have hired help or ever want to have that power imbalance over someone else.[/quote]
Hilarious, so no one should employ a cleaner, a gardener, a nanny or anyone else who works n their home because it's a power imbalance?!?

And all those cleaners, gardeners etc will be really thankful to have the power imbalance redressed by losing their work?

What about other employers - when does it become ok to employ someone? And why?

[quote Nayday]@XenoBitch loo roll and fuel may be 'totally different' but the frenzy of panic buying is the same - the self-fufilling prophecy of 'if everyone buys the same thing at once, in a way they wouldn't usually' causes shortages (supply chain hit rather than actual shortage).
If you changed your usual behaviour and bought fuel ahead of time due to perceiving there could be a shortage - you're panic buying. The justification of why you as an individual have all the 'right' reasons to need to buy is irrelevant - as a collective you have contributed to creating panic buying. That's just factual I'm afraid.[/quote]
This exactly

thankyou

I didn't need to properly queue, there was just a couple of cars in front of me, that's all. Largish shell garage

I live in a rural area No buses where I work and non on a Sunday elsewhere and evenings .Filled up yesterday but will need it again by next weekend or no work .Daughter went to Tesco this morning at 6am shopping long line of cars waiting to go into petrol station

Plus there isn’t actually a shortage anyway, other than that caused by panic buyers. Airlines won’t be panic buying aviation fuel

It depends how you look at it. There is not a shortage of fuel but there is a shortage of drivers to get the fuel to the filling stations. So there is a shortage of fuel in the location it needs to be.

This in itself would not have been a problem. It is the medias fault for making a mountain out of a molehill and obviously the morons have flocked to the pumps.

[quote Nayday]@XenoBitch loo roll and fuel may be 'totally different' but the frenzy of panic buying is the same - the self-fufilling prophecy of 'if everyone buys the same thing at once, in a way they wouldn't usually' causes shortages (supply chain hit rather than actual shortage).
If you changed your usual behaviour and bought fuel ahead of time due to perceiving there could be a shortage - you're panic buying. The justification of why you as an individual have all the 'right' reasons to need to buy is irrelevant - as a collective you have contributed to creating panic buying. That's just factual I'm afraid.[/quote]
What I object you is all the rants about "selfish cunts" on this thread and social media in general... when the vast majority of people queuing for hours to get fuel now are worried about not getting to work/school/appointments/holidays etc.

@Gyredjk

I fill up about every six months, just because I don't drive the car much I don't trek to the petrol station each fortnight and put a fivers worth in, I go once and fill it up, I last filled up in March/April

I hope for your sake you drive a petrol car 😅