Set out for a ride on Thursday as the weather here was half decent and went to fill up at a servo I don't normally go to on North East Rd. I stop get off the bike, get my gloves off, helmet off, fuel cap off, go to fill the tank and.... nothing. Then I hear something blurted over the intercom and it clicks, it's a bloody pay before you fill servo. Despite being on my own I said quite loudly "aaah fuck", thought about it for a few seconds then just put all my shit back on and went to another servo.
I figure these bloody servos are bad enough when you're in a car but on a bike with a small tank they're bloody useless. I appreciate these businesses lose some money from people who drive off but surely they can think of a better method than bloody pay before you fill.
I make a habit now of avoiding all servos that do this whether I'm on the bike or in the car.
ahhhhh yes wunderin wen this little game wud rare its ugly hed in this cuntry, dont no bout europe but its alive an well in the states, i encountered it a cupla years ago in LA but theres mor to come for instance went to fill up in long beach wen i got to the servo (and i was lagged hot tired an thirsty and fuggin lost and then theres the rong side of da road caper) i approached this spanish luking chick and said "scuse me luv do u no where ..........is?" well she went pale as and jumped in her car an fuked off, she thort i was goin to rob bash shoot her...paranoya or wot, and so to the story yea u go to the chekchik and hand her a tweny dola bill thru a 3/4" bulletproof glass sliding tray, an u start thinkin, must get real dam ugly here after dark, an then u fill an go an get yer change an it dusnt change ova the nex 10,000 k,s cept in the cuntry areas they let the bulletproof glass slide, havin said all that i work on the gold coast and havnt struck this style of servo there at all and we all no theres sum seriously fucked up people in that little stretch of woods, but it will cum i think its called progress, anyway i was gunna go for a ride but its 2 fuggin cold its down to 17 sumfin, yea an call me ablouse but its warm inside an i got pleny of nekoil, cheers from that fuggin rat NO FLAMERS
Yea i rememba it was 10 cents a liter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There was a story on the news last night about the epidemic of stolen plates being used to drive of without paying south of Sydney
It is that bad that the South West Police Command is planning a program where car drivers can pull in and have anti tamper screws fitted to the number plates to try and stop people stealing the number plates
This is most likley what is behind the servos pay before you fill up
The old Shell servo on the Stuart highway across from the old entrance to the Darwin airport used to have bikini babes doing the driveway service. Did all the stuff of yesteryear. Checked all ya stuff while they filled ur car. I always asked for my windscreen to be washed .............. twice
this old news around some areas of western sydney , pain in the arse but you cant blame servo owners for protecting themselves
With you on that one Dlux
What is stupid is when they have the pump nearest to the exit as a pre-pay and the one immediately before that not requiring pre-pay. If you use the one before you can still drive off. I've had situations where they would not activate the pump until I took the helmet off and got off the bike.
