Tesco refusing to fill petrol on the wrong side of the pump?

Lum

Another way to do it, pretty much jobsworth-proof.

Reverse up to the pump, hell at one particularly busy garage which only had two pumps, they had a queue of something like 6 cars for one side of the pump and only two cars queueing for the other side, so I just turned around and queued facing backwards.

Sure people in the other queue looked at me like I was stupid, but they were still looking like that while I was filling up and they were still queueing.

In the OPs situation I would've just done a 3 point turn on the exit side of the forecourt and returned to the exact same pump.

photome

I always use Tescos for fuel (points) and 99 times out of 100 fill on the opposite side to pumps(saves queueing), never had a problem and never spilt any fuel and I fill up twice a week.

photome

DCFC79 wrote: »

whats wrong with supermarket fuel

Nothing! dont get him started , I have done over 200,000 miles in the last 7 years on nothing but supermarket diesel with no problems

roddydogs

Lum wrote: »

Another way to do it, pretty much jobsworth-proof.

Reverse up to the pump, hell at one particularly busy garage which only had two pumps, they had a queue of something like 6 cars for one side of the pump and only two cars queueing for the other side, so I just turned around and queued facing backwards.

Sure people in the other queue looked at me like I was stupid, but they were still looking like that while I was filling up and they were still queueing.

In the OPs situation I would've just done a 3 point turn on the exit side of the forecourt and returned to the exact same pump.

Then what happens when the car thats just filled wants to leave? Also, re the original post, how does the attendant know what side your fillingup?, their self fill surely?

vikingaero

Dan_S wrote: »

What are you doing filling your car up on supermarket fuel anyway?

(1) Clubcard points
(2) Convenience
(3) It's a company car and I fill it wherever. In 3 years time it's not my car or problem. I fill my private cars with Shell fuels.

delain

My volvo fills from the passenger side. i think. I had noticed i can almost always go straight through!

roddydogs

Its the same fuel anyway

dfh

custardy wrote: »

im the same,if they tried this with me i just wouldnt use them again

Looks like you are one of those Pain in the a-r-s e customers who seems to care only about your so-called rights and do not care about health and safety.

cyclonebri1

All this controversy for the sake of an extra foot of hose

Viper_7

and I thought size was important?