No means to pay for fuel

Tank40

I'm a home delivery driver for a supermarket and we have all sorts of problems with our Shell Fuelcard.
Anyway, it didn't work again tonight so instead of paying for it and claiming it back (it was only £48) I thought I'd go through the pallaver of filling out the forms from the British Oil Security Syndicate. I'm in work tomorrow (and there's reason to believe card will be OK then) so it's not like anything's going to come of it but it seems a bit off that the driver of a company vehicle should be put in the frame for potential criminal proceedings?

Grumpy_chap

OK - an account of an event.  Is there a question?
What sort of supermarket uses Shell Fuelcards and doe snot have their own forecourt selling own-brand petrol / diesel?  Is the own-brand product sub-standard and not good enough for the home delivery vans?  
Have I hit upon the real scandal in this whole affair?  Stop-the-Press!!

Flight3287462

Why would there be potential criminal proceedings? You didn't drive off without paying.

I think you have done the right thing, get the supermarket to up their game.

Money_Grabber13579

Grumpy_chap said:

OK - an account of an event.  Is there a question?
What sort of supermarket uses Shell Fuelcards and doe snot have their own forecourt selling own-brand petrol / diesel?  Is the own-brand product sub-standard and not good enough for the home delivery vans?  
Have I hit upon the real scandal in this whole affair?  Stop-the-Press!!

Iceland? Ocado?

MX5huggy

Money_Grabber13579 said:

Grumpy_chap said:

OK - an account of an event.  Is there a question?
What sort of supermarket uses Shell Fuelcards and doe snot have their own forecourt selling own-brand petrol / diesel?  Is the own-brand product sub-standard and not good enough for the home delivery vans?  
Have I hit upon the real scandal in this whole affair?  Stop-the-Press!!

Iceland? Ocado?

Coop, Waitrose or Aldi

Grumpy_chap

Money_Grabber13579 said:

Iceland? Ocado?

MX5huggy said:

Coop, Waitrose or Aldi

Do any of these qualify as a "supermarket"?
Do the latter three even offer home delivery services?
EDIT:. Sending the Butler does not count as a home delivery service.

Sandtree

Hunyani_Flight_825 said:

Why would there be potential criminal proceedings? You didn't drive off without paying.

The OP has effectively signed a form saying they're taking away goods without having paid for them however will make payment within X hours (24-48 depending on company). Petrol stations cannot take back their goods after the person fills their tank and realises they cannot pay for it.

So yes, they did drive off without paying for it but promised to do so. There is an obvious tension here between getting your employer to sort it out as they should, but within the short timescales, or having to pay for it out your own pocket and then await for them to repay you.

Grumpy_chap said:
Do any of these qualify as a "supermarket"?

Do the latter three even offer home delivery services?

Whats your definition? Would find it odd that the later two don't. Certainly Waitrose has a home delivery service even to those without butlers... reluctantly 

ontheroad1970

Grumpy_chap said:

Money_Grabber13579 said:

Iceland? Ocado?

MX5huggy said:

Coop, Waitrose or Aldi

Do any of these qualify as a "supermarket"?
Do the latter three even offer home delivery services?
EDIT:. Sending the Butler does not count as a home delivery service.

Waitrose do for sure.  It used to ocado, but now they do their own.

AdrianC

Even for those supermarket chains that do sell fuel from some sites, they will have sites that do not - so would that store's fleet of vans travel to another town to fill up? Or just fill up elsewhere in the town they're based...?

That might be a 40 mile round trip - and, of course, they won't be delivering in those areas, because that store's fleet will be doing that.

And, yes, the Co-op deliver. https://www.coop.co.uk/ways-to-shop/home-delivery
And, yes, of course Co-op and Waitrose are supermarkets... In fact, I have no supermarket choices BUT Co-op within a 40 mile round trip. As for the Aldidl twins not being... <rolls eyes>

user1977

Tank40 said:

it seems a bit off that the driver of a company vehicle should be put in the frame for potential criminal proceedings?

What makes you think they would be? It's not a strict liability offence, there needs to be criminal intent, which seems improbable if you're clearly just the driver of a van with a well-known brand on it!

Penguin_

There have been huge issues with the Shell Fuelcards at our fuel stations, a lot of Openreach engineers have struggled with thiers.