| To anyone who is bitching about queuing to fill up - try living in a rural area and having to drive in to work each day. We tried to fill up on Monday evening (to last the week) and most of the petorl stations in Grantham had signs up " no fuel", "diesel only", and one already had "emergency vehicles only". We ended up queuing for 45 minutes at the only one left open and yes, I did fill a large plastic can which is for my track day next Monday in case it's really bad by then. Why should I waste £90 paid for the track day because I didn't have the foresight to get petrol in for it? As for wife getting into town for work each day - her job doesn;t stop if she doesn't turn up, so if the cvar doesn't run, they will expect her to get there somehow. That means taxis, assuming they have fuel still. At the end of the day it doesn't matter to me if the shortage is because of the action, or because of panic buying. It is sitll a shortgage and I have to take steps as I see fit.
Sorry if it's bitchy ... but the red mist came down reading the "r'soles queuing" comments above.  |