Petrol light came on as I left college this evening. First available petrol station Total. I'd filled up twice with them over the weekend. Thought I'd try the 'special' extremo something or other unleaded as I'm at Brands Tomorrow. Went in to pay and waited by a till whilst the shop assistant proceeded to ignore me. Saw me but then turned round to stack shelves!
So I moved to the other till, where that assistant pointed to the gentleman behind me as his next customer. I stepped forward, as the gentleman indicated I was ahead of him. The till operator then tapped his head and said
'Take that off please. Helmets not allowed in here'
to which I replied
'You're joking. I've been riding for 11 years and never been asked to remove my lid in a petrol station.'
2nd till operator (the one who'd ignored me at the other till) 'There's a sign on the door'
Me 'if you're insisting I take it off I won't come here again'
1st till operator '£12.98 please'
I left, checked the door - at the very top there's a picture of a helmet with a line through it.
And it wasn't until I was half way home that it occurred to me I'd probably paid about £2 over the odds for the petrol
Hope the fuel proves to be supersonic tomorrow, otherwise I'll be writing letters of complaint