Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Take my lid off before Fuel! WTF!!

[andyb]

The remove the helmet at a fuel pump is an attempt to i/d a rider so as to avoid the thousands of £'s worth of drive offs a year, thats all.

If they want you to take the lid off prior to coming in the shop then i would go with that as well, and clearly they will shout over the tannoy before they let you have fuel.........

same old story really the minority of criminals ruining it for the majority law abiding people.

Id just comply and not take it too personally.

[jeff st4s]

There is a Shell garage between Dorking and Reigate, it has a miseable old far* working there who insists it's the "law" that I take my helmet off and refuses to serve me. So I don't go there anymore. He is the only member of staff there who does it and no other station that I have been to yet makes me do it.
I agree if your sitting on your bike filling it up with your lid on it looks suspiscious.

[Spen]

They insist my wife leaves hers on..........

[Wave]

If they ask this i will just go the next one, usually leaving the pump on the floor.

[twpd]

Had it done to me before. I went elsewhere and have never been back again. I won't comply - it's that bend over and take up the brown pipe attitude that leaves us saddled with all sorts of stupid laws and rules in this country.

[david.hicks]

Originally Posted by twpd

Had it done to me before. I went elsewhere and have never been back again.

Au contraire ... I actually make a point of going back every so often - just to see if they have changed and to leave the pump on the ground again and cause them some more grief if they haven't. I figure the more hassle we cause them, the more likely they are to rethink their policy.