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nuttinnew wrote: Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:10 pm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58781445

Gavster wrote: Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:09 pm Saw some full-on craziness at the local Gulf station earlier. The station had barriers at the entrance to suggest it was closed, however they actually had fuel on a couple of the pumps, a little bit of unleaded and a couple of diesel. I was there using the jet wash in a nice peaceful, quiet petrol station when people began to realise there was fuel. Within a few minutes, there was a queue out of the station and in both directions, blocking the main road. Because there was only two pumps in action, the queue wasn't moving, so people were getting angry, lorries were sitting on their horns and there was some random shouting.

In what was a pure Hollywood moment, the dude at the front, who had just used the one remaining unleaded pump managed to drive away while the nozzle was still in his fucking car . I heard a load metallic twang and a slap, looked around and saw him driving across the forecourt while the remainder of the hose fell onto the ground. I wasn't sure whether to go closer to look or hide . There's clearly some kind of failsafe valve as the hose was just laying there, with no nozzle, and just a slight dribble of fuel had come out. Meanwhile the queue was getting even more angry, while unleaded was now off the menu. This part of East London is completely mental.

John wrote: Tue Oct 05, 2021 11:20 am Quite a few years ago my friend was using a petrol pump to fill the tank on his Renault 5 turbo. He was stretching the hose as he was filling up on the “wrong” side and without warning the hose came away from the nozzle leaving him with the nozzle in one hand and the hose in the other. The pump didn’t stop pumping fuel until the assistant pressed something that killed all the power to the whole petrol station, lights and all the pumps went off. That was a scary few seconds as the petrol sprayed about all over the floor/car