Is this woman insane? (Warning! Daily Soovy content!)

[The Hypno-Toad]

Yes I know its the Daily Soovy and I know I shouldn't look but I was cruising around for info on the Kubica thing when I found this..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1354079/...

I'm sorry but with this and the Bristol murder thing, I think the senior staff at The Soovy need to look at her state of mental wellbeing.

Salute?!?!? Bow?!?!?! She is either taking the piss, mental or on some serious medication. Or possibly all three.

Horrible, horrible person.

[Pesty]

Hold on she is complaining in the main that the petrol station had not de iced their forecort, couldn't speak English and held onto her payment card.

Is that not a legitimate complaint?

dont agree with the saluting ste though

Edited by Pesty on Sunday 6th February 12:07

[sunbeam alpine]

In fairness, if she'd have posted it on here, we'd have rated it as a reasonable rant.

Points deducted for not enough swearing, but otherwise.....

[davepoth]

I always look forward to getting a donut at that particular services. Shame on her!

[Shaw Tarse]

I guess she doesn't realise the petrol station makes very little profit on fuel?

[paddyhasneeds]

On this one I think she's not too far off tbh.

You spend £70 in these places most weeks and whilst I accept that if you're on minimum wage working in a petrol station, job satisfaction probably isn't too high up your list, it does get a bit tedious listening to "Do you have a loyalty card, can I interest you in any of our breakfast bars, please enter your PIN number, please remove your card, would you like a VAT receipt?".

If I had a loyalty card I'd give it to you, if I wanted a breakfast bar I'd pick one up (that wasn't close to its sell by date hence you want rid), I know how a chip and pin machine works, and if I wanted a VAT receipt I'd ask for one.

I believe in America you still get, admittedly not sure of the frequency, attendants who will fill your car for you, check your oil, clean your lights and so on.

Do I want that personally, probably not, but is it a bad idea, not so sure.

[davepoth]

paddyhasneeds said:

I believe in America you still get, admittedly not sure of the frequency, attendants who will fill your car for you, check your oil, clean your lights and so on.

Do I want that personally, probably not, but is it a bad idea, not so sure.

I think New Jersey still has them by law. Generally gas station attendants are as surly there as they are here though.

[The real Apache]

Daft bint should be bhing about the tax and vat not the oil company profits which is very little on the forecourt

[Pesty]

The real Apache said:

not the oil company profits which is very little on the forecourt

she isnt bhuing about that. SHe is complaining about very poor service and that the oil companies do not give a st about it even though they make huge profits.

Not sure how garages work though, are they franchises/privately owned or owned and run by the oil companies? if its the former she is off the mark anyway.

ps anybody else think that card would have returned? or would they bee ordering huge flat screen tvs after a few days

[Shaw Tarse]

I used to know someone who had a franchise on a petrol station, they made around 3 or 4 ppl, hence the need to sell other stuff.
As for the card why didn't she realise she hadn't had it back? I know I would!

[spikeyhead]

davepoth said:

paddyhasneeds said:

I believe in America you still get, admittedly not sure of the frequency, attendants who will fill your car for you, check your oil, clean your lights and so on.

Do I want that personally, probably not, but is it a bad idea, not so sure.

I think New Jersey still has them by law. Generally gas station attendants are as surly there as they are here though.

that's true, and never, ever, under any circumstances, ask for some fags from such surly septics.

[danger mouse]

The real Apache said:

Daft bint should be bhing about the tax and vat not the oil company profits which is very little on the forecourt

Just one of myriad points the self-indulgent ig' has missed both in the article and in life generally in life it seems.

Just annoyed I increased rate page rating!

[otherman]

Don't forget when passing judgement here, it comes from the Daily Mail so you have only 5% of the facts. And that 5% is selected to make a point.

[driverrob]

sunbeam alpine said:

In fairness, if she'd have posted it on here, we'd have rated it as a reasonable rant.

Points deducted for not enough swearing, but otherwise.....

+1

[Ed Fender]

It's Liz Jones. She's got lots and lots of previous.

Type "Liz Jones is a" into Google and see what it suggests.

[voyds9]

paddyhasneeds said:

If I had a loyalty card I'd give it to you, if I wanted a breakfast bar I'd pick one up (that wasn't close to its sell by date hence you want rid), I know how a chip and pin machine works, and if I wanted a VAT receipt I'd ask for one.

The opposite is my problem, I want a receipt why should I always have to ask for one.

[The Hypno-Toad]

Ed Fender said:

It's Liz Jones. She's got lots and lots of previous.

Type "Liz Jones is a" into Google and see what it suggests.

I would agree that most petrol stations could do with improving their service more than a little but its her supercilious attitude that does my head in. Bow???? I mean for fks does she think she's fking royalty?
Maybe she wants to go back to a glorious time when AA men used to salute as they rode past on their Veclolettes with a peep of the horn. Where poor people weren't allowed to have cars by law and clutter up the roads for the better class of motorist and the only time you saw the lower classes was when they filled your car, wiped your screen and called you Marm as you drove off from their forecourt with a cheery wave. Where the only drinks they sold at fillings stations were Ginger beer and fizzy pop, where they closed on a Sunday and the only driving anyone did that day was to church, where it was always sunny & there were bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover.

I'm sorry, I think she's mental.

[Laurel Green]

Daft Bint said:

once dumped a man for buying me petrol station gypsophila, so cheap and nasty are these foil-wrapped twigs

Nothing less than a case of the mental, me thinks.

[Negative Creep]

Laurel Green said:

Daft Bint said:

once dumped a man for buying me petrol station gypsophila, so cheap and nasty are these foil-wrapped twigs

Nothing less than a case of the mental, me thinks.

What a hard life she must lead

[Deci]

paddyhasneeds said:

On this one I think she's not too far off tbh.

You spend £70 in these places most weeks and whilst I accept that if you're on minimum wage working in a petrol station, job satisfaction probably isn't too high up your list, it does get a bit tedious listening to "Do you have a loyalty card, can I interest you in any of our breakfast bars, please enter your PIN number, please remove your card, would you like a VAT receipt?".

If I had a loyalty card I'd give it to you, if I wanted a breakfast bar I'd pick one up (that wasn't close to its sell by date hence you want rid), I know how a chip and pin machine works, and if I wanted a VAT receipt I'd ask for one.

It is just a general public thing imho, I work on the other side of the counter , prompting customers with the PIN pad if I don't they tend to stare at it and don't do anything even with the machine beeping at them. The loyalty cards a lot of people forget they have them, asking for a VAT receipt I don't think they should ask every customer I only bother to ask when it is a large diesel fill.

Staff turnover is high which doesn't help with customer service there is only so much of customers going a penny over then receiving the usual "you thieving robbing s" that a cashier can take.