Tony Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 No truman, i can't explain that. I don't make the rules. I just follow them because otherwise i risk losing my job! Hey, nobody can ever fault you for that. It doesn't mean that the rules aren't completely daft with absolutely no basis in reality though. You made a really good point about people being distracted / manners and I wholeheartedly agree with you there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel22 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Hey, nobody can ever fault you for that. It doesn't mean that the rules aren't completely daft with absolutely no basis in reality though. You made a really good point about people being distracted / manners and I wholeheartedly agree with you there. I agree. We have some pathetic rules! (Not just ones relating to mobile phones) But rules are rules and wether i agree with them or not, i get paid to do as i'm told! So i do. (Well, most of the time i do anyway!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Glypta Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I think there is more danger of fire from a cars spark plugs than there is from a mobile phone. I had an old Mini and on a damp night the plug leads lit up like the Northern Lights. I would be more inclined to think that listening to folks shouting into mobile phones gets on the tits of the till lasses after a while. They don't want to listen to folk saying they are in Morrisons buying petrol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel22 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 To be honest, i've worked there for over 5 years now and i've seen many people using their phone on the forecourt. But i've never seen anything bad happen as a consequence. But when you see as many videos about it as i have during training, it does make you think that maybe there is some truth in it. I can't see why else they would make such a big deal out of it if it was harmless. And some of the videos i've seen are awful. So for me, it's just not worth the risk. I personally think the main risk of using a mobile on a forecourt is the risk of getting hit by a car. I've seen so many people just wandering aimlessly across the forecourt, deep in conversation, totally oblivious to the cars around them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Culture, habit, old training programmes, nobody is brave enough to be the first to change, nobody at the top who knows or cares enough... organisations are weird, there's no logic. To be honest, while they perpetuate the myth they are wasting time that they could use to teach something that is useful which might actually save or protect a life. Instead of scaring staff with unrelated snuff videos they could be teaching them how to use a defibrillator that uses many magnitudes more voltage but will save a life... and still won't set the forecourt on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Does this mean we also have to ban polyester slacks just in case they generate a spark ? (love to see the sign for that one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel22 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Does this mean we also have to ban polyester slacks just in case they generate a spark ? (love to see the sign for that one) I'll suggest that to my manager!! That would be a fun rule to impose!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffield_07 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 its weird how it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikertec Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I had a new one today I was asked to remove my sunglasses at the petrol pump. Come on big white van fully sign written im not likely to do a runner without paying. Needless to say I didn't remove them and the diesel still flowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glamrocker Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 There is no evidence that using mobiles in petrol stations is dangerous, the ban originated when first generation analouge mobiles were around, there was apparently IIRC a case (cases?) of the signal from a mobile affecting the readout on the pump causing the display to reset, how true this is i dont know Used to be able to do it with a AM cb radio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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