pulled into a Shell garage today to bend over and fill the S up with some over-priced-o-max and was quickly assailed my some bloke in a Shell jacket offering to service me!

apparently it's a new service where they will fill your car up for you, clean your windscreen and your headlights for the princely sum of

 

He probably thought you just looked like a jakie and wouldn't have any money on you, and therefor would pay by credit card, giving him the chance to scam you.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/08/sh...spends_chippin/

 

Whats a jakie!?

 

Glaswegian term for -olic

 

Ah a p*ss head.

 

Did he offer to clone your credit card as part of the service too?

 

It occurred to me this would be fairly cost effective for Shell to actually pay for pump attendants in busy times; when I fill up at BP or Shell (which both have mini-shops in them too), I spend a fair amount of time waiting for a pump because the person is stood in a long queue. If you could queue while someone else filled up your car (as you do in NZ, which is free, and they check your oil etc. too) then the petrol station would process more people and make more money

 

Crikey! For one moment I thought this post was NSFW!

 

This is proof, if any were needed,, that we now have a surplus of cheap labour in this country. I saw this in South Africa a few years back but it didn't come as much of a surprise given the levels of unemployment.

 

I wouldn't trust some monkey at a petrol pump to check the oil for me, or fill my car up for that matter.