Every supermarket petrol station around Ipswich had a long queue yesterday, to the point where roads nearby were getting blocked.
Near to my home village there are 2 small petrol stations on the A12, just a few miles south of Ipswich. No queues, just the normal number of passing
customers. This was presumably the case with all local stations.
So people are sitting in queues, using petrol and going nowhere, where they could have filled up locally and paid just 1 or 2 pence per litre more.
What shall we nominate for the next panic buy? Sugar? Salt? Frozen peas?
Absolute morons...
the true scum of this situation are the newspapers and internet news sites. Read the panic inducing headline on the daily mail in the pub
yesterday:
We're running out
just because one minister had said he couldnt guarantee that no stations would run dry. FFS, the papers are entirely to blame for the situation.
Then the main article, all the photos had captions like 'the queues begin' and 'panic sets in'.
But then the comment in the editorial goes on about how foolish it all is. Seems they want to have the extra sales and still keep the moral high
ground?
You're spot on Joel, I got the paper for the folks at home cos they like the TV guide & I thought exactly the same, I nearly got a different one because of it!
big q at the supermarkets here, can't even get in to park the car, had to park at b&q instead
i was sat at a petrol station yesterday and it was packed so i nipped to the next station down the road there were 4 people and 5 pumps
why all the panic??
if i run out of fuel ill just stay at home 
i havent really bothered but i have made sure i haven run to low just in case and the indy has a full tank ready for next weekend
Saw two blokes in a slanging match over a pump yesterday... It does make you wonder.. What would happen if there really was no fuel..
im all right I have 5 jerry cans at home (my usual amount) should keep the bike going for ohhh about half a year 
grrr my little bro just got home said he went to fill his ped up and some bloke in a merc forced him away from the pump
so my little bro went to the other side put his £3 of fuel in then nipped to pay and the woman in the station turned off the pump the merc driver was
at
No problems around my neck of the woods - didn't even know there was an alleged shortage ...... and I'm a cabby now!
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Originally posted by Rek
Saw two blokes in a slanging match over a pump yesterday... It does make you wonder.. What would happen if there really was no fuel..
I filled up yesterday no probs
Cost £80 but i wasnt paying
LOCAL RADIO STATION ADVISE WAS TO PANIC BUY CRUNCHIES BOOGIE on forth fm