Comments by "" (@redtela) on "This Will Make You Giggle! (But take it seriously!)" video.

  1. An interesting aside to this, being a biker, I have before now been in a petrol station that refused to serve me - after I had put petrol in the bike - because they required that I remove my helmet. The helmet was an "open face" modular one, with the front flipped up, so all of my face was already visible, but the clerk insisted that I remove it, or they wouldn't process payment, because, rules are rules, apparently. Me being me, put my bank card back in my pocket, and took out exact change from my pockets, placed it on the counter, told them which pump the cash was for, and left. I never heard a word about it afterwards.
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  2.  @davecooper3238  I wouldn't really call your situation (or mine) discrimination, since discrimination requires a protected category, and simply being a biker doesn't make us belong to any of the established categories. In my case, I couldn't possibly have been guilty of an offence, as I left legal tender to cover the cost of goods they had provided me. Had you have walked away, you would likely have had at least an angry letter coming your way. I mean, I also grumbled when they stopped us sitting on the bike at the pump, which was very convenient to do when you can pay at the pump, but it's because some idiot set himself on fire one day in the US, and now we're all treated like idiots, unfortunately.
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  3.  @amojak  I suggest you lookup the legal definition, and at least, in the UK, the Equality Act.
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  4.  @amojak  See Schedule 28. "Such as" does not appear in the wording of The Equality Act.
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  5.  @amojak  re-read me comments, and try to join the discussion productively then, instead of being a keyboard warrior.
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  6. I have before been a little dishonest. I filled up knowing I was due to be paid the following day. I made a statement to the petrol station staff to the effect of "I just realised I left my wallet at home" I had to fill out the paperwork, and they actually gave 28days to pay, without any additional cost or escrow. I returned the next day, when funds had cleared. It took a little time (for both parties), but the staff I encountered were extremely professional and kind throughout.
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  7. The retailer advertises the prices, as a sort of contract proposal. The contract is presumed accepted when you take goods (the same as price stickers on shelves in supermarkets - if the labels are incorrect, legally, the retailer does not have to honour the quoted price). I suspect that "consuming" fuel and not paying for it would be deemed fraud, in the same way that using electricity and not paying for it is an offence. Though I think fuel would be a matter for a subjective test (ie, were you aware you only paid for the wash and should have paid for the fuel, despite an employee error?)
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