A customer at the garage managed to get a burst fuel tank whilst filling up and it poured out (diesel) £43..00 worth they told me.
He had just driven off the concreted area when somebody who saw the fuel gush out stopped him.
Bloody hell.
Talk about Big Brother gone mad.
The site had to be shut down and cordoned off.
Fancy tanker came in with all the specialist equipment.
It must have cost Shell a small fortune.
I asked the man in control why they could not simply make sure the spillage was washed down to the interceptor.
"When he went off the concrete onto the tarmac it (the derv) started to melt the tarmac and the interceptor channels do not run along the tarmac.
Consequently,
It could have polluted the normal drains and brook at the bottom of the forecourt"
He advised me.
Such is life.
Everything is geared up to support total bull-shit.
And the money clock is ticking away all the time.
£ £ £ £ £ £ by the second.
I bet these complete units cost a few quid as well.
It was a really nice looking tanker.
The forecourt looked well for it's high pressure wash.
I wonder what they would charge to blast my patio flags over once a year.
