Re: Mad Max Scenario - 2008.

Geroge W Frost wrote:
> "Michael C" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "HeadRush" <( . )( . )@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> If an alarm within the station operator's booth sounds, the operator
can
>>> decline to activate the bowser and ask the driver about the previous 
>>> theft;
>>> ask the driver to pay before fuel is supplied; or phone the police.
>> Interesting that they don't just call the police for all driveoffs. 
>> They've got the number plate and presumably footage so why do they just

>> let it go till next time?
>>>
> 
> They call the cops for every drive-off,
> remembering that a drive-off usually works with a friend who stands in
front 
> of the number plate to block it
> or they conveniently park another car between the attendant and the
petrol 
> thief's car, or use dud plates
> 
> 
> should be mandatory for all plates to be rivetted to the car making it 
> harder to steal
> They are on there for at least 12 months or more
> 
> Also there are the ones who pull in, fill up, then go to the check-out 
> and....
> 
> "Oh, damn, my card has denied the funds to pay, it says I haven't got
enough 
> money in my account,
> I will have to come back tomorrow and pay"
> 
> Knowing full well they haven't got any ready cash to pay, they still
fill up
> 
> Same service station, different attendant and the same petrol thief
tries it 
> again.
> the thief is knows who will let them go
> Usually, the attendant takes their details and lets them go
> after having to enter all the details into a ledger, which takes time
and 
> other customers are slowly getting the ****s at being held up by the
moron

  Adding lotsa cams is a thriving business , suits me :)
> 
> If the police are called, then they say they didn't realise.
> The cops take name and address and go back their coffee break.
> The attendant however, is nearing his/her ****ft and eager to get home,
but 
> has to wait till the cops finish,
> which could be two hours or more and the attendant doesn't get a brass
razoo 
> for that extra time they have spent
  true
> 
> 
> But, the only thing is what they have out Calder Park,
> Cash or crerdit card and licence before the attendant turns the bowser
on.
> Or a pre-pay bowser, either with cash or card
  Beciming very common and rightly so , which is why we run an 
account... and no one but me gets a say on the account.. soon stops 
every little fill for the weekend and certainly pay before although a 
pain stops theft .
> 
> Outer independantly owned service stations who rely on every purchase to

> survive, cannot afford to have these measures in place 
  they cant afford not to in the long run
> 
>