Petrol Station Forecourt and Mobile Phones
Discussion
Friday evening on the way home from work i stopped at my local Shell station and filled the tank with diesel, whilst doing this I noticed on the pump an advert for the Shell pay at the pump app which i download and a QR code to identify the pump, no issues with mobile phone use there then.
Sunday evening i stop at a BP on the A38 and fill up, browsing the sports results whilst I do, only for a green haired unshaven gibbon to pop on the tannoy and ask me to stop using my phone, he then proceeds to give me a lecture whilst i'm paying about how i could cause an explosion with 'just one spark from your phone.......' despite me filling up with diesel and i'm fairly sure a huge lack of petrol vapour anywhere.
Seems odd to have such differing policy between arguably the two largest brands. One encouraging it, the other discouraging.
Sunday evening i stop at a BP on the A38 and fill up, browsing the sports results whilst I do, only for a green haired unshaven gibbon to pop on the tannoy and ask me to stop using my phone, he then proceeds to give me a lecture whilst i'm paying about how i could cause an explosion with 'just one spark from your phone.......' despite me filling up with diesel and i'm fairly sure a huge lack of petrol vapour anywhere.
Seems odd to have such differing policy between arguably the two largest brands. One encouraging it, the other discouraging.
alangla said:
I always thought the phone ban was more to ensure people actually concentrated on the highly flammable substances passing through the device they were holding, rather than texting/tweeting/checking in on Facebook as many seem to constantly want to do.
What's to concentrate on? Hold nozzle, squeeze..... Flibble said:
I'd assume they need to concentrate on not pouring fuel all down the side of their vehicle because they've overfilled it. We're not talking about the top of the gene pool here.
Oh come on, when did you last use a pump that didn't click off on overfill? 1987?None of the above were in the reasons given by the colourful haired young gent anyway, he was concerned about explosions.
BP cannot possibly have said that in their training ,material?
robemcdonald said:
Generally there are lots of pointless rules in life. Some make sense and some don't.
When you go to refuel on the pump there will be a picture of an old fashioned mobile phone with a Red Cross over it. This means don't use your phone. The guy behind the tannoy is just enforcing his employers rules i.e just doing his job. It must be a pretty crap job. Why make it more difficult for him? What were you doing that was so important you couldn't leave your phone alone for a few minutes?
Assume you didnt read the OP thenWhen you go to refuel on the pump there will be a picture of an old fashioned mobile phone with a Red Cross over it. This means don't use your phone. The guy behind the tannoy is just enforcing his employers rules i.e just doing his job. It must be a pretty crap job. Why make it more difficult for him? What were you doing that was so important you couldn't leave your phone alone for a few minutes?
I was querying why Shell encourage it and BP discourage it.......
Yipper said:
The petrol station phone ban is in place because ~5% of people drop their phone from height onto the ground every year. When a phone hits the concrete floor of a forecourt, the rapid separation of battery from connectors can cause a spark. If there are vapours around from spilt petrol, it can cause a fire or explosion. Extremely low risk, of course, but not zero risk.
No recorded incident anywhere in the world ever of a mobile phone causing a fire/explosion......Yet its perfectly safe to drive round in a 30 year old car with old with an old wiring loom open to the elements, bare battery terminals etc...
Alucidnation said:
I guess that's a no, then?
Anyway, even if I was any or all of the above, you'd be quite safe.
If you say so, but still weird stalker posting IMOAnyway, even if I was any or all of the above, you'd be quite safe.
FYI I cant post on the test drive thread lol but i had a 30 min test last thursday (after having to go through the finance side of it first) and couldn't come to a decision unsurprisingly, I have made the dealer aware of why.
romeogolf said:
Even though we all know the mobile phones aren't going to cause an explosion, it's part of the safety training at fuel garages.
I used to work in one - If we had an audit (unannounced, random checks) and we allowed them to fill while breaking one of the safety rules, we would fail.
100% get that, find it odd that they are trained to educate the customer that there may be an explosion though lolI used to work in one - If we had an audit (unannounced, random checks) and we allowed them to fill while breaking one of the safety rules, we would fail.
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