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Just stopped at a motorway services for a coffee. You know the place; sells petrol.

The bin was on fire.

At the place that sells petrol.

A couple of women just sitting next to it, watching the bin be on fire.

I went and told someone. The bin is no longer on fire.

in reply to Sarah Brown

I've put out* or arranged people to put out litter bin fires I think three or four times. Is it just that no-one else does anything about anything, or am I particularly lucky about turning up just at the right time?

*(nothing particularly dramatic, just going into nearby shop and saying "the bin outside is on fire, do you have a container of water I can dump on it")

This entry was edited (6 months ago)
in reply to Adam

None of them have been at hydorcarbon depots though.
in reply to Sarah Brown

😯

A very long time ago I worked at a small gas station. We had a customer who smoked every time he filled up. With the fuel nozzle in his hand. And the boss never wanted to stop him. 🙈

in reply to Mel

@eine_Mel
Stopped at a regional service station once, Thete was a small car full of middle age women, who looked like they had had a rough life. Lady in the back seat was smoking, hand out the window. Small hatchback, so was only 30cm from the petrol nozzle.

Mentioned it to the guy, while paying, he didn't seem to care. I guess if a pump burnt down, it didn't impact him and might bring some excitement.

The driver heard me, started yelling at us, she is allowed to smoke inside the car in a petrol station. Apparently petrol fumes won't interact with her cigarette/ lighter, as she lit it inside a car and holding from inside a car with window open, right next to nozzle. Petrol fumes are smart like that.

Anyway they chased us down the highway yelling at us for a bit.
There was a number of prisons in the area, so assumed they had been visiting their relatives.

@Mel
in reply to Sarah Brown

That's even scarier than the cashier at the filling station here coming out onto the forecourt for a fag break.