Managed to run out of diesel today on way to pick up DD and before going to work. Wasnt far from home so called H, he came, gave me his car and I picked up DD and called into get diesel before going back to him and my car.
When I went into the shop I was met at the door by an assistant and he asked if I wanted the canister filled up (it was as green one) I said yes thanks (had my uniform on and didnt want to splash it) I also asked him of he had a nozzle thing I could borrow to pour it out (lost mine!) He said no but to just cut the end off a bottle. I said thanks and went to look in the car for an empty bottle.
Found a bottle and walked over to him to see him finish filling up my container with petrol. I said that it wasnt petrol but diesel I wanted. We went into the shop and he asked the otehr staff member what he could do about it. She asked me what I had asked for. I hadnt asked for anything as I was busy looking for bottle but equally had not asked for petrol!
I was in a rush as had to get to work and asked if they could just fill me another container with diesel and give me that. I was told yes but that I wuld have to pay for the new container. I tried to point out that they could keep my container with the petrol in it and just swop it with one of theirs and diesel. Apparently they could not do this so she said she would get me a container to put the deisel into and then pour out the petrol and give me mine back.
She came back with a 5 litre container of flash (cleaner!) It was nearly empty so she poured the rest out and went to put my disel into it. I was still in the shop and questioned the assistant f it was safe to put the diesel into a no fuel carrying type container and was told rudly to go and ask her outside. I went out to her at the pump and asked but was told that it was plastic so it would be ok. I did point out the sign that fuel can only be put into approved containers and that I doubted a flash bottle was a proper container!
I was told that they were all made of plastic so it would be ok.
I was getting no where and was in a real rush so paid for the diesel in the flash container and left mine there, saying I would be back to pick it up. (still havent pick it up and not sure what they were planning on doing with the petrol)
H thinks I am being daft but I am wondering is it not illegal to just dispense fuel into any plastic container never mine one which had cleaning chemicals in it?
Should i say anything when I call back to pick mine up or just forget about it? I didnt have very far to travel with the container (maybe 1/2mile) but had DD in the car and wasnt sure if it would 'melt' and spill or anything.
(in my defence the fuel light doesnt work very well and gives no warning before you run out, have dont it loads of time!!!)
