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UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Holiness2100: 5:32pm On Sep 27, 2021
WATER IDIOT: A "STUPID" panic buyer was spotted emptying out water bottles and filling them with petrol while she held up a 30-minute queue of desperate drivers behind her.

The daft driver was seen at the Shell garage in Cobham Services on the M25 - seemingly oblivious to the danger of using the wrong container.

The weekend frenzy reached fever pitch on Monday morning, as motorists continue to besiege filling stations after a weekend of chaos.

Drivers are facing huge queues at petrol station forecourts across the country as the petrol pump chaos caused by panic buying and a shortage of HGV drivers continues.

The woman is seen shamelessly emptying out a 1.5 litre plastic bottle before bending down to fill it up with fuel, before repeating the process with another.

Her forecourt faux pas was captured by baffled motorist Gavin Rabbitt, who called her hazardous life hack "ludicrous".

"I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I thought 'I can't believe the stupidity of this woman'," the dad-of-six said.

"This is the kind of thing that causes the problem. People filling up things they shouldn't be filling up and no one else can get the fuel because of other people's stupidity.

"The queue was all the way down the slip road. We were queuing for about 20 to 30 minutes," he continued.

"She was all blasé and doing it right in front of me. It's ludicrous."

Gavin quickly moved away from the foolish driver as he feared her makeshift petrol 'can' could have been a fire risk - while others suggested the fuel could have been contaminated by the leftover water.

Under the law, drivers wishing to store petrol must use 'robust' containers that won't degrade after coming into contact with petrol.

One horrified user commented: "That kind of plastic probably can’t even hold petrol, will likely dissolve the bottles."

"Highly dangerous. What a daft cow," another wrote.

It comes as "selfish" fuel grabbers have been slammed for exacerbating the crisis, that Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said had been "manufactured" by panic-buying.

Thieves have even unbelievably began drilling holes into parked cars to steal fuel as the shortages continue.

The continued chaos has forced the Prime Minister to consider emergency plans to deploy the army to drive fuel tankers to help deliver supplies.


Up to 90 per cent of all service stations outside of motorways are now dry as Brits raced to fill up their motors and the PM was urged to "act now" to avoid even worse chaos.

FIGHT FOR FUEL
Brawls have broken out on petrol station forecourts as frustrated drivers clashed while queuing at pumps - turning on each other in shocking scenes.

The emergency services also aren't immune to the suffering - as yesterday it was revealed that cops were forced to jump a queue in order to get vital fuel.

As well as this, an ambulance rushing to attend a call in Bromley crashed into traffic as queues for petrol crippled the roads.

The fight for fuel has continued to spiral as motorists cram as much as they can into their tanks, jerry cans, and other containers.

Industry bosses fearing the fuel crisis could last at least another week.

One lorry driver hit out at one hoarder who he witnessed filling up several jerry cans with petrol and stacking them in his boot.

"FRUSTRATION"

The driver, who has not been named, told Gloucestershire Live, that he saw one man filling up jerry cans in the Shell garage in Eastington.

He said: "This is why we are low on fuel. They had to go in and pay for the first lot to then fill the jerry cans up! It's really irritating.


https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/uknews/16252540/lorry-driver-slams-panic-buying-driver/amp/

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Holiness2100: 5:32pm On Sep 27, 2021

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by budaatum: 5:41pm On Sep 27, 2021
UK is not used to fuel shortages so don't know what to do when fuel is short. Perhaps Nigerians should set up companies to teach them.

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Righteousness2(m): 5:45pm On Sep 27, 2021
I don't blame her or those trying to get fuel by all means.

With the way the world is twisting and turning, Don't be Suprised to Hear No Vaccine! No Fuel!

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Abfinest007(m): 5:49pm On Sep 27, 2021
They will never report the bad scene

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Ernerstdavid55(m): 5:52pm On Sep 27, 2021
grin

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Lavisha(f): 6:23pm On Sep 27, 2021
Hehehe..
Naija weh Dem go buy fuel for poly-bag.

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by iamyemiakins(m): 6:23pm On Sep 27, 2021
Be like say na all these polithiefcians wey don dey visit Tinubu dey offload their bad luck for UK o

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Mangekyo: 7:07pm On Sep 27, 2021
The woman is seen shamelessly emptying out a 1.5 litre plastic bottle before bending down to fill it up with fuel, before repeating the process with another.
grin grin grin I don't blame the woman.
Meanwhile, the people out there actually think what she did was very shameful, she too probably. These guys have not been to Nigeria to see men putting fuel inside paper bag na e make grin

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Asghue: 7:11pm On Sep 27, 2021
shocked
Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by pinkyruledworld(m): 7:11pm On Sep 27, 2021
grin
A whole UK. Any Body Can Dance tho

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Savageman: 7:11pm On Sep 27, 2021
Issorrite...
Funny sight to behold
Blazzing my weed....

I movveeee

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by OLDESTWARRIBOY: 7:11pm On Sep 27, 2021



Didn't Norway said they were banning all petrol cars from 2025?? And all these britains wan die for petrol!! All these Europeans are fraudsters!!



We should stop letting these people deceive us...Petrol will still be needed for at least next 100 years.. all these Norway and their electric cars are fronting. So PDP/APC will still continue Looting, Tomorrow I dey go my ward dey go register, maybe Dem give me LGA chairman, councilor or spokesman in the near future.. I must chop this oil money.


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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Racoon(m): 7:11pm On Sep 27, 2021
She must have been "Nigerianized"

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by vinceyinnovation: 7:11pm On Sep 27, 2021
Did this happen shortly after Buhari left?


That man's bad luck is trangenerationally transboundary

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Lexusgs430: 7:12pm On Sep 27, 2021
It shall be all back to normal, in a couple of days ....... cheesy
Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by lied(f): 7:12pm On Sep 27, 2021
Why is it that everywhere/anything BUHARRR visits/touches must regress?

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by LaSenior: 7:12pm On Sep 27, 2021
Make dem deport somebody ooooo

Atiku go Dubai chill and checked up his health then starts coming to Nigeria to drag presidential tickets

Tinubu don go him own after much medical health care he go come back come still fight his own presidential tickets

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by airsaylongcome: 7:12pm On Sep 27, 2021
Lavisha:
Hehehe..

Naija weh Dem go buy fuel for poly-bag.

I'm shocked dem say Eva water bottle is not okay for petrol!

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by saphiere(f): 7:13pm On Sep 27, 2021
Hmmm
Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Btruth: 7:13pm On Sep 27, 2021
grin.....they should come and learn lesson here in Nigeria.
Lol

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by BigYash: 7:13pm On Sep 27, 2021
budaatum:
UK is not used to fuel shortages so don't know what to do when fuel is short. Perhaps Nigerians should set up companies to teach them .
Black market you mean abi? grin

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Lagosfinder(m): 7:13pm On Sep 27, 2021
UK citizens should come and learn from Nigeria

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Godons1: 7:13pm On Sep 27, 2021
But since our Darling President Buhari came on-board, Nigeria didn't witness any fuel scarcity, as it was frequent occurrence in previous Governments grin grin grin

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Nobody: 7:13pm On Sep 27, 2021
grin Make we hear word abeg grin grin grin

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Enudapan: 7:13pm On Sep 27, 2021
Nah eh! No qualms
This is so unsophisticated

Uk be like shit
I still wonder how it's possible for pounds to be rated high above dollar/eruo

Cos u.k wey I dey see
Be like low budgeted German or second class new York and third class Paris

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by eedimo(m): 7:14pm On Sep 27, 2021
Our normal life na it be news for Yankee.

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by thunderbabs: 7:14pm On Sep 27, 2021
Buhari....why?

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Tmlivesport(m): 7:14pm On Sep 27, 2021
It will be solve in a few days.

This is a system that works

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by Nobody: 7:14pm On Sep 27, 2021
A white woman with a black man character.


I trad.eall Beetiicee & cr3@t3 allPaypa.l ac.t

Check my signature

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by hisexcellency34: 7:14pm On Sep 27, 2021
No fuel scarcity in Nigeria. UK should beg Buhari to come and rule them

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Re: UK Fuel Scarcity: Panic Buyer Empties Water Bottles, Fills Them With Petrol by onefuture: 7:14pm On Sep 27, 2021
The Nigerian syndrome

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