Its incrediable!
And unfortunatley more women have been reportedly stupid, but I am sure some men have been equally stupid too:
In South Wales, one woman is reported to have tried to fill two one-gallon glass flagons with petrol. The nozzle of the pump was bigger than the neck of the flagon, and the fuel was spilt over the ground.
AA president Edmund King said: “We hope that the weekend will bring back some sanity in this silly situation. It is almost as if the last five days have been one big April Fool come early.
“AA patrols estimate that about one fifth of garages ran out of fuel on Friday. We have also noted that more cars are cruising at 56mph on motorways in order to conserve fuel.”
Further AA reports of forecourt madness included an elderly woman in Macclesfield, Cheshire, who tried using a petrol pump to fill up jam jars in the boot of her car.
An AA statement said: “A lady about 75 was seen filling up 20 empty one-gallon paint tins with plastic lids and also a tray of jam jars in her boot with petrol.
“She had her boot up so the petrol station staff couldn’t see what she was doing.
“AA staff went over to her to stop her. Then station staff came out and prevented her from what she was doing. Her excuse was that ‘her husband did it every week.”
At the same petrol station, another man was seen trying to fill up one-gallon washing-up liquid bottles with fuel.
Mr King added: “Some people seem to have lost any sense of proportion. Petrol is a volatile liquid with highly inflammable vapours.
“Drivers should not be filling up any containers with petrol or we will see more tragic accidents.
Fuel panic: Woman tries to fill glass flagons with petrol in South Wales forecourt | This is South Wales
I’m prob gonna need some petrol tomorrow otherwise I prob wont make work tue or wed, but there is no way I was gonna que up today (they are still queing where I live) I’ll wait til it calms down a bit more…. madness
