As this very moment, on Exeter services, there is a ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ in a blue Transit van towing a caravan giving it the old “Oi’m troying to get te de next services but dey won’t be takin’ me euros, so dey won’t, so dey won’t” routine. 
I told him to ■■■■ off and heartily recommend this course of action to anyone stopping there this afternoon.
be-gorrah and bejesus you’re such a cynic so you are…
You mean a steak and kidney locksmith?
Ken.
I loaded his brudder wiv fortunnagwavel this morning! Well it was nearly 5 but as they don’t get prosecuted I just drop on whatever’s in the bucket (made his transit groan) I have the Steptoe theme on my phone and play it over the 2-way radio when they’re about. Makes me smile rather than think nasty thoughts…I’ve also got a clip from ■■■■■■; “I (zb) hate (zb)!” This is also broadcast sometimes.
Returning to the OP, has anyone ever sold or given them diesel? I’m not expecting anyone to own up…
You should have offered to exchange all the Euros he’s got for pounds at a rate of two euros to a pound or 5 to the pound if he only had enough for half a tankful. 
Carryfast:
You should have offered to exchange all the Euros he’s got for pounds at a rate of two euros to a pound or 5 to the pound if he only had enough for half a tankful.
thats what he wanted it’ll be dodgy money anyway !!!
dont wanna come across as a turnip but whats this scam all about lol with the travelling fraternity and is there any more i should be looking out for (as a newbie and all that) feel free ti share them
He will give you a sob story and ask if you can spare “a wee drap 'o diesel” and if, out of the goodness of your heart you say you can, he will get a marine bilge pump out and use it to fill up the 45 gallon drum in the back of his van.
worksopboy:
dont wanna come across as a turnip but whats this scam all about lol with the travelling fraternity and is there any more i should be looking out for (as a newbie and all that) feel free ti share them
dont trust an irish in a transit with or without a caravan and if asks for deisel tell him where the nearest garage is
lol alrighty then cheers chaps
sometimes the scam is tried in, shoguns, isuzu troopers and the like, its all the same scam.
look for wedgy haircut, (normally ginger) hobnail boots, and check shirts.
actually seen it happen in cambridge services one morn when did a double manned shift at aporta direct and that was in a 4x4 come to mention it the bloke i worked with wondered what was goin off too so i understand now,again cheers for heads up
chilistrucker:
sometimes the scam is tried in, shoguns, isuzu troopers and the like, its all the same scam.
look for wedgy haircut, (normally ginger) hobnail boots, and check shirts.
You forgot the gold earring!
Vehicle of choice around here is Transit dropside for work or Mitsubishi Warrior pick-up for leisure.
Harry Monk:
He will give you a sob story and ask if you can spare “a wee drap 'o diesel” and if, out of the goodness of your heart you say you can, he will get a marine bilge pump out and use it to fill up the 45 gallon drum in the back of his van.
And after saying “I’ll pay ye well, so I will” you’ll be lucky to get £2.
i think if this happened to me i would opt for non polite.
I woke up one morning in Cardiff to a funny noise…a gypsie type stood at my fuel tank with a hammer, chisel and a little ■■■■■ hand pump…“I’ll give you some money for it” he says showing me a wad of £5 notes.
To which my reply was just to ring 999 and reported him for damaging my fuel tank and attempting to steal the diesel…I think all he got was a telling off, they didn’t even arrest him. It’s probably down to the slim chance of prosecution due to them moving about.
It was the first and last time I parked on a industrial estate.
Dave
And the probability that he would go ballistic if they tried to arrest him.
i had the irish travelling community target me in luton the other week.
we were waiting to backfill a hole right in the town centre and had to park a litle bit out of the way because of bus lane etc,but could see the job from side street we were parked in.
our caravan dwelling dross approach me and ask for some diesel - “i’ll make it well wort ye while”
NO cant do it mate,our guvnor is just over the road looking after that job there.
" i only want a gallon"
so that would be well worth my while then - not that it was going to happen anyway
cant do it ,i’ll get the sack (so p1ss right off)
" do you know what,i’d love to find ye parked up somewhere,i’d drain ye foking tank"
i told him i WAS parked up,to this he issued lots of threats,and buggered off,but their whole clan was parked round the corner
these stupid inbred halfwitted parrasites just wont give up will they,
i wish they could be euthanised.
dpt2011:
I woke up one morning in Cardiff to a funny noise…a gypsie type stood at my fuel tank with a hammer, chisel and a little [zb] hand pump…“I’ll give you some money for it” he says showing me a wad of £5 notes.Dave
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