Mike-C:
I find a distinct problem with Black Rastas stopping me at the services and asking for diesel, or Asians. None of you guys are seeing this too though ?
Why do Black Rastas want Asians?
I’m miffed now, all I ever get is middle aged Italians trying to flog leather jackets, or sales dollies offering me makeup. Do I look like I use makeup, eh?
Is my diesel not good enough for the little tinkers?
Big Jon’s dad:
Mike-C:
I find a distinct problem with Black Rastas stopping me at the services and asking for diesel, or Asians. None of you guys are seeing this too though ?Why do Black Rastas want Asians?
They’re a Jamaican delicacy.
Only encountered them twice while driving. Both times around Reading.
First time was delivering to Focus. You have to go through a little gate to get to a small car park to deliver to the back doors. The gate was shut on this occasion. Went in to announce I was delivering, guy said he would open it but watch out for the ■■■■■■.
Got back to the motor to find a Transit flatbed with a caravan behind my motor. As I went through the gate the guy tried following me in. I stopped and blocked them from entering while the yardsman shut the gate.
On way out, they wouldn’t let me out. But the store had already phoned the police and they turned up not long after and escorted me out making sure they didn’t enter the small carpark.
Following week I went back there to find that not only did they manage to get access, but they had already left leaving over 200 tyres and a few tons of rubbish.
Second time was a small garden centre near Reading. I was outside the gate waiting for yardsman to come off lunch when this Irish guy appeared from nowhere (I could see a good 100 yards in most directions, and there were no vehicles about) asking for a ‘couple o’ points of daysul’. I said no, and he disappeared again.
Contraflow:
Big Jon’s dad:
Why do Black Rastas want Asians?They’re a Jamaican delicacy.
Tell them "I’ll accept the Euros. You can buy my spare can of fuel for E100 if you’re that desperate…
I’m confident enough to be able to recognise a dud banknote if I saw one…
I think the scam though is actually “letting the guy into your vehicle” when at which point, the others come over, and you get your head kicked in for it’s contents…
traveller types formerly known by labels that are now considered derogatory are nothing but “Stranger Danger” for adults! 
What happens when you catch one of these people syphoning off your fuel? Do you have to run away, lest be charged with a race hate crime when you want to rip out his eyes and ■■■■ on his brain, or is there another approach?
Letting the police deal with it won’t work, because they’ll (a) not be there to do anything and (b) not do anything if they are there, in case they get sued. 
The usual scam is to agree the deal for “a few litres” for £20 or £50 or whatever, then they open up their van and produce a BFO pump and matching tank, with which they Hoover out 100 litres or more before you can say “hang on a minute…”.
They know they are safe because the driver won’t dare admit to his boss that he agreed to sell the firm’s diesel, so he won’t call the cops.
I was approached at Watford Gap by somebody asking for help to get fuel for his car which had broken down further back down the M1, I told him I had to break the news to him that his car had been nicked because I’d driven all the way from Mansfield and not passed a single car on the hard shoulder. He just stared at me and wandered off.
maga:
switchlogic:
This thread will disappear very shortlywhatever do you mean? please expand
Only if it starts with a “G” 
. How much do we want this thread to stay up . Can’t remember what’s the next letter? Are these those people that are on holiday constantly? I never give those people fuel/money/lifts. Even if I do get a free dog.
It’s times like that I would wish I had a tank of brownish sugar water with the added derv smell. “fill your boots mate”
I was asked for some diesel, they didn’t get any luck there so offered me some flat screens… I declined the very kind offer.
Only once, at batleys Glasgow. He said can I buy some diesel off you for a tenner. I just said the truck had a anti-syphon device fitted and he walked up to the next truck in the queue.
Harry Monk:
Yes, happened to me at Telford, I politely explained that I couldn’t help him and he instantly became extremely aggressive and threatening, so I jumped out of the cab with a lump hammer and screamed at him “[zb] off you Irish [zb] [zb] or I’ll cave your head in”. I swung the lump hammer at his head, he ducked and so unfortunately I missed, but he jumped into his van and screamed off at top speed.I felt really good afterwards.
Must eyeball you to shake your hand at some point… 
Mods: I’m banned from using Heiroglyphs to say certain banned words, but can I use a link to a film clip to achieve the same ends? 
(The film has Vinny Jones in it btw)
I’m at a Dutch services, just spotted this
m1cks:
TruckingHell:
About five mins after he’d taken the fuel and given me £10 (which seemed more than fair) a police van turned up and I was arrested for theft (of my employers fuel!)Was it a police sting or had theu been watching the bloke who paid you for a while.
Apparently the coppers were just passing and watched us.
Many years ago I got caught by a couple of Scousers in a van. Usual MSA lorry park, they come over and offer a high quality duvet, cheap, refused delivery, blah blah. I actually needed one at the time so I went to have a look. He showed me a really good one and I handed over the dosh - he then got me one in its bag from the van, it looked the same so I was taken in.
Of course it was rubbish and filled with bits of cheap foam instead of down like the sample.
Santa:
Many years ago I got caught by a couple of Scousers in a van. Usual MSA lorry park, they come over and offer a high quality duvet, cheap, refused delivery, blah blah. I actually needed one at the time so I went to have a look. He showed me a really good one and I handed over the dosh - he then got me one in its bag from the van, it looked the same so I was taken in.Of course it was rubbish and filled with bits of cheap foam instead of down like the sample.
Passed on to the reindeer then
I tell em in running it on Cherry
Santa:
Many years ago I got caught by a couple of Scousers in a van. Usual MSA lorry park, they come over and offer a high quality duvet, cheap, refused delivery, blah blah. I actually needed one at the time so I went to have a look. He showed me a really good one and I handed over the dosh - he then got me one in its bag from the van, it looked the same so I was taken in.Of course it was rubbish and filled with bits of cheap foam instead of down like the sample.
Truth be told I think a lot of us have learnd a scamming lesson or two the hard way.
DonutUK:
Right film, wrong bit.
