Lorry Driver shortage

[Broad Ford]

Same old story of a meme beginning it's journey from a mass media report and then travelling through millions of minds like a virus, gaining momentum the further it travels.

There is only one certainty in life and it's seeing is believing.

[BGwhite]

I echo that Chilli...

Been shopping to Totton this morning, I pass 3 filling stations on the way.. The one by M27 J2 had no fuel, and no vehicles in a queue

Morrisons obviously has fuel as the queue was 3 miles down the A36 (well about 1.5 miles each direction), and the Esso at Totton Asda had no diesel. and queues up to 1 mile down the road...

All for 1 journo saying 5 filling stations were temp closed due to the driver shortage...

f**king press cause all these problems, soon the supermarket shelves will be empty as they cause panic buying of meat or eggs or summat else.....

Any jobs as lighthouse keeper going??

Did you forget your gun ?

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[mentalcase]

Fuel is so expensive these days I simply can't afford to drink it anymore, back t' meths for me.

[hector]

Did you forget your gun ?

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I did....

you know me so well

[YorkshireSquare]

Just driven back down from North Yorkshire to Leeds.

Topped up at the garage as we set off, no queues. No queues at any of the petrol stations on the way back down, no shortage of fuel at any of them. Media have hyped this up so much.

[The Subhuman]

Just driven back down from North Yorkshire to Leeds.

Topped up at the garage as we set off, no queues. No queues at any of the petrol stations on the way back down, no shortage of fuel at any of them. Media have hyped this up so much.

Media overhyped covid too.. but everyone was generally fine with that

[LeeBrook]

It isn't hard to work out, it's the same old story. Hauliers pay low wages and can't get Brits to work for peanuts so they'll be wanting their cheap East European monkeys back - it's the LibLabCon.

[The Subhuman]

With the haulage industry themselves saying it could take weeks to get back to normal that's what's driving the rush to fill up cars and we need petrol. I can't work without it.

[whiteswan]

With the haulage industry themselves saying it could take weeks to get back to normal that's what's driving the rush to fill up cars and we need petrol. I can't work without it.

If people had filled up as normal we wouldn't have a problem

[The Subhuman]

If people had filled up as normal we wouldn't have a problem

Maybe, maybe not ... gas prices have gone through the roof and I've heard petrol could be next.. I advised my partner to fill up even though she works off a quarter of a tank.. It's just common sense to fill up and not get caught out out. If it comes to nothing then it won't matter

[Mick Jones shoulder]

But it matters to people who are unfortunate enough not to get any don't you think?
The Mrs is a careworker so if there is no petrol no one gets their arsed wiped . Nevermind sure the sons and daughters will be fine filling in

[whiteswan]

Maybe, maybe not ... gas prices have gone through the roof and I've heard petrol could be next.. I advised my partner to fill up even though she works off a quarter of a tank.. It's just common sense to fill up and not get caught out out. If it comes to nothing then it won't matter

But we wouldn't. Your partner would have been OK. It's not common sense to fill up when you wouldn't normally....there lies the problem.

[Mountain]

It is strange how little the B word is used...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... tched-deal

[The Subhuman]

But we wouldn't. Your partner would have been OK. It's not common sense to fill up when you wouldn't normally....there lies the problem.

It's common sense if you think there may be an issue down the line. I've been caught out before by saying it'll all be fine regarding petrol. I didn't top up by the way, I filled up Tuesday

I wouldn't normally go to a doctor but if I think something maybe wrong I go and get it checked... That also often ends up being ok in the end.

[The Subhuman]

It is strange how little the B word is used...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... tched-deal

Yeah not sure why that is, you'd think Remain would be having a field day. A cleverer, more enlightened government would have made sure key workers would have been given the requisite visa straight away. National Health and Haulage should have been high on the list

[Mountain]

Yeah not sure why that is, you'd think Remain would be having a field day.

I guess "we told you so' never gets a good reaction.

Patel's threat to use food shortages to coerce Ireland into agreement seems particularly stupid now...
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brex ... -tjp7k76mq

[whiteswan]

It's common sense if you think there may be an issue down the line. I've been caught out before by saying it'll all be fine regarding petrol. I didn't top up by the way, I filled up Tuesday

I wouldn't normally go to a doctor but if I think something maybe wrong I go and get it checked... That also often ends up being ok in the end.

I visit my 91 year old folks every 4 weeks (over 200 miles away). Dad is Mums carer, he has no help apart from us. No gardener, no cleaner no-one (his choice ), we do gardening, cleaning and help with Mum to give Dad a break. We usually fill up a few days before we go. Luckily we were there last week but I would hate to have to say to them "sorry we can't come up next week because we can't find any fuel anywhere, but there are cars full of fuel sitting on peoples drives", especially trying to explain it to Mum who counts down the days to our next visit.

If people hadn't panicked and rushed to fill up when normally they wouldn't, there wouldn't be this current shortage...is all I'm saying

[becchio bear]

I filled up this morning. Got up at 7.30 especially to get petrol. I had less than a quarter of a tank so decided to fill it right up. Got to my usual station, only one other car there, one pump completely out of everything, every other pump had no unleaded and no diesel just the Ultra unleaded so had to go for that. There's no way I want to be in a massive queue for petrol like the media keep portraying - they are literally fueling this "crisis".

[Haighy]

They're is no shortage of fuel.
They're is no shortage of drivers to deliver the fuel.
Media hype has caused all the problems.

[Mick Jones shoulder]

They're is no shortage of fuel.
They're is no shortage of drivers to deliver the fuel.
Media hype has caused all the problems.

Your wasting your breath bud,whether it's bog roll, pasta or petrol now. People's only concern is for themselves .

As for brexit being the issue maybe so, but the gov only asked the question the populous made decision