My mate just come round to pick up a light i borrowed off him before he heads off tomorrow. He told me what happened to him this morning.
As i said he is off tomorrow for two weeks of vanning an the Eyre peninsula. He went to the servo to fill up and
check tyres ext. and whilel filling up a car comes in on the far side of the van so the vans between them and where you pay. He didn't think anything of it,paid for his fuel and went on to the next place. While he was getting his gas done at the gas refill place up the road he gets a call from his wife. She asked him if he had driven off without paying for his petrol, She thought he could have forgot with trying to get everything done. no why he said, She replies, I have four
police officers here in two cars saying that you did a drive off.
Well he was quite taken back, Thinking, would you do a drive off with a 18 foot van on the back, don't think so. Anyway he spoke to the
police and told them he would be there in about 20min and he had a receipt for the petrol, and would show them when he got there. but they wanted to know where he was and told him to stay there, we are coming straight there.
His wife was very up set as your guilty straight away and there attitude was far from professional she said. He said they came in to where he was and basically accused him of the drive off when he had already told them he had a receipt. Lucky for him he had paid by credit card and kept it but how many people don't keep them while traveling around.
So I think the person who did it seen an opportunity when they seen the van blocking the view of the console operator.
So I would say BE WARNED, keep those receipts.
Now this made me think about the other side of what happened.
Two
police cars, four
police officers to get back $150.00 for fuel or the person that drove off owing the money.I'm in Business also and would love to be able to ring the local copper when someone does not pay me, I'm a small business and need all the help i can get,.
These are companies with no end to their money and could afford to have someone else to chase up their money just like i have to when I don't get paid.Not the local
police when they are already stretched to the limit.
cheers
shane.