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Filling up vans

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Jpro747
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Filling up vans

Post by Jpro747 »

Fed up of colleagues who don't bother to put fuel in the van and just leave it for the floater to do. The rule in our office is not to leave it less than quarter of a tank, yet some a$$holes think its ok to leave it for when the fuel light comes on!!!
Bahia Feliz
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Re: Filling up vans

Post by Bahia Feliz »

Just put £5 in,enough to get you round.
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Re: Filling up vans

Post by meercat »

Good moan. Anything else upset you today? :cuppa
centenaryman
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Re: Filling up vans

Post by centenaryman »

ah ha its not just me and my p & l partner that feel this way,,,,,we cover the 5 duties in a week being floaters,,,,we have a couple of decent postmen we cover but then have a few who "arnt decent" and when it comes to fueling the van we find the low light on regularly ,,,,,,sooooo crap as it seems we drive carefully and return the van with the light on,,,,i know that's sh+tty but we feel were dumped on
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Re: Filling up vans

Post by bustedflush »

The worst are the collections lot in the afternoon, especially if you're the unlucky bugger who has just brimmed the van and it does the Liverpool Giro run.... :evil/mad
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Re: Filling up vans

Post by maisymoo04 »

Doesn't bother me I just bang £107 in me van every week using me shell drivers card ,points make prizes spesh when u put nitro diesel in triple points :whistle :nana
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Re: Filling up vans

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maisymoo04 wrote:Doesn't bother me I just bang £107 in me van every week using me shell drivers card ,points make prizes spesh when u put nitro diesel in triple points :whistle :nana
Pretty certain doing this was discussed previously and it was found to be a big no-no, possibly even gross misconduct if I remember rightly?
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Re: Filling up vans

Post by Lounge Lizard »

maisymoo04 wrote:Doesn't bother me I just bang £107 in me van every week using me shell drivers card ,points make prizes spesh when u put nitro diesel in triple points :whistle :nana
Which of course HMRC aren't yet aware of. :no no
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Re: Filling up vans

Post by dvbuk55 »

wacko74 wrote:
maisymoo04 wrote:Doesn't bother me I just bang £107 in me van every week using me shell drivers card ,points make prizes spesh when u put nitro diesel in triple points :whistle :nana
Pretty certain doing this was discussed previously and it was found to be a big no-no, possibly even gross misconduct if I remember rightly?
I believe a manager was filling the vans up at a depot somewhere and banging all the points on her Tesco card, I'm not sure if she was sacked but there is a ruling points definitely only make trouble. The case was on here a while ago.
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Re: Filling up vans

Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

zx135 wrote:Legally you should report it to hmrc as it's extra income



heres a little bit of info about it, they are a taxable income

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Its also forbidden to receive them by royal mail as they are considered benefits in kind and is forbidden in the staff handbook
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rubberbond
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Re: Filling up vans

Post by rubberbond »

Not supposed to use the expensive diesel either,just the standard stuff,as they get charged a cheaper price for it.
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Re: Filling up vans

Post by dados »

We have our own fuel pump about 50 metres from the van park,still there are lazy bar stewards who can't even be ar$ed to drive that far to fill up
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RandyBeanz
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Re: Filling up vans

Post by RandyBeanz »

Our vans are filled every Tuesday and Friday so are never low on fuel
OnAFlyer
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Re: Filling up vans

Post by OnAFlyer »

J Whiteside wrote:Our vans are filled every Tuesday and Friday so are never low on fuel
Ours only needs filling every 3-4 weeks, it's 5 years old and has done less than 12,000 miles!
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Re: Filling up vans

Post by maisymoo04 »

Ooopppppssss . :whistle we have 40 lads who our all using points cards . nothings been done for years all fuel receipts have points awarded on this transaction , so wouldn't they be checked :cuppa
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