How about this:
Well earlier than daybreak on my time without work, I get a name from a fleet driver complaining they’ll’t get a van to gasoline up (Ford Transit) and the bank card was locked. They spent the $100 restrict on the cardboard and the tank was nonetheless empty. They tried to gasoline it once more, hit the restrict and now the bank card is locked. The driver was now making an attempt to gasoline it up utilizing their private bank card (why? – and sure, I did reimburse the motive force as they solely bought $10/h then and gasoline was $4.50). In the background at that second, I hear an attendant begin yelling and the emergency shut off was hit. half-hour later, I’m “both at and not at work” on the scene the place a driver pumped about 60+ish gallons of gasoline on to floor. The slope was simply away from the pump for the motive force to not discover as they sat within the van whereas it pumped onto the bottom. In about 20 or so minutes of the gasoline spill, I had about 10+ months of labor forward of me.
It was appearent within the car parking zone that somebody lower the gasoline filler pipe (rubber) from the filler to the tank in an effort to steal gasoline. However, my automobiles are saved with empty tanks on the finish of the day. Refueling within the morning was essential.
Why was it “terrible” and headache?
1. The driver wasn’t doing their pre-shift security checks. Gas was apparent spilled round in the event that they bothered to look down. I needed to do remedial coaching for the per-trip inspections and fueling necessities.
2. The driver was within the cab, with the automobile working whereas pumping gasoline onto the bottom. Lucky we didn’t have an even bigger, extra explosive situation. Had to do a EHS/OSHA “near miss” coaching/debrief.
3. I misplaced a automobile for a few week out of service because of this (Having one in every of 4 vans down in a rotation of three on, 1 off is a matter for small particular automobile rotations). But actually, it was half-down for practically a yr. Because the “state” requires an estimate course of and crime report for a “fix” of a dozen or so greenback half to be “installed”. PITA. And as a result of it was a “gubbermint” fleet:
4. I had a ten+ month combat with the auditing people as a result of there was $400+ ish {dollars} of gasoline to doc for as a result of “the state” tracks mileage and gasoline use, in the event that they don’t align. Audit. You take your automotive, swipe, inter card’s automobile ID quantity, enter mileage, and so on. I needed to preserve each each paper receipt of each gasoline up and even with the police report, needed to cope with some a part of the system always turning off the gasoline automotive as a result of some system flagged “incorrect” mileage. It was a continuing combat as a result of each 2-3 days, a driver was locked out from refueling. I would want to floor the automobile each different day to try to combat for gasoline simply to know if the automobile was obtainable the NEXT day (once more, our automobile went to “bed” dry).
4b. Not solely that, however as a result of I had a “problem” account, I had an audit of all of my automobiles practically month-to-month … for all 20-70 ish automobiles (three totally different swimming pools). Do you suppose a motor-pool person walks inside in the event that they don’t get a receipt from the pump? Ha!
Elected officers can rip-off and lower offers with pal all day, however my the Lord me merciful if that fleet man has a criminally lower gasoline line to a parked automobile and gasoline goes on the bottom.
My worst gasoline station expertise didn’t even occur whereas I used to be on the gasoline station on my time without work – that then trigger me to be at a gasoline station each different day for 10 months. Sigh.
Source: jalopnik.com