Have I been conned?

[Chubbs]

At the petrol station this evening I was approached by a family in a car.

Irish dad, wife and three kids in the back.

The car was a reasonably new Peugeot with foreign plates, I'll assume southern Ireland.

Said they needed diesel but they didn't take euros and produced a €50 note.

I explained that I couldn't change that up, he said he needed a couple of quid for 2 litres of fuel, this changed to 3 litres.

Please understand it's the end of the day and I'm tired, thinking this sounds a little weird but hey, if I'm stuck with my family I'd appreciate the help.

I gave him a whopping 4 quid.

I've experienced trouble with gypsies before, I sensed a con, a bit like what are they trying to sell me.

I could have asked to see the fuel gauge but didn't want to get two close.

He thanked me a great deal but didn't go directly to a pump and lingered at the adjoining golden arches on his phone.

I'd like to think I helped him a little at 4 quid a time must be slow family earner if it is a con.

Personally I'd have filled up then realised my payment method was fucked.

Where was his plastic?

Don't help I'm watching the bloody IRA episodes of Son of Anarchy season 3 currently.

[muttleymacclad]

Yep, surprised he didn't try to sell you some lucky heather whilst he was at it!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[blaggard]

At the petrol station this evening I was approached by a family in a car.

Irish dad, wife and three kids in the back.

The car was a reasonably new Peugeot with foreign plates, I'll assume southern Ireland.

Said they needed diesel but they didn't take euros and produced a €50 note.

I explained that I couldn't change that up, he said he needed a couple of quid for 2 litres of fuel, this changed to 3 litres.

Please understand it's the end of the day and I'm tired, thinking this sounds a little weird but hey, if I'm stuck with my family I'd appreciate the help.

I gave him a whopping 4 quid.

I've experienced trouble with gypsies before, I sensed a con, a bit like what are they trying to sell me.

I could have asked to see the fuel gauge but didn't want to get two close.

He thanked me a great deal but didn't go directly to a pump and lingered at the adjoining golden arches on his phone.

I'd like to think I helped him a little at 4 quid a time must be slow family earner if it is a con.

Personally I'd have filled up then realised my payment method was fucked.

Where was his plastic?

Don't help I'm watching the bloody IRA episodes of Son of Anarchy season 3 currently.

Hardly a con, he was a beggar and you gave him money...

[evilsatan]

Should have swapped it for the 50 euros or at least have his missus give you a hand round the back. Bloody rookies

[Zippeyrude]

Another con, whether it's beginning or not it was dishonest as it wasn't for the juice and they probably didn't need the money

[beaconboy]

More than likely the 50 Euro note was a forgery ... and you not having enough to change it ..He had to keep the pretence up and took the £4 as a bonus

[macmilm]

Round my way he would have been trying to sell a stolen memory foam mattress !!!!

[Goldberg]

I would be surprised if the Station would not accept the Euros especially in London. You only gave him £4? Tight git. Not going to get them far.

[akimba]

Was he the only one who came into the garage or was the missus doing a bit of free shopping whist you were chatting to him?

[Goldberg]

What is the minimum delivery of Fuel? Would £4 cover it....

[BigBird]

I'd like to think I helped him a little at 4 quid a time must be slow family earner if it is a con.

Get £4 out of ten kind, but stupid , mugs and that's £40. Not bad for about 30 minutes work. (">

[EvilBoB]

I know my local Tesco take Euros in store - not sure about the petrol station tho. I'd have pointed him to the nearest Tesco and kept my few quid.

[DejaVu]

I would have ignored him completely, not because I'm ignorant, but because I don't speak Irish.

Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk

[macmilm]

I would have ignored him completely, not because I'm ignorant, but because I don't speak Irish.

Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk

Simply replace all o's with a's

e.g. Dog = Dag

You now speak Irish, well done !

[CzarJunkie]

I'd have doused him, his family and his car with petrol then watch the fuckers go up like a bonfire while I popped a packet of marshmallows and cracked open a Frijj in their honour.

[elephantsoup]

I would have ignored him completely, not because I'm ignorant, but because I don't speak Irish.

Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk

póg mo thóin Sasanach

[Geko]

Standard.

When I lived in Slough, all the local gypsies tried every trick in the book to make you part with your cash. I could type a dozen paragraphs on it.

An Irish tinker stopped me at the petrol station the other day. You can spot them a mile off. He called me over. I told him I was not interested. He didn't understand me. I told him I was busy. He still didn't understand me. I thought I should probably be a bit more friendly with a van full of tinkers, as my first 2 replies were fairly aggressive. I said, "Sorry, mate. I've got somewhere to be". He still didn't understand me. Cheeky fucker. It's his accent that is shit. So... I got in the car and drove off. Fuck knows what he wanted. But experience tells me it wouldn't be of a benefit to me. I drive quite a nice car and it was freshly washed. It did cross my mind that he'd offer me 5K cash or something stupid for it. Whatever he wanted, I wasn't interested.

Bottom line - Pikey cunt.

[DavidF]

Reminds me of this http://www.hark.com/clips/vkjxwrdvlj...ng-hate-pikeys

[Chubbs]

Thanks all, that cleared it up!

Thank fuck nobody approached me yesterday with a Sport Relief bucket, would've given them the keys to my house!!!