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[STEMO]

At the supermarket I shop in, you pick up a scanner on the way in, scan and pay on the way out. No need for any human interaction.
Similarly, the fuel is card only. No silly kiosks to be seen.

[Doctor Gollum]

It’s taken a while, but the big Tescos in Horsham finally closed the kiosk just to reinforce the concept that they had no fuel.

That's because the shop is used by retards who insist on doing their monthly shop in the kiosk instead of going into the proper shop, hence (under normal circumstances) delayign everyone who simply wants to pay for fuel. And they've usually got a club card just to delay things even further.

Said kiosk only sells fuel, newspapers, chocolate and screenwash

Turning the lights off made it a bit clearer that it was closed...

[STEMO]

It’s taken a while, but the big Tescos in Horsham finally closed the kiosk just to reinforce the concept that they had no fuel.

That's because the shop is used by retards who insist on doing their monthly shop in the kiosk instead of going into the proper shop, hence (under normal circumstances) delayign everyone who simply wants to pay for fuel. And they've usually got a club card just to delay things even further.

Said kiosk only sells fuel, newspapers, chocolate and screenwash

Turning the lights off made it a bit clearer that it was closed...

Yes. The ones Malcolm was talking about are called shops 

[STEMO]

Stamps. Postage stamps. I suppose I could get slightly irked about those. They only sell them at the ciggie and lottery counter and there's always someone who is getting the attendant to check 20 ancient tickets just in case they're a multi millionaire. Never even seen a tenner, but one day it might be them, who knows?

[STEMO]

I suppose I could go to the post office for my stamps, if I had half a day spare 

[Doctor Gollum]

I suppose I could go to the post office for my stamps, if I had half a day spare 

Or a Post Office...

Ironically, the Post Office in the village is at the petrol station. 

[STEMO]

I suppose I could go to the post office for my stamps, if I had half a day spare 

Or a Post Office...

Ironically, the Post Office in the village is at the petrol station. 

I don't know, these backward little places. In cosmopolitan Barnsley, we have stand alone (and for a long time) post offices.

[STEMO]

During covid, when you had to stand 2 metres apart, the queue for stamps stretched from Barnsley to Wakefield 

[Doctor Gollum]

It's grim up north 

[STEMO]

It's grim up north 

At least we have diesel, swimming pools and post offices.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Our local post office closed down a couple of years ago. We now have a post office located in the local hardware store, which goes by the name of Fork Andles. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

During covid, when you had to stand 2 metres apart, the queue for stamps stretched from Barnsley to Wakefield 

No need for stamps when you have so many pigeons. Sounds like a waste of northern brass to me.

[STEMO]

During covid, when you had to stand 2 metres apart, the queue for stamps stretched from Barnsley to Wakefield 

No need for stamps when you have so many pigeons. Sounds like a waste of northern brass to me.

Pigeons were grounded for fear of spreading the lurgy.

[TheBoy]

At the supermarket I shop in, you pick up a scanner on the way in, scan and pay on the way out. No need for any human interaction.
Similarly, the fuel is card only. No silly kiosks to be seen.

Downsides of kiosks at supermarket fuel stations is their dogged determination to hang on to the 20 year old £99 limit.

Prices have somewhat increased since then

[TheBoy]

Looks like all those who would normally just put £20 in to last them a couple of weeks are now running around with £100 left in their tanks, so the situation is easing here after 3 weeks of none.

But as I was passing Coventry, nipped in to Costco and paid £1.65 for dirty diesel.