Some of the staff are friendly. Others...
Recently I needed to dispose of some old petrol that had been sat in a jerry can for eight months. I took it to be disposed of. I'm new to all this. Never had a can of petrol to get rid of before. But what to do with it? There's nowhere obvious so I wander up to one of the staff to ask him where it went.
"Are you leaving it in that can?" he asked. Well I wasn't going to. I wanted to use the can again to get some fresh fuel, so I say "I wasn't going to."
"We don't have facilities to pour it into here. You have to leave it in the can." he replies. "Has to be in a proper can. Not like a plastic bottle like this." He picks up a 2L water bottle and shows it me in case I didn't know what a plastic bottle looks like.
Right, I think as I try and read between the lines of what he's saying.. "Is there anywhere else nearby where I can pour it into?" I ask, thinking to myself, why waste a perfectly good plastic jerry can if - say - another nearby centre did have pour-in facilities.
"No," he says. "There's nowhere."
"Well I guess I'll leave it here in it's can!" I say, tiring of this bizarre conversation.
Why was he going through this utterly convoluted conversation? Why couldn't he just say "You can leave it here, but it has to be left in an appropriate can, like the one you're holding" and have done with it.
It was like he was doing some smug expert act. "Ah, look at this fool not knowing how to dispose of petrol properly. I mean!" Well of course I don't know how to dispose of it. That's why I asked him!
Basically the words to describe him and his attitude were not polite. Even his colleague stood next to him, didn't seem to rate him much.