petrol stations and lids

[peterjca]

I never take my lid off and have never been asked to.  BUT, what I do is park bike and put on centre stand.  Take one glove off and take wallet out from pocket and place on the bike.  I always feel this shows the intention to not quickly ride off (i have to put glove back on and take off centre stand) plus maybe they see the wallet.

Might be coinsidence but as I say, helmet always stays on.

This is almost what I do, but wallet stays in my jacket pocket! Only ever been asked once to take my lid off -- the first and last time I ever used a Tesco petrol station.

However, I don't get why bikers go into shops etc. leaving lids on. I always remove mine when actually shopping.