One good thing about the recent fuel shortage is that we were all in it together. Well, almost. We may all be equal, as UTC’s favourite author George Orwell once wrote, but some of us are more equal than others.
Step forward footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese soccer wizard is just like the rest of us in that he’s got a car that needs filling up. He’s actually got closer to 20 cars, worth around £17m in total, but that’s another story.
Unlike the rest of us, however, Ronaldo has staff to take care of life’s menial matters. Therefore, an unfortunate lackey spent the best part of seven hours queuing outside a Shell petrol station in Cheshire waiting to spend the maximum of £30 on fuel that the forecourt allowed each customer.
Given that the Manchester United star’s runabout of choice is a £220,000 Bentley Flying Spur, 30 quid’s worth of petrol was probably just about enough to get the car back to Ronaldo’s modest gaff. UTC was heart-broke to learn that after waiting for seven hours, the tanks were dry by the time Ronaldo’s loyal servant got to the front of the queue and he drove off with just a coffee from the forecourt’s Spar store to show for his trouble.
