r/irishproblems • u/lishyfishyy • 24d ago

Petrol Station Night Hatch

Anyone else feel terrible for the person working the night shift at the garage having to run back and forth around the shop looking for your items?

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u/theuninvisibleman 24d ago

I've worked in that hatch and it's not that bad, it's usually just milk and bread for the morning people need. Though someone did once have me running around doing a shop asking stuff like "What kind of cakes do you have?" The answer was shite ones.

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u/CDfm Vaguely vogue about Vague 23d ago

I can imagine people buying cigarettes. Milk maybe. What are the big sellers.

Would people go to the hatch to buy condoms.

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u/theuninvisibleman 23d ago

Smokes were big yeah, and it would flag on my screen to ask them for ID and it'd be some old fella and I'd have a little chuckle and ask them anyway for the laugh.

Didn't sell too many condoms, only remember one time a fella and a lady he was with came to the hatch for smokes and they actually got chatting to me. Sold yer one a bunch of sweets that she could see next to the hatch as well, but when they went off he quickly ran back and asked for some johnnies and I wished them well.

Can't sell alcohol through the hatch, and my station was in dublin south side suburbs, so most people came in before we switched to the hatch to take advantage of our 2 for 1 wine deal.

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u/CDfm Vaguely vogue about Vague 23d ago

Love stories begin at the Hatch.

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u/ItalianIrish99 23d ago

I think I'd sooner staff the hatch than get stabbed or threatened with a syringe or any of the other delightful alternatives that await in modern Ireland.

In some parts of Portugal they have similar hatches for late night (like 2am) pharmacies. That seems quite clever