After ‘Pink Polling Booths’, Mluru now has ‘Pink Corner’ at BPCL Petrol Bunk
After ‘Pink Polling Booths’, Mangaluru now has ‘Pink Corner’ at BPCL Petrol Bunk, located at Valencia/Jeppu-Mangaluru, which was launched on 2 August 2018.
Mangaluru: Sometimes I wish that I was born as a beautiful little baby girl? Because these days being a Girl/Lady/woman means standing up for themselves and fighting for their rights and those around them; That even though people may judge them, they are able to love themselves and I know that they are powerful and strong; Means accepting themselves and all their flaws; Means that that can be powerful and kind at the same time; Means they don’t have to define themselves; Means that they have an entire world full of sisters; Means they are never alone: and Being a Woman/Lady these days also fetch them lots of benefits too-from discounts to reserved seats in the bus or first preference in the queue (ladies first) or special ladies nights at lounges with free shots or cocktails and much more. And during the recent elections, they even had special Pink Polling Booths exclusively meant for them, with Royal treatment. And that’s not all- now BPCL petrol bunk/pump in Valencia/Jeppu-Mangaluru has installed Women’s Pedestal Petrol Pump exclusively for women. What more can our women ask for?
The much-awaited exclusively Women’s Pedestal for Petrol pump was inaugurated on 2nd Aug by BPCL Mangaluru, at the St Joseph Service Centre, which is the authorized Retail Outlet for BPCL petrol pump situated at Valencia/Jeppu, Mangaluru. The Pink Corner is introduced exclusively for ladies petrol customers. Ravi P.S Head of BPCL South, along with Rahul Tendon- Head BPCL Retail Karnataka, S Vinod- Territory Manager, and Ghoraknath Territory-Coordinator, along with Dealer Rev. Fr. Andrew D’Costa launched the unique Pink Corner at this Station. The staff of the BPCL MTI had also joined in the celebration. The Dealer Rev. Fr. Andrew D’Costa had welcomed the officials and the customers and assured the quality and the best service exclusively by lady staff to this newly inaugurated Pink Corner Pedestal.
When you enter the premises of this petrol bunk, a sign which says “Because You’re Special” welcomes the privileged lady customers with pride, at this unique Pink Corner, second one of its kind in South India, the first being installed by BPCL in Chennai. Therefore Mangalorean ladies should be proud of this special treatment/service that they get when they go to fuel their two-wheeler or four wheeler vehicles. Speaking to a lady doctor, employed at Fr Muller Hospital who had come to this pedestal to fuel her car said, “This is very nice of BPCL to think of women in a special way, and I feel proud to avail such service exclusively meant for women. More than that they have women employees to take care of us exclusively. Thank You BPCL and the management of this Petrol Bunk for making this happen”.
Speaking to Team Mangalorean, Dealer of St Joseph’s Service Station-Fr Andrew D’Costa said, “During peak hours in the morning and evening we get over 2000 women customers and noting this BPCL went forward and installed a special Pink Corner exclusively meant for women. And since its inception, many of our women customers have appreciated this decision taken by BPCL. If you look at it we have more women employees at our pump in the City, and we are pleased with our lady employees since they provide good service, friendly, courteous and soft-spoken, and we have received lots of compliments on them for their service, from our customers. And now that we have this special Pink Corner, will be an added feature to our business, and surely will be liked by our women customers”.
Fr D’Costa further said, “Right now we have this Pink Corner only for petrol vehicles, and that too was done for a reason by HPCL. If we had set up this service also for diesel vehicles, our women staff would have to provide service to commercial vehicles. Thinking that our lady employees and our lady customers would feel uncomfortable at the diesel pumps, we strictly opted to have this Pink Corner only for petrol vehicles. It’s already been a week now, many of our women customers have been liking this service at our station”.
A lady employee speaking to Team Mangalorean said that when women customers see this Pink Corner come straight to this pump, and many have been happy with this new service provided exclusively for them, and they like it very much, since they don’t have to wait for long. It is also learnt that these women staff work in shifts, like 6 am to 2 pm; and the other shift works from 8 am to 5 pm {with one hour lunch break}. And also that as per guidelines from the company, women have to be relieved by 6 pm, therefore these timings. After which male employees will handle the service. So all you women who would like special service exclusively from Women Employees only, then be there between the timings mentioned, when women are scheduled to work! So all you women riders and drivers, have fun and feel special at this newly introduced Pink Corner/Pink Pedestal at BPCL dealer. Go Pink!