FLC FAILED TO CHK FUEL PRIOR TO DEP AND AFTER TKOF REALIZED THEY HAD NOT BEEN FUELED. FLT RETURNED; LANDED; FUELED AND DEPARTED 40 MINS LATE.

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DURING A ROUTINE 'QUICK TURN;' IN ORDER FOR THE FLT TO DEPART ON TIME; THE CAPT WENT TO PICK UP THE CURRENT WX RPT AND I WENT TO THE BATHROOM. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 333341: WE DEPARTED FROM LAX TO IPL WITH INSUFFICIENT FUEL FOR THE TRIP. WE WERE ON A 15 MIN TURN AND BOTH FO AND I THOUGHT THE OTHER HAD ORDERED FUEL. NEITHER OF US DID. WHEN WE CAME TO FUEL CHK ON AFTER START CHKLIST; THIS ITEM WAS SOMEHOW MISSED. JUST AFTER TKOF I NOTICED WE HAD NOT RECEIVED FUEL IN LAX. I REQUESTED TO RETURN TO LAX. WE PUT ON MORE FUEL AND THEN DEPARTED 40 MINS LATE. I NOTIFIED DISPATCH AND ASSISTANT CHIEF PLT OF THE INCIDENT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: BOTH FO AND I SAW A FUEL TRUCK IN FRONT OF OUR ACFT AND WE ASSUMED IT WAS BEING FUELED. FO EVEN ASKED RAMPER IF WE HAD GOTTEN FUEL; HIS RESPONSE WAS 'YES.' THIS WAS A QUICK TURN AND WE WERE RUSHED. WE WERE UNABLE TO REMAIN AT ACFT WHILE FUELING WAS DONE DUE TO PHYSICAL NEEDS AND CHKING WX. ONLY PLACE THERE IS A CHK IS ONE TIME ON AFTER START CHKLIST. POSSIBLY THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER PLACE LATER DOWN THE LINE. WE WERE BOTH IN THE MINDSET THAT WE HAD RECEIVED FUEL DUE TO EARLIER OBSERVATIONS WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED COMPLACENCY. OUR CHKLIST CALL IS 'FUEL QUANTITY/BAL -- CHKED' MAYBE RATHER THAN JUST 'CHKED' AS A RESPONSE AN ACTUAL STATEMENT OF AMOUNT OF FUEL ON THE GAUGES WOULD CAUSE CLOSER LOOK AT GAUGES.