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Gas station manager accidentally sells gas too cheaply - and gets fired

2022-06-20T08:06:16.436Z


Gas station manager accidentally sells gas too cheaply - and gets fired Created: 2022-06-20 09:57 By: Sebastian Oppenheimer Fuel for the equivalent of 17 cents per liter - that was now accidentally available for hours at a gas station in the USA. The manager was fired. Rancho Cardova (USA) – For weeks, motorists in Germany have been annoyed about the fuel prices that exploded when the war bega


Gas station manager accidentally sells gas too cheaply - and gets fired

Created: 2022-06-20 09:57

By: Sebastian Oppenheimer

Fuel for the equivalent of 17 cents per liter - that was now accidentally available for hours at a gas station in the USA.

The manager was fired.

Rancho Cardova (USA) – For weeks, motorists in Germany have been annoyed about the fuel prices that exploded when the war began in Ukraine – and especially about the fact that the fuel discount basically fizzled out.

In order to save at least some money, drivers can, for example, use appropriate fuel price apps. It is also advisable to fill up on Wednesdays - or, if possible, to use the pump in the evening hours.

In the USA, too, fuel prices are skyrocketing – albeit not quite as extreme as in Germany.

But even in the States, people are happy about cheap gas - and they have now been served at a gas station in California.

However, the discount campaign did not end well for the petrol station manager.

At a gas station in the USA, a gallon of fuel cost just 69 US cents for hours.

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Gas station manager accidentally sells gas too cheaply - and gets fired

69 US cents per gallon (about 3.8 liters) of fuel - this price made the hearts of many drivers in Rancho Cordova, California, beat faster.

Converted that would be about 17 (euro) cents per liter.

However, the extreme discount was not intended - the manager of the Shell gas station had apparently slipped when entering the prices in the decimal place, as reported by ABC7.

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Gas station manager accidentally undersells gas - $16,000 damage

Unfortunately, the man did not immediately notice his mishap – and hundreds of drivers filled up with cheap fuel for hours.

By the time the error was finally discovered, damage of around $16,000 had already been incurred.

The manager took responsibility for his actions - and was fired.

It is not the first time that such a mistake has occurred - only recently a gas station in the US state of Tennessee had also sold extremely cheap fuel.

Gas station manager fired after mistake – families start fundraising campaign

However, the fired gas station manager may face more trouble than just losing his job: As ABC7 reports, he fears being sued by the gas station owners.

His family has therefore started a campaign on the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe to collect money to pay the owners back for the lost income or the damage caused.

Source: merkur

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