35-Cent-A-Gallon Gasoline

[liberal N proud]

For a while anyway...


Gas Station Sells 35-Cent-A-Gallon Gasoline By Mistake
April 12, 2008 12:41 a.m. EST

Windsor Genova - AHN News Writer
Wilmington, NC (AHN) - Hundreds of motorists lined up Friday at a North Carolina gas station that unknowingly sold gasoline for 35 cents a gallon.

An attendant of the Kangaroo Express station in Wilmington accidentally set the pump price of premium gasoline to 35 cents instead of $3.35 a gallon. The mistake was discovered at 6 p.m., when a long queue of cars caused a traffic jam in the area.


http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010614878

[Blue_In_AK]

1. Oh, wouldn't that be nice?

I remember back in the Dark Ages when I was first learning to drive, gasoline was about a quarter a gallon normally, sometimes down to 19 cents if there was a gas war going on. We used to pool our change to fill up the tank. Boy, those days are gone forever. Pretty sad.

[Rosemary2205]

4. No, those days are still here.

We are still pooling our change to afford gas. :)

[Blue_In_AK]

10. It just takes a LOT more change.

[trof]

17. Yep, before a Saturday night of cruisin' the drive ins...

"OK, guys. Everybody kick in a quarter for gas."

[Contrary1]

24. Back in the summer of 1970...

My friend and I drove through Michigan on our way to Canada. We stopped in Detroit to visit her aunt.
Major gas war was in progress. I paid 14.9 a gallon.

Only about a 3000% increase in 38 years.

[Rosemary2205]

2. Someone is looking for a new job.

[MADem]

3. Ah, the days of cheap gas! I remember when you could put a buck or two in the tank and drive, drive

drive!

[Crazy Dave]

6. I even remember the days saying....

"If a gallon of gas, or a pack of cigarettes, goes over a dollar, I'll quit driving and/or smoking"

[Lugnut]

7. I remember 5 gals for a buck.

Good lerd I'm old.

[cloudbase]

9. Me, too.

There was actually somebody to pump that gas for you, as well as check the tires and fluids and wash the windows, too.

[Blue_In_AK]

11. Ditto.

We're starting to sound like our parents, aren't we? "Back in my day, you young whippersnapper..." :rofl:

I do think it's kind of a shame about gas stations, though. It used to be a good job for a kid just out of high school, or in high school, for that matter, to pump gas. I really don't like to pump my own gas. Oregon's the only place I know of now where gas station attendants will do that for you.

[LibertyLover]

16. New Jersey too

As a matter of fact, New Jersey does not allow (or did not the last I knew) self-serve gas stations.

[Lugnut]

25. Don't you hate it when that happens?

I have become my mother! :wow:

I don't mind pumping my own gas. I learned how to do it when I went through my dad's pre-driver's license orientation. He signed no driver's permit papers until my sister and I knew how to change tires, check the oil and pump gas. He also never told either of us that there was anything we couldn't do because we were girls. Daddy was a peach!

[Blue_In_AK]

28. I can check the oil and pump the gas

but, would you believe it, in my entire 61 years of life, I've NEVER had to change a tire. The only times I've had flats I've been able to limp into a nearby gas station for assistance (obviously, that was back when gas station guys knew how to change tires). These days I just let my husband drive most of the time and deal with those hassles. I've really become quite a princess in my old age. :rofl:

[murray hill farm]

12. Yep!

I just received a flyer about my HS class reunion next year (our 50th) and there was one note on it reflecting that gas was 24 cents a gallon back in 1959....and we thought it was high.

[trof]

18. Damn. I was class of '59 too!

:hi:

[Occulus]

22. When I was 16, gas was $.89/gal

$.79/gal in some spots.

[LanternWaste]

5. Were the selling Ethel or Fire Chief?

Were the selling Ethel or Fire Chief?

:hide:

[MADem]

8. You forgot ESSO...

[Squatch]

13. So, hundreds of people, knowing gas is normally around $3.35

lined up to steal from this station. Damn, our country is just spiraling down the shitter.

[Madrone]

14. My thoughts exactly.

I'd be tempted - for about a nanosecond. No WAY I could drive away with the knowledge I'd just stolen - and even worse? Call everyone I know so they can hurry up and get in on the stealing too!

[Squatch]

15. The fact they did not consider was that *somebody* was going to have to pay the balance

and it would, more than likely, fall upon the shoulders of one or two people who definitely could not afford to pay it.

[Madrone]

29. It's the mentality that gave us George. Twice -

Or at least the mentality that put him close enough to steal it both times.

[eShirl]

30. description of a typical Republican. n/t

[trof]

19. And not one good honest soul walked into the station

and said "Uh...I think y'all made a mistake on the price at pump 2."
We are a greedy, grabby, 'I got mine' people.
:-(

[Midlodemocrat]

20. My thoughts exactly.

It's rather disgusting.

[BreweryYardRat]

27. If stations weren't franchised, I'd take advantage of that in a heartbeat.

Unfortunately, I'm aware that Big Oil farms out their stations to the little guys. There's not really a way to directly hurt Big Oil.

[RB TexLa]

21. In Louisiana, Texas and most states they would be heavily fined for that.

[napi21]

23. I saw that on CNN last week. I know mistakes happen but

wouldn't you think somebody would wonder why they suddenly had so many customers???? I'm pretty sure they also said that the storage tank was almost empty!

[Brigid]

26. Believe it or not . . .

I distinctly remember a gas station sign offering gas at $0.23 a gallon. Of course that was forty years ago or more. ;)