Damn!! Where was I for this one!!!?? I constantly go through denial or have anxiety when it’s time to buy gas! I would’ve been jumping for joy to catch this $1.10 price! Would’ve told the gas attendant fill me up and the car behind me too! LOL! When residents of Wilmington – a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California – got word that a local Valero fueling station was selling gas for the bargain price of $1.10 per gallon, almost immediately, vehicles lined up ’round the corner. (I’m sure the line was beyond crazy!!!)
This wasn’t one of those promo deals on fuel, though. It was a computer glitch that lead to the station dispensing some 8,000 gallons of gas at just $1.10 each.
According to KCAL 9, it took hours for the on-duty gas station attendant to notice the glitch (didn’t the line-up of cars give it away?). In the meantime, police arrived on the scene to direct traffic around the overcrowded station.
When station owner Kenny Nguyen got wind of his unintended act of kindness, he immediately shut down all of the pumps. All told, Nguyen estimates that he lost nearly $21,000 due to the glitch. Ouch.
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