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Thread started 06/26/08 6:57am

newpower99

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Gas for $1.40 a gallon !

>>>>Customers who showed up at a Sycamore Township service station Wednesday hoping to snag an unbelievable deal on gas were disappointed.


On Tuesday night, a computer glitch caused the Marathon station on Kenwood Road to sell gas for $1.40 instead of $4.10.

Traffic backed up along the road for about three hours.

A clerk was unable to reach the store manager and continued selling gas at the wrong price for about three hours, until a Hamilton County sheriff's deputy urged him to close the station to ease traffic.

"The owner was upset, but she knows it was a glitch and that things happen," employee Candice Mobley said Wednesday.

It wasn't clear how much gas was sold during those three hours. <<<<
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Reply #1 posted 06/26/08 7:02am

Stymie

that clerk is one fired ass.
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Reply #2 posted 06/26/08 7:21am

BlueZebra

Stymie said:

that clerk is one fired ass.


why so. it's his job to sell gas and keep the station open, I can't find a reason why it was his fault that the computer (or the person who did the input) fucked up.
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Reply #3 posted 06/26/08 7:22am

Mach

lol
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Reply #4 posted 06/26/08 7:25am

newpower99

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Damn, I could have filled by tank for $20.


Ah , the good old days confused
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Reply #5 posted 06/26/08 2:22pm

TMPletz

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I thought this was going to be a flashback thread. neutral
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Reply #6 posted 06/26/08 3:04pm

Flowerz

newpower99 said:

Traffic backed up along the road for about three hours.


falloff i bet it did ..

A clerk was unable to reach the store manager and continued selling gas at the wrong price for about three hours, until a Hamilton County sheriff's deputy urged him to close the station to ease traffic.


.. nice bargain for those folks ... we need computers like that here lol
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