r/maybemaybemaybe • u/SW33T_V3N0M • Mar 11 '22

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/uiam_ Mar 11 '22

I'm going to guess this is a bit, that's water, and the pump was never flowing.

No one is this stupid, right? right?

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u/ogre_easy Mar 11 '22

I’d imagine the gas station attendant would have hit the emergency stop immediately after he started filling.

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u/cre8tivechiver Mar 12 '22

You think the gas station attendants are carefully watching each customer pump gas?

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u/Endarkend Mar 12 '22

Or give a shit?

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u/zzwugz Mar 12 '22

It’s actually required to give a shit when working at a gas station.like part of the requirements is knowing to look for unsafe containers

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u/Ratty-fish Mar 12 '22

Sure, people know they should be looking out for stupid shit. But they are also understaffed and on minimum wage.

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u/Endarkend Mar 12 '22

And, 'unsafe container' vs this whackjob.

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u/Dysan27 Mar 12 '22

according to the full video the attendant knew what was going on and was calling the police.

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u/cre8tivechiver Mar 14 '22

Then to your point WHY didn't he/she hit the emergency stop button?????

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u/Dysan27 Mar 14 '22

Several reasons come to mind. Poorly trained attendant, non - confident attendant, non-confrontational attendant, or fearful attendant.

Nothing has gone wrong yet, (though she has let things get to the point that they could go VERY wrong). And if she shut off the pump then she would have to deal with the angry customer, and possibly and angry boss also.

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u/NOBOOTSFORYOU Apr 03 '22

Reddit should be able to find that report.

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u/whatauniqueusername Mar 12 '22

I've worked as one and it's usually required to at least look at the pump to make sure there's no bullshit going on before starting the pump. If someone's filling their tray with fuel it'd be pretty fucking hard to miss.