[BC] OOOOOOOps

[Kent]

Something comes to mind..... after hours gas stations in our area leave 
the pumps on for credit card purchases....I take advantage of this often 
after working late hours to make sure our vehicles are filled at all 
times.  I guess you cannot do that in Ore and NJ

Larry Bloomfield wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> There are only two states where motorists are not permitted to pump 
> their own gas: Oregon and New Jersey. As you can no doubt imagine, 
> this would come back to bite someone where it hurts - one day.
>
> The city of Portland, Oregon has more people in it than the rest of 
> the entire state put together. It would, therefore, stand to reason 
> that it would have its share of idiots as well.
>
> Picture this ? a brand-new ENG truck just received from the factory 
> with all the bells and whistles an ENG truck worthy of operating in 
> the nation?s 24^th largest television market would have in and on it. 
> The first thing you?d probably do is to send it to the local gas 
> station to ensure that it is filled and ready to go on it?s first 
> assignment; right?. We all know that there are many kinds of portals 
> around this vehicle for the feeding of cables of various types and 
> purposes.
>
> Now the village idiot was hired by this particular gas station to pump 
> gas. When the ENG truck pulled in, did he put the gas nozzle into the 
> gas port? Now he picked on of the cable entryways. After an 
> undetermined number of gallons had been pumped and the gas began 
> running all over the ground, someone had an epiphany that something 
> was awry.
>
> The bottom line is that this new ENG truck was written off by the 
> insurance company as a total loss. When asked, the Chief Engineer said 
> to me: ?Why couldn?t it have been one of our oldest trucks.?
>