Glitch Puts Gas Price at 19 Cents a Gallon

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If the gas pump machine makes a mistake and only charges you .19 cents for gas you know costs much, much more, what would you do?

Customers in Overland Park Kansas would steal the gas, that's what they would do.

It seems a computer glitch at George Riley's Phillips 66 gas station lowered the price of gas from $1.83 per gallon to .19 cents for an entire night last weekend. No body at the station noticed until a TV reporter caught wind of the savings and called to inquire about it.

Callers to the local talk radio shows knew all about it and one truck driver reported it was all over the CB radio. During the time of the glitch, 1200 gallons were pumped by people excited to find such an unexpected bargain.

But did they know it was a bargain? Did the signs say .19 cents? Did any of these people really believe the gas was that cheap for this weekend?

I don't think they did. Perhaps a few, but I'm sure most people knew what they were doing and felt they were screwing the big oil guys so stealing the gas was OK.

Mr. Riley feels the same way, but amazingly he understands and has refused an offer from a church to help him with the $2000 he has lost. Riley says: "It's hard to blame people, Most people don't realize a small individual owns this business. They think they're getting the big oil company."

But they didn't get the big oil company. Instead, they got poor Mr. Riley who is just a regular guy trying to run a business while his neighbors knowingly steal his product and hurt him and his family with their greed.

Not one single person has shown up to give back what is owed. Not one. What does that say about the fine people who live in Overland Park Kansas?

You decide, I already have.

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