Last night I was filling my car's tank at the gas station, and it was cold out, so I sat in my car with the door open as it was fueling, watching the gas meter. My car normally takes around 13.5 gallons, and when I saw the numbers hit 14, I jumped out to see gas pouring out of my tank. Never had this happen in my life. I immediately went into the attached convenience store to tell them a half gallon of gas was sitting in a large puddle by their pumps, and asked if they had sand or something since it was obviously a hazard. The old, crochety woman's only comment was "weren't you manning the pump?? These old pumps tend to do that!" I stared at her and again said, "regardless, there's a large puddle of gas by your pumps and it could be very dangerous, I'm letting you know so you can call someone or put something on it!" She gave me a dirty look, ignored me and went to the next customer. I kid you not.
I ended up trying to warn people away, and was told to just let it evaporate.
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