There was a manager there that's been fired because he
unintentionally set the price of gas to 69 cents.
Yeah, and especially as we see gas prices rising, you could imagine he was
definitely becoming a local hero in those moments, but now he's an unemployed hero.
So we know this for ABC News.
John Szczecina, forgive me.
I know I mispronounced that who served as the manager for a Shell gas station in
Rancho Cordova, said he mistakenly placed the decimal in the wrong spot and
that the price was supposed to be 6.99 a gallon at 69 cents.
And John said this is the incident, I put all three prices on there,
except the diesel.
The last month kinda didn't go.
So I just took responsibility for it and said, yeah, it's my fault.
Now the pricing error reportedly cost the gas station $16,000 as
hundreds of drivers capitalized on a mistake and filled their tanks.
And really, it's no wonder that people were rushing to the station to fill it up
because the average price for a gallon of gas in California is $6.43, and
in Sacramento County, it's $6.41.
And that's probably just the standard, not even premium, and
that is incredibly scary.
Anyways, a lot of people are working hard to try to help out the family.
And so we know that the family started a GoFundMe campaign to help repay
the lost revenue.
Even though he's been fired, according to the online fundraiser,
the families concerned, they'll be sued by the station owners.
And as of this afternoon, they've raised $6,500, that is so incredibly sad.
It was definitely an error.
And yes, I'm sure it was something that was preventable, but you could definitely
see that it wasn't something that he was necessarily wanting to happen in any form.
And also he lost his job, I would think that's enough.
So I hope he does not get sued in anyway wars.
Yeah, and I would hope that he just pocketed the money cuz they decided that
they're gonna sue him for the losses is kind of ridiculous to me.
They gotta didn't personally gain from this.
[LAUGH] people came and got gas and it was a mess up and things happen,
that money didn't go into his pocket.
This idea that you could sue him for the losses is preposterous.
So hopefully that brother is able to land back on his feet.
This whole gas thing is crazy.
And just as a side note, all throughout this price
gouging that's been going on in the gas markets.
Remember at first they were blaming it on Russia which is hilarious cuz it's our
best friends, the Saudis that are doing it to us.
It's everybody's favorite Middle Eastern monarchy and
nobody said anything about it.
So I would love to see sleepy Joe come out and
talk about his strategy to get the Zolak homies to give us a goddamn break, Jesus.
>> Yeah, it definitely seems that these are companies trying to exploit us,
taking advantage of the situation in the circumstances.
And so, you know, seeing also that the GOP is not willing to help cap that
to control this price gouging that's going on.
Really just says that again,
people aren't here to protect the interests of the american people.
And it's really sad because we see people all over the world where their nation
actually steps up to protect them.
And yet here in the United States, it's nothing but
shoulder shrugs like they act like they've done the greatest feat and
distance when they give us these half a size gun reform laws like it's just we're
paying the most and they're doing the least and pocketing so damn much.
I'm just tired of it.
And also seeing these payments at the pump because we're being exploited.
And yet our representatives aren't stepping up to protect us in any way but
trying to shift blame.
I'm just, I'm tired and you know what really annoys me is that the response
isn't how do we get on an accord so that we don't need to use this crap anymore.
We're using energy sources that aren't dependent on the whims of
some spoiled little Saudi prick.
I wish that was actually the response right, both right and left.
Instead of being like, joe biden is responsible for gas prices,
it's like yo what's your biden doing to invest in an energy future that isn't so
dependent on these oil oligarchies and monarchies abroad.
Like that would be nice to hear some plans to get us off that stuff.
And honestly, part of me feels like a lot of this price gouging on their part is
like there's an understanding that this is kind of going to be the last hurrah.
People are moving away from this source of energy.
And if if you basically live on a petro economy, and you're looking at a future
where this stuff is way, way, way, way, way, way, way less valuable right now,
they're probably looking at it as the time to cash in.
Yeah, now that that's a good point.
I just hope that people move in that direction in terms of moving away
from their reliance on these fossil fuels and move to more renewable energy sources