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Thursday, 10 January 2013

Diesel mishap

I went to the petrol station for the natural reason and parked too close to the pump which made me have to get out ungracefully. I pretended it was fine as you do. I saw that the hose and the cap were actually at the furthest distance possible too but still managed to get it in the van hole. I squeezed the trigger to dispense the fluid and felt the vibration of it filling up.
I took a glance at the readout to see for certain that I was filling the van up and couldn't see the readout without releasing the trigger and moving, so that would prove pointless. Luckily I was filling it up anyway so I would only have to wait for it to click.
I stood staring into middle distance as if to show that I was actually perfectly positioned for this activity. I waited and waited as other cars pulled up to do their fuel too. It seemed to be going on for too long. "But I can feel the vibration" I thought.
After too long I noticed a sound of rushing liquid and heard dripping too as the van was oozing fuel out of the petrol cap hole and onto the forecourt.
The words I'd read many times echoed immediately in my head "PLEASE REPORT ANY SPILLAGES, NO MATTER HOW SMALL"
I knew I wouldn't as I checked to see if the cashier could see my little accident. He couldn't thanks to my crap parking. Phew.
So I paid and didn't mention it. I justified it to myself by thinking that they only seemed interested in small SPILLAGES. They probably didn't want bothering about big ones. So next time I fill, I'm going to be nervous and park better first.

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