Gas station manager fired after setting price at 69 cents instead of $6.99

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Gas station manager fired after setting price at 69 cents instead of $6.99
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A garage manager has been sacked from his job after he accidentally set the price of petrol to 69 cents a gallon instead of $6.99 - resulting in the station losing over $16,000.

John Szczecina was fired from his job at a Shell gas station after he accidentally set the price to 69 cents instead of $6.99

John Szczecina was working at a Shell gas station in Rancho Cordova, California on Friday when he mistakenly put a decimal in the wrong spot when setting the gas pumps. Szczecina called the mix-up a ‘nightmare,’ telling the TV station that aside from the worries that come with losing a job, he also fears the gas station could sue him.

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