Fill Er Up!
Ashtabula, OH
A patron pumping gasoline at Sheetz escaped injury Monday night when he lit a cigarette lighter to look down into his gas tank while pumping gas, an Ashtabula Township firefighter said.
The man didn’t believe the pump was dispensing gas into his car at Sheetz, 2411 N. Ridge E., at about 8:30 p.m. So he lit a lighter, and the fumes flashed him, according a firefighter’s report.
Two passers-by saw the fire and drove into the station to help the man, the report said.
Found in the Star Beacon
Thanks MB!
March 15th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
Well, he went from not very bright to being lit up
March 16th, 2007 at 1:44 am
Facial hair will not be an issue for a while.
March 16th, 2007 at 5:10 am
I may be unusually intelligent, but when I want to monitor the flow of fuel into my gas tank, I just pull the nozzle out to where it’s just inside the neck, and I can see the fuel coming out without using a lighter. I wonder if he’s depressed about being passed over in the Darwin Award nominations again?
March 16th, 2007 at 6:07 am
was he originally from Oklahoma?
March 16th, 2007 at 6:36 am
Burning question: WTF’s up with naming a convenience store “Sheetz”? Is it because that’s what you get when you eat those two-fer-a-dollar hot dogs?
March 16th, 2007 at 7:59 am
It’s amazing how often folks do this Mike. I worked a gas station during college and at least once a week we had something like this happen. Surprisingly the most dramatic incident didn’t involve gasoline, but four guys who pulled off the highway one night because the alternator light had come on. They took the caps off the battery to check the water level, couldn’t see inside so they lit a match. All four of them were leaning over to check the level, faces inches from the battery. It was one of those ’slow motion moments’ for me. I turned just in time to see the explosion. It took two EMT trucks to take them away.
March 16th, 2007 at 8:03 am
BTW, no Ber, it’s not the hotdogs but the twofer burritos that give you the sheetz. But I think we can both agree that there’s nothing better for a morning hang over than those burritos and a big gulp.
March 16th, 2007 at 9:21 am
Oh I get it!! The no smoking signs aren’t there just to ward off second had smoke,…there is really a hazard of explosion! Perhaps if they had posted the signs in Latin in addition to English and Spanish it would have been clearer.
Folks like this guy ought to come with warning lables. “Warning! Moron present - Stay back 200 feet.” We could tatoo it on their foreheads in both regular and mirror text.
March 16th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
LOL Ber and Ritch—But you are both wrong–It’s the Taquitos’ noone would buy during the 1st shift and they still sold them at full price during 3rd shift.
March 16th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
his parents called him son, cause he was so bright—-lmfao. anyone sure that this guy wasnt a gov. official? he he he
March 17th, 2007 at 7:32 am
WHAT A DUMBA$$…I HAD TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THIS DID’NT HAPPEN IN GRASSVALLEY OR SOUTH CAROLINA…….I GUESS FROM NOW ON WHEN I THINK I’VE DONE SOMETHING STUPID I CAN JUST READ THIS LITTLE DIDDY….LMAO!
March 17th, 2007 at 9:52 am
Since no one else said it, I will: This guy has sheetz for brains.