March 18, 2026 at 10:15 pm

A Driver Made A Ridiculously Silly Mistake, But This Gas Station Attendant Helped Him Out Anyway

by Liz Wiest

man pumping gas

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Gas station attendants meet every type of driver on life’s highway.

How would you handle an adamant customer you knew was in the wrong? One guy recently shared a time like this where he had to show an immense amount of patience. Here’s what went down.

Receipt at pump 6

I work part time at a gas station and this happened two years ago or so.

It was at 5:30 am.

Nobody is at their best then.

A guy comes in and asked for a receipt from pump 6.

I go on my computer and saw nobody pumped from that pump.

Not a fun mystery to have to solve that early.

He was pretty adamant that he did, and I tried to look again and still there was nothing.

He got angry, and so I told him I’ll walk out and see where you pumped from.

I asked what vehicle was his.

This guy is already more patient than most.

He pointed and said, “See? That’s pump 6!”

“Uh, sir that’s pump 9”.

“Oh”.

Maybe everyone got a good laugh out of it? The Reddit community most certainly did.

The comments all had a sardonic laugh.
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One person shared a life hack.
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Another posted a witty conjecture.
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Someone shared their own wild story.
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Though one person definitely had some sour grapes.
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Some people make you wonder how they still have a license.

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