{"id":50772,"date":"2022-06-14T21:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T21:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/california-gas-station-manager-fired-for-69-cent-a-gallon-blunder\/"},"modified":"2022-06-14T21:06:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T21:06:13","slug":"california-gas-station-manager-fired-for-69-cent-a-gallon-blunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/california-gas-station-manager-fired-for-69-cent-a-gallon-blunder\/","title":{"rendered":"California gas station manager fired for 69-cent-a-gallon blunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern California man who set the price of gas at the station he managed to 69 cents has been fired.<\/p>\n<p>Customers who went to a Rancho Cordova Shell station on June 9 for a few short hours were rewarded with gas at 90 percent off due to a rounding error by then-manager John Szczecina.<\/p>\n<div id=\"paywall\">\n<p>While setting the prices for gasoline that day, he told KOVR, he inadvertently bungled the decimal for the premium gas.  What was supposed to be a $ 6.99 gallon turned out to be a very nice deal for drivers who stopped by that day, and for the legions of drivers who caught wind of the deal on social media.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I put all three prices on there except the diesel, but the last one kind of didn&#8217;t go, you know, right,&#8221; he told KOVR in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- hearst\/article\/content\/zone.tpl --><br \/>\n            <!-- hearst\/article\/content\/embed.tpl --><\/p>\n<section class=\"article--content-embed inline-iframe\" data-eid=\"item-96744\">\n                        <!-- amp-exco-0cac96ac-a929-4594-a72a-1d12cb6cc155 --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/article\/content\/embed.tpl -->    <!-- e hearst\/article\/content\/zone.tpl --><\/p>\n<p>In all, his error cost the gas station $ 16,000 &#8211; and his job. <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Missed: ad --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"article--content-inline\">\n<aside class=\"zone\"><!-- src\/business\/widgets\/hearst\/collection\/widget.tpl --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e src\/business\/widgets\/hearst\/collection\/widget.tpl --><\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- Missed: ad --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just took responsibility for it and I said &#8216;yeah it&#8217;s my fault, and I&#8217;m to blame,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if Szczecina has to pay the company back for his mistake.  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