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Old 10-04-2008, 10:42 AM
 
Location: Michigan
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PEKIN — A day after a run on a gas station where an attendant incorrectly set the pump price at only 35 cents a gallon, the owner was looking beyond the lost revenue.

"We lost about 1,000 gallons of gas and about $3,500," Mimi Zidan, owner of the Lucky Mart on Derby Street, said Wednesday. "But I don't feel too bad because the people looked so happy when they were buying gas.

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Old 10-04-2008, 11:45 AM
 
Location: Southern Arizona
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PEKIN — A day after a run on a gas station where an attendant incorrectly set the pump price at only 35 cents a gallon, the owner was looking beyond the lost revenue.

"We lost about 1,000 gallons of gas and about $3,500," Mimi Zidan, owner of the Lucky Mart on Derby Street, said Wednesday. "But I don't feel too bad because the people looked so happy when they were buying gas.
This sucks, John!

Where are these pumps when I need gas?
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Old 10-04-2008, 02:39 PM
 
Location: San Jose, CA
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"We lost about 1,000 gallons of gas and about $3,500," Mimi Zidan, owner of the Lucky Mart on Derby Street, said Wednesday. "But I don't feel too bad because the people looked so happy when they were buying gas.
"...And because that dumb attendant will never work in this town again."
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