In California, an employee who mistyped the price of gasoline and caused tens of millions of won in losses to a gas station has been fired.
According to foreign media such as CBS in the United States on the 13th local time, John Szczechina, an employee at a gas station in Sacramento, California, lost his job while selling gasoline at a tenth the price.
On the 9th, Szczecina received instructions from the gas station boss to raise the price of premium gasoline to $6.99 per gallon (about 3.8 liters).
He readjusted the gas price according to the president's instructions, but set the price at $0.699 with the wrong decimal point.
He made the big mistake of entering a value that was 90% off the original price, but Szczecina did not notice this at all.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the $0.699 per gallon he set is the October 1978 gasoline price level.
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Amid soaring oil prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, rumors spread that the gas station was very cheap, attracting thousands of customers.
Szczecina's mistake cost the gas station $20,000 in three hours, and the owner of the gas station eventually fired Szczecina.
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"The moment I realized the price was wrong, it was terrifying," Szcecina told CBS. "I knew I was going to be fired soon. So I went home and started updating my resume."
He continued, "It's all my fault. I will somehow take responsibility for the damage the company has caused."
Szczechina's sister posted the story on an online fundraising site for her brother, who suddenly went into debt.
The target amount is 20,000 dollars that the gas station has lost, and as of the 17th, more than 17,000 dollars (about 22 million won) has been raised.
(Photo = 'CBS Sacramento' YouTube capture)