Of all the signs the universe can send you that today just isn’t going to be your day, a temperamental gas pump when you’re already running late might be one of the most aggravating. After all, as high as fuel prices are these days, figuring out how to get the precious liquid into your car shouldn’t be a mystery.
A time-crunched TikTokker showed the world up close what that helpless-at-the-gas-station existence felt like, sparking a full-blown internet argument involving EVAP canisters, bad gas stations, fuel vapors, topping off the tank, and whether running your car on empty slowly destroys it.
“No the tank was not full, no my car isn’t broken, the pump was just messed up. Tired of yall fake ahh mechanics in my comment section. Anyway It’s like four dollars a gallon here,” frustrated motorist @lilneedleeee wrote in the caption of her TikTok, which has been viewed nearly 5 million times.
Gas Station Nozzle Does Nothing
In the short clip, we watch @lilneedleeee repeatedly squeeze the handle of a gas pump that seems to have completely given up on its singular function. Instead of flowing normally, the nozzle keeps clicking off almost instantly, forcing her into that familiar cycle of pulling the trigger again, trying again, and getting nowhere.
