A Los Angeles woman has turned eight seconds of pumping fuel into 1.1 million views by highlighting the reaction she says she gets every time she fills up her Volkswagen Beetle: even though the car takes diesel, men try to stop her pumping it on the assumption she doesn't know what she is doing.
The video was posted on Monday by Olivia (@oliviapapanicolaou), a 20-year-old creator whose channel is mostly about beauty, travel, and fashion. The clip shows her unhook the pump, roll her eyes, and pan to the "Diesel only" sticker on her fuel door.
Her on-screen text reads, "When I start putting diesel in the beetle and the men come running to tell me to stop because they think I am that dumb." Her caption added, "Like guys I know it's weird the bug takes diesel but leave me alone."
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