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I've put diesel in a petrol car, which is a common problem, but my circumstances are a bit more unusual.
I used to work at a car garage during my teen years, showing customers around cars and taking them out for test drives. This couple wanted to take a Mercedes of all things out for a spin, but it needed some fuel. So off I trot getting the fuel can, filling it up and not thinking about it until the customer pointed out whether I should have been filling the car up with a green petrol can. Cue swearing (which looked no doubt worse in front of these already less than amused people) and a big apologetic speech to my boss, who found it funny more than anything. Ironically, even though it took a frantic call to the Mercedes technician and a few repairs to get it going, they bought it! (All £15k of it!) Sadly, I never saw any commission....
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