When it rains, it pours: one woman from Springfield Township, Ohio had one hell of a bad day the other day, when her car broke down on her way to work. She then got fired from her job for running late.
While this might be the kind of scenario that’s not as uncommon as we’d like, Jennifer Washington’s story is slightly different, for which reason it’s gotten the attention of the media as well. Her car didn’t just break down: it stopped working because she had fueled up with bad gasoline, WKRC reports.
“Jennifer Washington says her car stopped working on her way to work Monday. It was her second day on the job and she was fired,” the report notes.
Just minutes before the mishap, she had stopped at a local gas station. She had no idea that the gasoline was mixed with water – but she was about to find out immediately. The hard way.
“There was water in some of the gas tanks at the Sunoco in Springfield Township where she just filled up. The gas station's distributor vowed to pay for the damage to cars,” the report adds. “Washington says she hasn't heard back from the company yet, but she did get her job back.”
Presumably, the same boss who didn’t want to hear Washington’s excuse for why she was late to work had a sudden change of heart after her story made national headlines. After all, we all know that not every situation abides by the unwritten rule of “bad publicity is better than no publicity at all.”
In this particular case, it worked in Washington’s favor. The report doesn’t say anything about the damage to the car or whether she’s been able to fix it since it broke down, or mention the number of cars that were affected by the bad gasoline.
“Jennifer Washington says her car stopped working on her way to work Monday. It was her second day on the job and she was fired,” the report notes.
Just minutes before the mishap, she had stopped at a local gas station. She had no idea that the gasoline was mixed with water – but she was about to find out immediately. The hard way.
“There was water in some of the gas tanks at the Sunoco in Springfield Township where she just filled up. The gas station's distributor vowed to pay for the damage to cars,” the report adds. “Washington says she hasn't heard back from the company yet, but she did get her job back.”
Presumably, the same boss who didn’t want to hear Washington’s excuse for why she was late to work had a sudden change of heart after her story made national headlines. After all, we all know that not every situation abides by the unwritten rule of “bad publicity is better than no publicity at all.”
In this particular case, it worked in Washington’s favor. The report doesn’t say anything about the damage to the car or whether she’s been able to fix it since it broke down, or mention the number of cars that were affected by the bad gasoline.