Why be secretive? It's not being "secretive" when we screw up and
don't want to become an object of riducule.

Well, not just say "Don't forget to turn the pump off after fueling at
self-service pumps" instead of spreading a blanket statement
maintaining that someone stole his gas?



On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:56:13 -0400, Bob Noel
wrote:

In article ,
"John Larson" wrote:

We have all done some screwy things in our life that have cost us money or
whatever. The difference is, we keep it mostly to ourselves or close
friends.

and the point of being secretive about it is....?
At the very least, it was a good reminder to people to be
careful about shutting off self-service pumps - especially pumps
you are not familar with.

If this went down as the poster says, it was his fault.

agreed.

Most of us would not
take advantage of such a situation, but there are people who do.

and there are people that, given a chance, will make good on a mistake,
especially if they weren't aware of the issue.

This guy is going to eventually learn that when this kind of thing happens,
don't tell the world on rec.aviation.piloting.

Well, he didn't tell rap about it, he was trying to see if someone would
be honest about it. The OP's attempt harms no one.