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.