A California gas station manager has been fired after accidentally setting the price to 69 cents per gallon by misplacing the decimal, costing the station $16,000 before the mistake was fixed

• A California gas station manager has been fired for setting gas prices at 69 cents per gallon rather than the actual cost.

• Customers flooded the station in order to take advantage of the mistake and cost the place $16,000.

• Since 1978, the price of gas has been 69 cents. In California, the average price for a gallon of gas is $6.435.

A manager at a gas station in California lost his job after he accidentally lowered the price of gas to 69 cents per gallon.

John Szczecina accidentally changed the price of gas at the Shell station in California to 69 cents a gallon.

It took several hours for someone to fix the mistake. Customers flooded the station to take advantage of the deal, costing the establishment $16,000 before the mistake was fixed.

Szczecina said he was fired for making a mistake.

Szczecina said that he put all three prices on there but the last one didn't go.

He said that he took responsibility for it and blamed himself.

Customers were able to fill up their tanks on a gas price that hadn't been seen in more than four decades. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the last time gas cost less was in 1978.

Consumers have been paying more for gas for a while. The average price for a gallon of gas in California was $6.435 as of Wednesday morning. The average price of gas is $5.014 a gallon.

A person claiming to be Szczecina's sister is trying to raise money to repay lost revenue as Szczecina is worried about being sued. It raised over $6,000 on Wednesday.

Szczecina did not reply immediately.

Business Insider has an article on it.