This didnt happen to me, but it happened to a lady in town, and to make matters worse for her, it even made the local newspaper.....
She and her husband towed their boat into the petrol (gas) station.....he went to get something and told his wife to fill the boat up with petrol........
(For those who are not familiar with boats.....a lot of them, have structured holes around the top of the hull so fishermen can put their fishing rods in, while they are out fishing)...........they are called "rod holders"
anyway......she proceeded to "fill the boat up with petrol" but she was unaware that instead of putting the nozzle from the bowser in the petrol tank of the boat, she actually had put it in the "rod holder".......and so filled up the hull of the boat, with $120 worth of petrol.......
Because of the risk, the boat had to be transported to a slipway, lifted up by a crane, and the boat placed on an angle to drain all the petrol out of the boat....with the fire brigade in attendance.
A very expensive and embarrassing time for this poor lady, and then the added bonus of having it splashed accross the local newspaper......
Guess, a lot of men were saying "dont send a woman, to do a mans job"......