This is job related memory worth sharing. I worked for Sinclair Refining Company
warehouse for 3 years after my Navy time.
My job was to oversee what was coming and going out of the
warehouse. The next desk was the bulk
gasoline clerk who kept up with the bulk petro deliveries to local service stations
and metro distributors. He also directed
the gasoline truck drivers where and when to deliver the bulk
petro.
One day, about 1966 he told a driver to pump out the gasoline
at a closed service station on Piedmont Avenue, near Broadview Plaza and next
door to a Shoney’s Restaurant.
The driver was a humble nice little guy with initials W.
E. His nickname was “Pee Wee.”
In the process of doing what he had done many times
something went wrong. Apparently he was
somehow splashed with gasoline and somehow, maybe a spark, ignited him. He burst into flames and he started to run.
People dining next door Shoney’s Restaurant was horrified at
what they just witnessed. We were too.
I think Pee Wee died while running.
Sinclair changed its name to BP (British
Petroleum).
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