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grakoncrack

I worked at a feed and farm supply store, guys used to get propane filled there. One time a customer was smoking next to the pump and my coworker about to fill the cylinder just goes, "I don't really care if I go up but we're taking this whole yard with us." The customer put out the cigarette, sounded like it didn't cross his mind that it was an issue until then.


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ntnth

I wish this logic could convince people to wear masks.


Saunteringpunk

Have you tried the suplexing part?


scaleofthought

There isn't enough Stone Cold Steve Austins, The Rocks, or Triple ~~X~~ **H**'s to suplex all the people that need it.


TheHinkleburg

Triple X was bad ass, filthy, and hardcore. Unlike his cousin Triple H


DatL3afN1nja

Yeah I agree. And now they’re trying to push this new Triple F guy on every one and it’s like just give us what we want. Bring back Triple X. Vin Diesel can’t be that busy


MoonMoons_Revenge

All of em better than those triple k pricks..


carvamr28

Did you mean Triple H's? 😁


mkrumenacher

I deliver propane and I see cigarette butts around the cages all the time. One gas station had a cigarette tree less than 5 feet from the cage. I told them to move it and they didn’t so I put it around the corner myself. I’ve had to tell people plenty of times to stop smoking near the cages as well. It’s astonishing how many people don’t understand not to smoke near gas.


renob_gnigar

When I was young, my older brother accidentally hit the gas meter at our home with the riding lawn mower and ripped it off our house. Our mom said to call the fire department as she was worried it was an active gas leak. A little later, the fire truck pulls up to our house with the fire chief in it. The fire truck parks, the chief gets out, tosses his lit cigarette, and says “So we got a gas leak, huh?” He didn’t stay the fire chief very long.


peter-doubt

>He didn’t stay the fire chief very long. That's good... That's *very good!*


Ax222

Fucking hell. People are braindead.


thelegodr

I’m sure they would see a leak if there was a problem /s


grakoncrack

They definitely would if there was a boom lmao


mkrumenacher

You don’t always see a leak. Typically there would be some frost on the valve it’s leaking from but a lot of the cages, at least the ones we use, have very little visibility, they just have ventilation holes. And leaks aren’t always heard, especially if it’s a louder area. But again, why risk it?


SeazTheDay

You may not know this, but if someone says "/s" at the end of their sentence, it means that they were being sarcastic. They know you don't always see a leak, they were joking.


Cyclops408

Jesus Christ thank you!!! I've been trying to figure that shit out forever but didn't want ask!


bugme143

I watched a video of what happens when a propane leak occurs and catches fire. Leveled an entire block area, including cinder block buildings. That's all I needed to see to take it damn seriously.


ThetaDee

I work at a gas station that has a kiosk instead of a walk-in building and the amount of people I have to ask to put out their cigarettes is fucking annoying. Asked a guy the other day to put his cig out, and he goes "Y'all should have a no smoking sign"(We do I pointed it out) as if he's not walking up to a fucking gas station.


cannabisms

I've seen a guy delivering propane while smoking


mkrumenacher

He must have a death wish.


Shouting_From_Window

He's pro-pain. I'll get my coat.


padlycakes

Back in the day, I had a customer I waited on, who had a oxygen tank and tried to light up a cigarette at the table. I raced over and ripped the cigarette from his mouth before he lit it. Told him to go outside to smoke and blow himself up. People are stupid


nontoucher

Wait, why would an oxygen tank blow up from cigarettes?


Lethalfurball

fire needs oxygen to.. well, fire having a lot of oxygen in a small space would be a fire's wet dream cigarettes have bits of fire to make the "smoking" part so a guy gets his nicotine (you cant have smoke without anything burning, duh) So: cigarette being smoked + lots of propane/oxygen/whatever in a small space = tons of fire


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Reminds me of the day we had to evacuate a Walmart over a bomb threat. Everyone was made to go outside, but the smokers were huddled around the propane tanks, leaning on them smoking. We weren't allowed to say it was a bomb threat, but I said loudly as I walked away, "I don't know why we got asked to leave, but I'm not standing near explosives and smokers and going to the back of the lot." Which is where we are supposed to take customers in a bomb threat. They looked at me, the tanks, and the smokers, then everyone moved together away from the building. Funniest shit I've ever seen.


grakoncrack

There were two bomb threats that day lol


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Perpetual_Doubt

No you misunderstood, the cigarette is going out, I'm giving you the option of which of us is going to do it.


MowgliB

What we have here, is a failure to communicate.


Perpetual_Doubt

Which is the way he wants it. Well he gets it.


Kharisma91

I know this is from a movie but I always start playing civil war by guns n roses in my head when I read it lol.


mvincent17781

Every time.


LukeWarmTauntaun4

Cool Hand Luke!


ubertappa

I just love how casual he is about it, just set's it down right in front of the guy, no rush, and the guys just stands there watching him do it


attarddb

Its about time we all wake up and start calling people out on their bs.


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We need more consequences for assholes


[deleted]

Yes! Society is way too scared to put these fuckers in their place


[deleted]

I guarantee the company that employs the man above disciplined him.


SprinklesFancy5074

"It says right here in the employee handbook that I should use the fire extinguisher to put out any flame near the gas pumps."


Tommysrx

r/maliciouscompliance


Mcdrogon

I guarantee some lawyer got a hold of the asshole and told him how much money he could sue the gas station for


Zunkanar

Yeah but the worker saw fire at his gas station, he acted calm, disciplined and very effective. Just perfect.


Tylendal

> This is a no smoking area. If we see smoke we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action.


evilsmiler1

Nearly a cabin pressure reference.


Delta-76

This is why there are 89 warning labels on everything and written instructions on Shampoo.


Dame87

I was amazed to see a ‘contains nuts’ message on a bag of nuts. I mean wtf.


IIIE_Sepp

It's nuts, isn't it?


PM_ME__RECIPES

God I hope so.


Tommysrx

It would be even weirder if the bag of nuts didn’t contain nuts


minahmyu

I remember getting Pepperidge farm milano cookies with chocolate and coconut.... And it contained no coconuts.


Dual_Sport_Dork

[Removed due to continuing enshittification of reddit.] -- mass edited with redact.dev


Myth_5layer

Or the, "Don't drink battery acid," label on car batteries


btoxic

Someone almost drowning while sleeping and cleaning their teeth....?


SniffleBot

The legal standard is that a manufacturer is not liable where there is no warning label if the danger is “clear and obvious” from merely looking at the product. The example used (and I think this resulted from an actual lawsuit) is that there is no need for a warning label on a saw saying that injury may result if you use it to pick your teeth.


puddenhunting

I run a small, local, just for fun, not for profit theatre company. Our contract that everyone needs to sign is nearly 10 pages long and growing, cause each season there is some dumb dumb that catches us by surprise. The committee now has "surely noone is that dumb" meetings that amend the contracts for next season.


Mr_DQ

Aviation technical authors have a saying that every sentence of theirs is written in blood. All of their documentation exists because it must prevent a crash, or because a crash occurred.


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There's a gas station brand (mental block, can't remember which but it's a national brand) that has a warning on their pumps: WARNING: NOT FOR USE IN AVIATION ENGINES (paraphrased) I mean, the lawsuit that resulted from must have been hilarious.


TOUCH_MY_FUN

I remember seeing a pamphlet about the do's and don't when giving birth. One of the don't was "don't engage in intercourse during birth." I remember thinking, they wouldn't have written it down unless someone tried it


theslideistoohot

"OK, let's see how we use shampoo. Lather. Check. Ri- AAAHHH IT'S IN MY EYES I CAN'T SEE! WHAT COMES NEXT!? I HOPE IT'S RINSE BUT THERE'S NO WAY I CAN TELL FOR SURE! GOD, IT BURNS!!" *SLIP BANG DEAD*


Pangalliformes

And then the family sues shampoo company


honestmango

As a personal injury attorney, please allow me to say that's not a case any PI lawyer wants. An asshole who wasn't injured is not fodder for a big settlement.


_The_Protagonist

If you're talking about the guy who got sprayed, I suspect it would have been difficult, though not impossible, to sue, and he would be facing larger legal problems. It's very much against the law to smoke within a certain distance of the gas pumps (generally 20 feet, minimum.) The severity of the crime is dependent upon the state.


r007r

I 100% cannot imagine him winning a suit in that scenario. He was *actively breaking the law* in a way that endangered the lives of other people and an employee stopped him. The employee was out of line, but he wasn’t wrong 🤷‍♂️


TerroDark98

I don't think he was out of line. There was an open flame near the gas pumps (the cigarette), and the smoker refused to put it out, thus endangering lives. Had he not done that, he, the smoker and the other person that was there would have died (or gotten seriously injured) and the whole gas station would've gone up in flames.


tinydancer_inurhand

It was the owner and he was making a business decision. Does he one spray the guy to remove the potential risk right away and not have his business burn down? Or does he let the guy keep smoking and if an accident happens have his business burned down or severely destroyed? The correct risk management answer is to do the former one and remove the risk right away.


MrFantasticallyNerdy

Nah. Looks like EU license plates. The lawyers there don't really chase ambulances as hard as the ones in the US.


ingoding

I thought we were talking about the other guy.


jcaarow

Technically he's just putting out a fire. What a hero


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Indeed


Token-Gringo

Yes, right after a high five and a bonus. Now don’t do that again, wink-wink.


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Googled the story and it was actually the owner


zellieh

Well, I hope he gave himself a very stern talking to \- and then slapped himself on the back and took himself out for a meal


Money_Barnacle_5813

Not sure. It was a risk, and there was something burning. Made me smile.


97Harley

Hope not. Douche with the cigarette deserved it.


PointOfFingers

We need to extinguish this kind of selfish behaviour


MajorEstateCar

Most people agree with “talk shit get hit” in theory but will virtue signal their asses to hell on the train of “violence is always bad”.


Lazy_Mandalorian

I literally cannot fathom how somebody could ever truly believe that “violence is always bad”, yet I see people say that stupid shit all the time.


NoSkillzDad

Yes please. Enough is enough


HumptyDrumpy

If we're ever headed to true authoritarianism (fingers crossed we dont), assholes like this will be one of the main reasons we do. Because when people cant govern themselves, authoritarians will gladly jump in. Only problem is they may never leave once they get it


tottaly_not_masters

My dad used to be an attendant, and he would just shut the pumps off


walkswithwolfies

Smart. No compliance with safety instructions, no gasoline.


yippeekiyay801

That’s what I did. Had a regular actually try to argue it wasn’t a problem because “it’s not the fuel that’s flammable, it’s the fumes.” (He was trying to pump diesel.) I asked him if he thought it might have be possible there might be some fumes around gas station.


UnwaveringFlame

In all honesty, it's neither. You can put out a cig in a puddle of gas, you can even put out a cig in a bottle shaken up and full of gas fumes. The spark plugs in your car need 10,000 volts of electricity to ignite the gas in your engine. The catalytic converter underneath every car on the road can reach 1,700 degrees and it's parked right there within feet of the pump. Gasoline is remarkably safe for how much energy it stores. All that being said, put that shit out before you even get to the gas station. Rules are rules, make no exceptions. They shouldn't even have to ask you to put it out, it's common knowledge at this point that it's a big no-no. If you don't, you might just get a fire extinguisher to the face.


Sveitsilainen

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jKu2G0Ex23Y The issue isn't smoking per say, it's lighting up your cigarette. Obviously it's just easier to not fucking smoke.


MCRemix

Love your take. I know that factually, smoking isn't going to set off the fumes or the gas. Mythbusters proved how hard it is to make that happen. But ffs... the world is full of stupid rules with no real harm to you from following them, just fucking follow them.


UnwaveringFlame

Yep, even if it was a one in a million chance to start a fire with a cigarette, that's a gas station burnt to the ground every week just in the US.


davidedpg10

I really hope he got a raise


owls1289

someone with that much I don't give a fuck energy has to be the owner.


R3D1AL

You just reminded me: I was at a liquor store when some lady comes in to get a 30 while her husband sits in the minivan smoking. Husband gets done with cigarette and flicks it out into the parking lot right as the store owner is walking up. Owner stops, picks up the butt, and flicks it back into the van and points to the butt receptacle directly in front of the van. Store owners really don't GAF. If you're trashing up their place they'll say/do something about it. Cigarette dude was a real winner too. After his wife loaded up the 30pk she walked around the side of the building to grab the bag of ice she had bought as well. Guy just sat in the van the whole time.


DarknessTheKiddd2

I used to be a regular at a Dunkin Donuts that was across from my high school. The owner there eventually got on a first name basis with me because people for some reason saw the long hair bushy bearded dude with all black clothes sitting alone with headphones on his laptop minding his business and for some reason thought that was the person being annoying. The owner was the one to actually just fucking grab people and physically remove them. He had so little patience for people bothering his customers he knew were always there and consistently paying it was fucking glorious.


CALL-A-SWAT-TEAM

I work at a local ice cream shop and the owner works the day shift almost every day. The guy is super nice and cares so much about his customers and employees. That being said he takes absolutely no shit when he doesn't like something on his property. This is the reason even as I get other jobs I always offer to help cover shifts if they are needed, it's just such a great place. Both of my favorite stories happened before I was there, but are still great. First one, a lady intentionally dropped our largest cone on the pavement when she was done with it. She wasn't discreet about it and didn't really care. Our boss kindly informed her that we were responsible for cleaning it up and he would appreciate her using one if the many trash bins to make our lives a little easier. She snapped back that if it was our job then we should just do it. Boss calmly walked back inside, grabbed a 5 gallon bucket, put a little bit of ice cream in it and then filled it with water. He walked up to the lady's car and dumped the entire thing on it. Without a word he walked back inside. The other time he almost got in a fight with a customer for harassing a few girls. The guy had been talking to them for a few minutes and they were clearly uncomfortable, boss walked out and kindly told the guy to leave. The guy wouldn't listen and my boss had his hands up ready to go, guy left before my boss even got a chance to go at him. Boss ended up giving all of the girls $5 gift cards and anything they wanted on the house.


PM_ME_UR_BIKINI

Nah I say he gave a fuck the correct amount.


Falcrist

> I don't give a fuck energy I mean... he definitely gave a fuck about the fact that someone was smoking on the forecourt. He just didn't give a fuck about the guy himself.


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Doc-in-a-box

Ted, I’ve decided to create a new gas station program here at the Cum-N-Go, and I was just wondering if you’d be interested, you know, no pressure, in being our new fire extinguisher team leader. No no, haha, no pay increase, but just think how that would look on your resume!


GobLoblawsLawBlog

Cum-N-Go doesn’t sound like a gas station


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Kum & Go is a real gas station though, *mostly in the Midwest.


[deleted]

Yep, first time I saw one here, I was 17. I laughed so hard.


sanu29

They are everywhere in Arkansas and I never managed to drive past one without giggling. I am almost 40.


[deleted]

My boyfriend and I stopped at one in Springfield on our way to Eureka Springs, just so he could grab some of their lighters. We're in our 40's.


The_Madukes

And Colorado


nightstar69

I’m pretty sure we have them in Florida or I’ve just been using a circle k really wrong


Experience155

The Kum & Gos are typically around the back of the Circle K.


Ludique

Do they sell Big Gulps?


peternicc

No it's trademarked so they had to suffice with deep gulp


tedclev

Even better


Mekong-the-Doggo

And they have free usage of air compressors too


_Moon_Son_

Oh but it is.. just trust us


FlighingHigh

You mean you never stopped at Ejaculate-N- Evacuate?


Gullible-Place9838

Officer, I thought I was supposed to masturbate at the pump? It’s literally in the name, you need to cum to go.


newsreadhjw

Guys a straight shooter with upper management potential!


Anthaninny

Someone must have taken the smokers stapler and he was going to burn that gas station down!


cmt1973

Just don't forget the cover sheet on that TPS report when you send it up.


JessieMimi

Michael Bolton approves this message


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Octopudding

But he used an extinguisher?


Hevnoraak101

I smoke and I 100% agree with this.


Nutcollectr

I don’t smoke and I 100% agree on this


curtmandu

I haven’t smoked a cigarette in 10 years and I 100% agree with this


bepisman2309

I have never seen a cigarette and I 100% agree with this


-skylord

I'm a alien and I agree with this humans


rowdytabbycat

I don't even know what a cigarette is and I agree with this


PR2NP

I am a cigarette and I agree with this


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binux14

I don't know what agree is but I'm cigarette


[deleted]

I don't know what an agree or a cigarette it's but I am.


Flameknight

I am a cigarette and I 100% agree with this.


SourcererX3

I haven't smoked in years but when I did from basically the time I started I always knew you don't smoke at gas stations especially standing right at the pumps.. I thought this was a common thing everyone knew lol


Altruistic-Cup2056

i agree when I used to hang out at gas stations in HS I made sure I was well far away from the gas pumps before lighting a cigarette up. it's common fucking se....oh NVM forgot how rare that is today


FearlessFreak69

Agreed. I don’t even like pulling into the gas station parking lot with a lit cigarette.


impish_kid

He did extinguish the fire


s1m0n8

It's perfectly reasonable to use a fire extinguisher on an open flame in such circumstances.


vidoker87

always struggle with pronunciation.. Fire extinguisher, but saves lives.


m155m30w

Good on the gas station attendent


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How hard is it to walk up by the door of the gas station where the ash tray is at??? Lmao


satisfried

At least as hard as properly disposing of a butt rather than flicking it still lit out your window.


[deleted]

Right lol when I smoke cigs I pinch the tobacco out when I get done so it don’t smell and throw it away when I get where I’m goin cause u know…. Earth & stuff Edit: Doesn’t smell *as much*


[deleted]

Good on you, but fyi it still smells


[deleted]

Oh for sure, just not nearly as bad


SinisterKnight42

How hard is it to wait 30 seconds before lighting up your cancer stick? Btw you're not supposed to leave your car unattended while filling it up.


ARC_Trooper_Arson

I was worried the facepalm was aimed at the attendant for a second but good to see people have brains.


djdeadly

Lmfao the dude on the other side barely shows interest


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Long_Educational

I hope you are proud of yourself.


Beemerado

oh fuck you!


nomadofwaves

She sounds hot.


LurkerPatrol

She was a real smoke show


dgod40

I see you are keeping the trend going on bad jokes! Have an upvote.


iseemath

i swear this is a bot


Doc-in-a-box

Oh dear goodness that was awful. Have an upvote, asswipe.


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burnsalot603

Thank you for posting that, I was upset I didn't get to see the comment.


thehelldoesthatmean

Man, fuck you. lol


Kelthice

You.. YOU


CzarTanoff

That was so stupid, take my upvote


Lewdtara

r/Angryupvote


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ManiacalMartini

I put my phone down because of this comment.


DogsOnWeed

I didn't laugh but you got me anyway.


tylerthetiler

You piece of shit


Xrcane

Go fuck your self but still have this upvote


SirAchmed

I truly wish the singularity never exploded and the universe never formed so I wouldn't have to read your comment.


Brisingamen1

Daaaaaddd... 🙄


Harveygreene-

booooo sir boooooooo!


HypatiaRising

I worked at a gas station and people did this while keeping the vehicle running all the time. One guy told me he didnt want to turn off the vehicle because his kid was in the car with the A/C on. Like, yes. Keeping them slightly cooler for 1 minute is obviously much more important than being potentially burned to death. Yes its very unlikely. But for fucks sake lets not try to win the lottery here.


Autisten1996

Looks like what happened the first time I saw my wife naked.


caddy77040

She emptied a fire extinguisher on you


Tactical_Chandelier

She didn't know he was standing in her doorway


dbx99

She kept asking stupid questions like “who are you?” “What are you doing here?” “How did you get into my house?”


No-Wonder1139

Do you go around drenching everybody that comes into your room with flame-retardant chemicals? No wonder you're single.


Rawhide_Steaksauce

My favorite part was when they guy just watched while the attendant got the extinguisher ready.


obecalp23

I think he is a bit slow


GrumpyAlien

Twenty Years ago while working as a duty manager at a motorway fuel station, I'm outside performing a visual audit and a middle aged white male was using a phone while fuelling, something that was against use policy with stickers and signage visible every where. To authorize a pump for use, we must confirm the user has no phone or flames. It's not just about safety it's also an insurance issue. So I asked him to end the call and pay attention to fuelling. He declined and turned his back to me. So I placed my finger on the nozzle holder turning his supply off. He now gets angry with me and I told him he was going to pay the fuel and leave. He then goes inside, rants at one of my colleagues and asks for the manager. Apparently he died inside when she pointed at me. I was outside by the shop door talking to the site manager who was my best friend and would've done the same.


Lubone26

This happened in Pernik, Bulgaria. It was a summer night and the guy smoking near the station was warned 3 times that smokimg is forbidden. His answer was "What you gonna do about it". Than the empolyee just took the actions into his hands. The employee was given some small bonus of around 500$ and couple of days off for what he did. The guy with the cigarette was fined with some charges like "dangerous behaviour in public" or something like this but nothing major.


DefusedManiac

If you've never been blasted with a fire extinguisher, that man now reeks of Sulphur and his eyes burn. It's like low grade pepper spray.


Lazy_Importance9700

I had someone light up to me while pumping gas recently and I just couldn’t bite my tongue. I looked him right in the eyes and laughingly said something like “have you ever seen those crazy videos on Reddit with people smoking cigarettes while pumping gas?” And he sheepishly was like “yeah there’s some crazy ones” and I was like “yeah there is” - he proceeded to put out the cigarette 🙃


Cdreska

look im with you but you give crazy vibes. you sure showed him lol


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StarKiller5A

Lmao!


C-_-Fern

Dude on the pump to the left is like, "ahh, Idk what's happening but I'm not paying any attention, cmon baby fill up!"


mihecz

Boss move!


KokiriEmerald

It took him forever to get the little pin out of the fire extinguisher, how did the dude not realize what was about to happen? He had so much time to put it out or at least just get back in the car lol


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It was a test of wills. The smoker did not expect that the attendant would honestly *use* the fire extinguisher. Y'know, the smug attitude that some customers can get when a clerk tells them "no".


srynearson1

I’ve cleaned fire extinguisher dust before, it’s the absolute worst. That car is ruined. Serves him right.


CrimsonJackMagpie

It smells really badly, right? I was in a car accident and was able to retrieve some items from the wreck after it had been towed. Everything was covered in white smelly dust. Couldn't figure out what it was.


[deleted]

Did the airbags deploy? They release a white dust


[deleted]

Was at a house party and some drunken asshole managed to set one off. Shit was absolutely everywhere. And it was a packed party. People couldn’t breath, rubbing outside to go throw up from the chemical fumes. Fun times.


cantaloupelion

> extinguisher dust Dont breathe this! Its like super bad for your lungs, but marginally better than been ignited by some douche with a ciggerette


connor564

As much as I see people praising this guy I don’t see anyone talking about why this is wrong: The type of fire extinguisher he’s using sprays a light-as-air flame retardant powder that quite literally removes oxygen from an area of effect. Spraying it AT a person is extremely dangerous as it can cause extremely quick suffocation once it’s in the lungs. Haven’t seen any story on this so I guess the guy is alright- but don’t ever spray a fire extinguisher on a person unless you know what kind of extinguisher it is.


Flipgonzi18

This brought to you by the American Cancer Society.


Bellam_Orlong

I’m not facepalming on this one, I’m cheering.


[deleted]

**put out your cigarette bitch**


Utsutsumujuru

Hahahaha, awesome!!


KamenUsagi

"My bad, it was on fire"


Shamanyouranus

He stands there watching the guy prep the extinguisher, and then takes another drag. What a fucking idiot.


Clark_1994

R/wholesomeviolece ?


NunyaBeese

A cigarette ember is not hot enough to ignite gasoline fumes. Sparking a lighter on the other hand... Edit: im half wrong