NYC: FREE GASOLINE! Hurry up and wait.

[juleswin]

Is it just me? Or does something about this not seem legit...

PS... Mods, you think it's legit, please delete

I see this picture and somehow I have the feeling that there are going to be a few extra house fires this coming week in NY. Just that many Petrol containers in a city area is just asking for trouble and that is even in the hands of professionals.

The message you have entered is too short? WTF

 

[Bohner]

I'd be willing to make a bet that at least 50% of the people in that line do not have a car or a generator that would necessitate the gas they are getting. My guess? Many of them are waiting for the "free" gas to sell to someone who needs it. While I love the entrepreneurial nature of this venture, it just goes to demonstrate the absurdity of this idea.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking, I just didn't want to be the first one to put it out there (just in case a mod got the wrong impression).

Though I'm sure the intention was good, passing out thousands of gallons of free gas in the middle of Brooklyn when a gallon is going for over $20 on the black market was not a very smart idea.

 

[2orb]

I'm thinking that "free gas" would be a great way for tptb to round up some of the sheep. Why go thru all the trouble of door to door when they will just line up on their own.