And, as a result, the cars towards the front of the line drained the station’s tanks dry at probably 25 cents per gallon.
Then, the cars further back, instead of being able to buy a few gallons at $1.00 per gallon, got to buy zero gallons at 25 cents per gallon.
Actually, they were able to keep trucks of gas coming in from out town. When they ran out, it was briefly.