F
rom a post on a blog called Shoemoney I came across today comes a failed business idea of the blogger. I’ll just quote what he says, as it’s hilarious.
I want to purchase a Gas Station and Give away Free Gas
The catch is like the gas would come out really slow and also you would be limited as to how much you could get per week. (Like max 50 gallons a week).
How do I make money ? EASY - I would setup paintball guns around the gas station with webcams that would let people from the internet take shots at the people filling up there cars with gas. You could charge per shot or a xxxx amounts of shots per month for a set fee. PROBLEM - I talked to a city council member about this and he told me there was a “no flying ordinance” or something rule within city limits however I could maybe do it in the country…
Too funny. One wonders what goes on in the mind that considers this idea seriously enough to talk to his city council member about it.
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September 5th, 2006 at 3:44 am
Toscho
Can I have the plot next to it for my carwash ?
September 5th, 2006 at 5:02 am
Kris L
With the price of gas in some places…..just about anything will go through peoples’ minds.
September 5th, 2006 at 8:02 am
Par Winzell
He should set it up in rural Alabama or somesuch and make money off of the proverbial Culture War! Bored overpaid single male libertarians in San Jose would no doubt pay good money to take anonymous shots at all the progeny-drenched church-goers and semi-marlboro-men who’d be attracted by the smell of free gasoline.
September 5th, 2006 at 1:29 pm
almagill
Take away the free gas and swap paintball guns out for air rifles and that sounds like some of the places I’ve lived.
But yeah, what else does go through the mind of somebody who takes an idea like that further than “hah! You know what’d be a laugh…” beer conversations?
September 5th, 2006 at 2:40 pm
Mike Rozak
I think John Malvo (?) already came up with this idea; he was the one hiding in the trunk of a car and randomly assassinating people filling up their gas tanks. He used real bullets though. I suppose that people wanting to use paint-balls instead of bullets are slightly less scary.
September 11th, 2006 at 11:20 am
Clayton
I would be amused at this, and given the sort of drivers and people I live around I would SO pay to do this…
I would love to slam some paintballs into people who cut me off and such
It would be sweeeet.