As a young teen I took any work after school and weekends to get my own money. My brother in law Uffe was at the time working at a gas station in the city of stockholm.
He gave me a call and told me they needed me over the summer. I started a few weekends earlier to learn. First day after school had closed I took my moped and went to town for work. 10-17:00.
Back then it was service! We filled the tank, checked the oil and water. Finally cleaned their windows. We also got some tip from the help.
All days was quite busy, sometimes full rush!
One busy day a Volvo PV stopped at my pump, he opened the hood lock and went in to our shop.
There was other cars in line so I put the gas in, cleaned around the petrol lid. Run to the front and opened the hood. Checked the oil with one hand and water with the other.
Bang!! Boiling water strait up in my face! Couldn't move away as the hood was holding my neck! Finally free and Uffe came running! He push my head in a cold water bucket and large pieces of meat fell off.
5 minutes later we where of to hospital. Luckily I had kept my eyes closed all the time so it was just flesh. Got some shots in the back and then off to the job again for rest.
Took a week with matches holding the eyes open and later some cream to keep it cold.
The Volvo owner did notice his mistake and was not welcome back!
I was back a couple of weeks later!
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