Monday, March 24, 2008

Computer failure forces gas station to go manual

March 24, 2008, The Maui News

HANA — The only gas station in Hana was temporarily shut down for six hours this weekend after its computer system failed to work.

Hana Gas employee Cassie Kahuila said Sunday that the gas pumps shut down Friday night after the station was closed for business.

The pumps were placed on manual drive by 1 p.m. Saturday, forcing Hana Gas to assign one employee to pump gas and another to accept cash. Customers kept up a “busy” pace this Easter weekend.

“Everything’s OK,” Kahuila said Sunday afternoon. “We’re just doing things by hand.”

With the cash register and station computer inoperable on both Saturday and Sunday...

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