I know this might sound like a stupid question, but it got me stumped yesterday at the gas station.
I work at a gas station and yesterday, an immigrant family came to get gas. Now the tradition at this gas station I work at is that when a customer comes to get gas, you ask them how much gas they would like and type (regular, premium, or midgrade OR diesel), then you ask them if they would like their oil checked.
Now here is the situation; so I ask them everything and with the help of the little girl in the back seat who was interpreting for me, I finally convinced them that premium is the best for their van and it would not cause any problems in the future (not 100% sure about this, but until there's proof otherwise, I will stick to this theory).
Then I asked the million dollar question, "Would you like an oil check?", and the little girl answered my question with another million dollar question, "What is oil?". So there I was about to answer in my finite knowledge what oil is cause I mean cmon, I've done this job for 1 year and 3 months now and have asked the same question to other customers over 1000x, so by definition I should have by now known what oil is.
But guess what, I had no idea. I come to answer, and was about to say, "Oil is what you put in your car to..." and that's where I stopped. I gave a nervous chuckle when I realized that I did not have the real definition of what oil is, so I just said to the girl, "...umm it is good for your car...". I guess that worked cause then she interpreted to her dad who then popped the hood and I was able to do my job.
So guys what is oil?
E: I meant oil as in motor oil; not transmission or steering


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