She called me because she couldn't get her car started after work. We had to get it towed out of the underground parking which is quite a pain in the ass apparently.
I spent a couple hours troubleshooting the issue (smoky exhaust, barely started, ran like shit) and I burned out the starter in the process and had to put a new one in. Starters in these little 3.7L engines are pretty pathetic.
At some point in all this she mentioned she had filled up before driving to work, so I figured out how to jumper the fuel pump and pumped out this piss-colored junk. Feels oily like diesel, doesn't burn explosively like you'd expect with straight gas.
Fresh fuel and some Seafoam snake oil to maybe clean injectors. Since I didn't drop the tank to clean it perfectly, she's going to put small amounts in for a few fills and burn it off completely between fills because the solution to pollution is dilution.
Her receipt showed she uses the gas pump, not the diesel, so I'm wondering how many people got to deal with this bullshit since I'm guessing the station got an entire compartment contaminated. Haven't bothered to talk to the company, since I did the work myself and they certainly aren't going to reimburse me for my time.
Ah well, it's an excuse to do a pile of other maintenance I'd planned anyway and had parts for.
Wife is happy she isn't buying a new car. Happy wife, happy life.
A lighthearted prank which is revealed before any negative consequences occur is harmless, unless it's understood a joke like that is unwelcome, which is how I'm interpreting you or OP feels. Humans make jokes at others' expense sometimes, and sometimes, it's ok.
I don't see interrupting your spouse at work, with the intention of telling them a lie, intended to raise an anger or stress response, for the purposes of posting their reaction on the internet for clicks, in any way "lighthearted." Walking around the corner, phone in hand, asking "Hey babe, why's six afraid of seven?" is lighthearted. If you can't tell the difference, stay single. Only Satan wants you.