That sounds like one my brother's former bosses. He purchased a new push mower fuel it and was cutting with it when it died. He crank and crank and would not stop. He was so pissed he took a sledge hammer to it. Then as a after thought he checked the fuel tank. It was out fuel.
Or the idiot that brought a mower from Walmart fueled it, cranked it up, mowed with hitting something bending the crankshaft and just mowing with it until threw a rod thru the crankcase. All within a few minutes starting it.
Darn fool never put oil in it. And top things off Walmart gave him his money back.
