In these economic times, it make sense to save in as many arenas as humanly possible. I get my gas from either Costco or Sams Club, whenever convenient. OK, there is a strong possibility that it is watered down second hand gas siphoned from disabled cars on the side of the road. But when I am dumping a bunch of gas into our van...I don't care. It is not like I drive an Italian or German sports car, that will only take high octane gas, refined from oil carried down by burros from the Andes. It is not a fine tuned green machine that will only get billion miles to the gallon if you fill it with gas imported from JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory). It is a minivan, and this is not rocket science. You put gas in, car go voom.
So I stand in line like the rest of the hordes of gas getters and wait my turn. I try to be courteous and make the transaction as fast as possible.
It was during one of my visits, I witnessed the ultimate sin. Here is this guy filling up a bunch of containers with gas. I was appalled. I know it was his turn, but it was like watching someone fill up there pockets with food, at a buffet.
Did I miss something? Some kind of memo that said that we should take as much as we can, and fill our under ground bunker?
Maybe it is just me, maybe I am weird. This just seems like another reason why other countries don't like us. Well this and the fact that Burger King is advertising a triple hamburger.
If this guy is buying loads of gas now before the prices go up... that's just sad. If he's that concerned he should have bought a $2000 '92-'95 Honda Civic VX that gets 45 MPGs instead of a lifted 4x4 Toyota Tacoma.
ReplyDeleteThere is no reason someone should need to fill up gas cans unless he's going on a safari or something.