Sunday, August 17, 2008

$3.89

Today I paid $3.89/gallon for gas at my local Shell station today. Lowest I've seen in a while.

Question 1:
Is it wrong that I wanted to hump the leg of my gas station attendant out of sheer joy?

Question 2:
How sad is it that the "low" price of $3.89 for a gallon of gas gets me this amped?

When I was in high school, I could buy an entire tank of gas for my Buick station wagon with a $20 bill, and still have enough change leftover to hit Del Taco afterwards. So I guess that's the kind of thing I'll be telling my grandkids. "Well, back in my day, Sonny...."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kevin Browning calls this "battered wife syndrome". The price of gas SHOULDN'T be more than $2, but because it's less than $4.50 - we're happy. It's kinda like, "He's not beating me today! I'm so happy!"

Unknown said...

I like that you used lowest prices instead of cheap. I find too many people say "the gas is cheaper at this station"...I always correct them and say "no gas is less expensive".