I don't mean to be insensitive...

Tsuguri · 09-1-2005, 10:24 AM

...But why do gas stations take EVERY little thing they can find as a reason to hike their prices? The hurricane in New Orleans. Tragic? Yes. Catastrophic? Most likely. But why does something that happened to a place 800 miles away that is in no way related to our oil procuration cause gas prices to jump between FORTY AND SIXTY CENTS? The day before I heard about the hurricane, the lowest prices I could find for regular were around $2.70 a gallon. The highest I had seen was $2.94. The VERY NEXT DAY, the previously lowest priced gas station was listed as $3.31 a gallon. And that was a freaking Speedway. I drive a minivan (shutup), an my wages are already skimming the bottom to pay for my gas money. The lowest I can find now is a Shell station at $2.97. When Shell is the lowest priced gas station around, you know something's wrong.

Don't get me wrong, my heart and sympathy goes out the families and people that lost so much in this most recent natural disaster, nor am I trying to devalue their suffering. But the money grubbers who run these gas stations can take a nice long suck on my scrotum for all I care. [/rant]

09-1-2005, 10:24 AM	#1
Tsuguri FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Do the Bender dance! Hoo! Hah! Come on baby now Hoo! Hah! Come on, yeah! Posts: 108	I don't mean to be insensitive... ...But why do gas stations take EVERY little thing they can find as a reason to hike their prices? The hurricane in New Orleans. Tragic? Yes. Catastrophic? Most likely. But why does something that happened to a place 800 miles away that is in no way related to our oil procuration cause gas prices to jump between FORTY AND SIXTY CENTS? The day before I heard about the hurricane, the lowest prices I could find for regular were around $2.70 a gallon. The highest I had seen was $2.94. The VERY NEXT DAY, the previously lowest priced gas station was listed as $3.31 a gallon. And that was a freaking Speedway. I drive a minivan (shutup), an my wages are already skimming the bottom to pay for my gas money. The lowest I can find now is a Shell station at $2.97. When Shell is the lowest priced gas station around, you know something's wrong. Don't get me wrong, my heart and sympathy goes out the families and people that lost so much in this most recent natural disaster, nor am I trying to devalue their suffering. But the money grubbers who run these gas stations can take a nice long suck on my scrotum for all I care. [/rant]

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