Cape Karen
The hurricane hasn't even hit the coast of TX yet, and the gas prices are going up even more.
This morning, a friend from FL reports, she was finishing her fill-up at the pump, when a fellow came along carrying a bunch of red plastic bags. He was going to put them over all the pumps, so it would look as if they were empty. When she told him that there was still gas left in the pump she had just used, he said to her, with a sneer, "We're in a crisis, Honey."
In other words - we'd rather pretend we are out of gas until we have time to put up our new inflated prices, than to let anyone pump gas at a 'mere' $2.95 a gallon (for regular) any longer.
And, that's just at one Mobile station in No. Palm Beach, FL. How many other gas stations are doing the same exact thing? I can only imagine what will be going on next week all over the country. The rich profiteer's will be dancin' in the streets, while everyday people struggle to decide whether they should buy their families food or buy a tank of gasoline at $4.50 a gallon.
And, of course, then we're going to have those nay-sayers who'll remind us that things like Kool Aid, ice cream, ketchup, etc., are more expensive ~ by the gallon ~ than gasoline.
Well, go ahead then, I dare you ~ just try putting that stuff in your gas tank!
Posted by Karen at September 23, 2005 8:51 PM