Instant breakfast drink in hand, Hot Toddy joins me on the porch swing. He's got exactly two minutes before leaving for work. The kids are inside, clicking on the computer. I can hear them through the screen.
He glances at the van in the driveway.
"Did you get gas?"
"Yep." I say.
The gas bell "dinged" as we were heading home yesterday, but I went out again in the evening and filled it up along my travels.
"It took fifty bucks to fill up the tank!" I tell him.
His eyes go wide.
"Where did you get it?"
"BP."
"How much was it?"
I shrug.
"How can you not look at the price?"
"Would it have made a difference? I was on "E."
"But how could you not look at the price?"
"Why would I?"
"To be properly outraged!" He laughs.
"I wasn't really going for outrage yesterday."
He sighs.
Maybe next time.
He glances at the van in the driveway.
"Did you get gas?"
"Yep." I say.
The gas bell "dinged" as we were heading home yesterday, but I went out again in the evening and filled it up along my travels.
"It took fifty bucks to fill up the tank!" I tell him.
His eyes go wide.
"Where did you get it?"
"BP."
"How much was it?"
I shrug.
"How can you not look at the price?"
"Would it have made a difference? I was on "E."
"But how could you not look at the price?"
"Why would I?"
"To be properly outraged!" He laughs.
"I wasn't really going for outrage yesterday."
He sighs.
Maybe next time.
6 comments:
Man, I KNOW!! We get our gas at CostCo, and that helps.
:)
I look at the price (at CostCo, like Amber) just so I can feel smug when I pass signs offering it at higher prices.
So silly, I am.
"To be properly outraged!"
I hear ya, HT, I hear ya!
So amazing! I can remember when I could fill my entire tank on five dollars. Now getting five dollars worth of gas would barely get me home.
I'm with you, though. The only time I notice how much gas costs is when I hear about it on the news. I view it as a necessary evil, at least for now.
I don't look at the price either - there's not much I can do about it excet not drive! It's about $3.25 in CA...can you believe it?
HT ALWAYS delivers the right answer, and NEVER the wrong one! LOVE HT!
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