Sneakily Selfish
Tagged as: Apr 17There are a lot of things that people do well. Well, at least it seems like they do a lot of things well. Maybe in hundreds of years people will think back upon our times and scoff at how poorly we existed. That’s kind of how we look back on other time periods isn’t it? Using a port-a-potty is bad enough, but a bedpan or an outhouse? No way! Using candles instead of having electricity? Completely necessary! But I digress (as usual). Something that makes me angry is that people are too good at things. They are good at wanting as much money as possible. They are good at looking out for #1. They are good at being sneaky. They are good at marketing.
What brings on this rant? Well the gas stations! You might think, “how in the world do gas stations market?” Well I have some beef with gas stations. Okay so maybe I also just have a problem with how gas is very expensive (and going up). Nevertheless have you ever noticed the prices for gas? Sure sure, we all know that they are currently low to mid $3 per gallon. But have you ever noticed that it’s always something like $3.199? Do you realize that’s essentially $3.20?! If you think that I’m being stupid, then that’s your prerogative, but I think that’s slightly outrageous. Do they really need to get that last 0.9 ¢?? And we are silly and oblige because we have to. How unfortunate to be bound to something (gasoline) so tightly!
Too bad ranting and raving will do nothing to stop this practice. It’s absolutely worthless. I wonder who is getting rich from the 0.9 ¢ extra from every single gallon pumped. They sure must be rich.
your rant tag is getting getting bigger and bigger. haha
@kiki
Or likely I have just noticed a lot of outrageous things and now I have a way to share these thoughts.
Haha I know. Maybe I’m just an angry person. Or maybe I have found an outlet to finally release the pent up rage.
maybe if you didn’t drive a truck your gas bill would be lower….. hahahaha..
WHY WHY? WHY do you drive a truck?! haha..
@tiff
You are right that I could drive a different car and my gas bill would be lower. But this post isn’t about how much I pay per se. It’s more about the outrageous nature of charing $X.XX9 rather than $X.XX amount per gallon. And even larger than that is the fact that marketing in general is getting too good sometimes. It’s sneaky and underhanded. And I don’t like it!
ur rant and raves are interesting.
you are so interesting, derek wong!
@Jennifer Shih
I’m very glad that you like them. Well I guess you didn’t say that you like them. But at least you read them!
@kelly
Well I’d like to think that I’m interesting as well. I would hope so because the opposite is a very scary proposition for me!
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