The Pump

Maybe it's just me, but have you ever noticed when you're pumping gas into your vehicle that the numbers on the meter skip?

I mean instead of going 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 cents it goes 2,4,5,7,8,10,13 cents!! No wonder the oil industry profited over 25 Billion dollars and now have to justify their outrageous gain! Talk about gas gauging, shoot!

Just think about it. For every person who buys gas if the station is getting an extra 2 to 3 cents per gallon of gas per customer per day! You do the math. And don't give me that baloney about when the prices started going up the meters had to be adjusted to make up the difference. The price of gas has been high a very long time and you mean to tell me that we haven't learned how to make the meters read correctly by now? Yeah right.

I think the oil industry should spread the wealth. Help should'nt be just confined to the very poor (if they even do that) but also to the entire country. It wouldn't take much and they could still keep the bulk of the money that we gave them. Let's say about 5 billon dollars as a blanket cushion towards eveyone heating bills this winter as a small token of appreciation for helping them become Billonaires. I think that's fair, don't you?

Next time you're pumping gas, ease up on the nozzle and see if it skips number or maybe it's just me.