Weekend Routines

One of my weekend routines is to fill the Vue with gasoline immediately before or after I purchase groceries.  I had planned to do that Friday, but the lines were crazy busy when I got to the store, and it was no less crazy when I left. 

I did not run errands yesterday, and today when I was out and about, that was the last thing from my mind.  I usually only use 6-8 gallons of gas a week, and the tank is 22 gallons.  So there is no urgency to the matter, but I might want to fill 'er up this week. 

Gasoline Prices

I am sure I have written about gasoline prices before.  Last Saturday, when I filled up the gas tank, gasoline prices were in the $3.26/gallon range, depending upon where the gasoline was purchased. During the week, as I go to and from work, I pass two self-serve gas stations.  One is usually on the front edge of changes: if their prices change, I can count on every one's prices changing.  The other is in line with price changes in the community, but their price changes occur after everyone else's have, not at the forefront.

Well, by mid-week, both were advertising gasoline prices at about $3.44/gallon. About two days later, their prices were done by about $.08.  This weekend, when I purchased gasoline, I payed $3.19/gallon.  I do not understand this wild and wide price fluctuation in gasoline prices.  It makes no sense to me.

Maybe someone can explain it to me.  

The Strange Little Man at the Gas Pump

So, when I approached the gas pumps this morning, they were all full, but I chose to pull up behind a man who was already well into the act of filling his Hyundai.  Or, so I thought.  As I sat there, watching him fill the gas tank, he stood there and stopped and started the gas pump. Over and over and over again. Until it became comical. But so it continued, and continued, and continued. Until, finally he was using his hip to bump the car.  I can only speculate that he thought that the more he bumped his car, the more the gasoline settled, and he could load more.  When I went up to the pump to fuel my vehicle, it was interesting:  he paid $25.01 for gasoline.