Ran over to my local gas station to top off the tank in the 300 and pick up a couple of 20oz sodas for the day… Something I’ve been doing at this particular gas station for over a decade now because they sell high-test that isn’t mostly water and I tend to drive super picky hotrods.
Yes, buying stuff at the gas station is more expensive than going to the grocers, but going to the grocers these days is an exercise in frustration with the crowds, lines at the self-checkout, and having to pay for the bags that you are bagging… I figure it would have taken a solid half an hour to get two sodas at the nearby Walmart – so I reserve that particular suffering for when I need to actually buy groceries.
Anyway, said gas station sodas in 2019 were two for $2 and I would grumble because I could get two 12oz cans at work for $0.50.
In 2021 those two sodas were two for $3 because end-of-the-world global-pandemic supply chain issues or something.
Last year I was irked because they were two for $4 and I figured that was essentially robbery.
Today they were 2 for $5 and I guess I’m done with gas station sodas.
Listening to "Rockstar" by Blue Stahli
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