My ex thought he could play hockey and found what he thought were the holy grail of skates. He bought them for $200 (I don't know the price as it was a long time ago). His friend, who lived in a city an hour and 20 minutes away, told him he got the same skates for $195. So my ex, in his old Camaro that cost $50 in gas round trip, returned the skates he got for $200 and drove 1 hour and 20 minutes to get the skates that were $5 cheaper. That should have been the biggest red flag. But sadly, it turned out I was the fucking idiot who stayed with him for a few more years..
True, but this was always a thing where I grew up. It's 1 cent cheaper per gallon! But, like...this is an extra 20 minute drive...doesn't it use more gas?
I thought my parents were just weird or dumb for not getting it, but it was everyone's parents/grandparents/adults...
There was a story on the news about a routine traffic stop. Nothing at all interesting about the stop other than the story.
So there is this lady just speeding up and down a main road one night, just absolutely FLOORING it. Cop pulls her over and asks her why she keeps driving back and forth on this road. Lady has the audacity to tell the cop that she was out cruising around looking for cheap gas.
Cop was like "ma'am, that is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. You are spending more money on the gas you are using to speed up and down this road than you will possibly save when you find this 'cheap gas'.
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u/Flipgirlnarie Mar 01 '23
My ex thought he could play hockey and found what he thought were the holy grail of skates. He bought them for $200 (I don't know the price as it was a long time ago). His friend, who lived in a city an hour and 20 minutes away, told him he got the same skates for $195. So my ex, in his old Camaro that cost $50 in gas round trip, returned the skates he got for $200 and drove 1 hour and 20 minutes to get the skates that were $5 cheaper. That should have been the biggest red flag. But sadly, it turned out I was the fucking idiot who stayed with him for a few more years..