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Topic: Speaking of Weird Exchanges...

After work tonight, I stopped off at Victoria's Secret.  While I was checking out, I had the following conversation with the salesgirl:

SG: ''Did you hear about the gas strike?'' 

Ingy:  ''No.''

SG:  ''Nobody's buying gas on Friday, May 2nd.  So don't buy gas on Friday.  We're sending a message to the oil companies!''

Ingy:  ''Okay.''

SG:  ''So if you need gas, buy it on Thursday.''  (That'll show 'em.)

Ingy:  Chuckles.

SG:  ''I ran out of gas today.''

Ingy:  ''How'd that happen?''

SG:  ''I was trying not to buy it.'' (Whaaaa???  It's not Friday yet!)

Ingy:  ''So what'd you do?''

SG:  ''Well, I ran out right in front of a gas station.''

Ingy:  ''It's a sign.''

SG:  ''Yeah -- don't buy gas on Friday!''

WTH?

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Exactly. ~i&b

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Posted by: Kat
Date posted: Thu May 1 16:37:52 2008
Message:
I'm sure thats an urban legend, right? I bet you'll find that at snopes.com. Anyhoo.....maybe she means well, but, really.......

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I'm sure she meant well, just young and clueless. ~i&b

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Posted by: katiebeach
Date posted: Thu May 1 15:01:15 2008
Message:
You should have told her that you wouldn't buy lingerie on Friday's and maybe VS would lower their prices!  (Boobies don't have to be strapped in on the weekend! LOL)

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Now there's an idea! ~i&b

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Posted by: kitty
Date posted: Thu May 1 13:54:16 2008
Message:

   Silly Girl!  LOL!

The gas companies don't care about any strike.  They are laughing all the way to the bank.   We will always need gas.

The only thing we really have done is drive less.  We drive 30-45 minutes to work, so we carpool when we can.   In my area there is no public transporation. 

Maybe it is time to go back to the horse & buggy.   eek!

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Yup, Mr. Ingy and I work near each other so we carpool every day. ~i&b

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Posted by: Sparky
Date posted: Thu May 1 12:12:09 2008
Message:

I really showed the gas companies.  A year ago this week, I started carpooling 3 days a week.  And theeeen, about 2 months ago, I traded in my gas guzzling truck for a fuel efficient used Pontiac G6.  For my portion of the gas cost, we just about cost the expense in half.

Oddly enough, besides saving money on gas, if you factor in the trade in value of the truck, we wind up saving at least $8,000 than if we waited until the truck were no longer driveable.  Go figure that one. I couldn't believe it and I ran the numbers several times and we actually save more money in the long run by buying the G6 now. We bought the G6 used.

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Exactly. Mr. Ingy and I carpool everyday and when the weather is nice (i.e., not snow) we drive the Miata which gets a zillion miles to the gallon. The oil companies are not getting rich off us! ~i&b

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Posted by: susienews
Date posted: Thu May 1 1:13:09 2008
Message:

Wow.  How young was she?  She can't be THAT new to the interweb!  That stupid "protest gas prices" e-mail has been going around since gas was just approaching $2 a gallon!!  (sighing in recollection)

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She was definitely a youngin'! And, you're right, I remember that gas boycott back when gas hit $2. ~i&b

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Posted by: bella tx
Date posted: Wed Apr 30 22:42:09 2008
Message:
How did she go from panties and bras to a gas strike?  LOL!!  Good lord she must be on some mission to cure the world.  Yes, weird indeed w/ very flawed logic.

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Yeah, I didn't get the connection either but she sounded like she was on a mission. ~i&b

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Posted by: Paulsmom
Date posted: Wed Apr 30 22:28:29 2008
Message:
Well, then if I go get gas on Friday, there won't be a wait. LOL!

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Go for it! ~i&b

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Posted by: Bonk5
Date posted: Wed Apr 30 22:04:51 2008
Message:
None of those things work, none of them! If you don't buy on Friday but you do on Thursday,then Th. sales will be higher and average out from Friday!

Actually gas sales are down, the amount we buy. People are using their smaller cars, walking, planning trips. (And here I am letting my son learn to drive now!))

We need to take more public transportation. We need to car pool more. But not getting gas on Friday will not do the trick!!

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Nope!

You're right, enough people using less gas is what will have an impact. What day you buy the gas is irrelevant. . ~i&b

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Posted by: Kalia
Date posted: Wed Apr 30 21:48:22 2008
Message:

Thats funny!! Poor thing...she doesn't realize that the gas companies 'know' we are gonna need it sooner or later. I've been told though, not to buy it EVER from the big gas companies like Exxon or Shell. If you boycott the bigger guys, maybe they'll see it as a sign, IDK.

Its a catch 22. I'd love to comply with the 'don't buy' rule on Friday, but 'they' know we'll need it sooner or later.

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The only way to make it work would be to actually USE less gas, not just change what day you buy it. ~i&b

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Posted by: Jenny
Date posted: Wed Apr 30 21:30:40 2008
Message:
Well, I'm really going to show them!  I'm not buying gas until Monday!  The oil companies will be biting their collective nails all weekend wondering if their profits have really slowed down!  Won't they be surprised??  LMAO!

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Yup, you show 'em! ~i&b

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Posted by: misspm
Date posted: Wed Apr 30 20:26:50 2008
Message:

A bit over zealous! LOL

I knew nothing about this gas strike-I guess I BETTER GET GAS ON THURSDAY!

Here's the problem with the whole "gas strike" concept...they don't care!  They're going to still get paid the next day...and besides there are always those who are oblivious to the gas strike still filling up on gas strike day.

If there is a strike I will participate of course, LOL

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The way I see it, the gas company will simply get their profit a day early since people will just fill up on Thursday so they don't run out on Friday. You can't always count on running out in front of the gas station, you know! ~i&b

Exactly! ~`misspm

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