The other day, Roadguy received this anecdote from someone we’ll call A Certain Colleague:

En route to my son’s school Thursday morning, I noticed that unleaded gas at my favorite low-price station was $3.09. Heading home a few minutes later, I realized the price dropped to $3.07, so I pulled in because the price in this neighborhood [on St. Paul’s East Side] tends to increase on Thursdays or Fridays. However, at the pump, the price was an astonishing $2.07.

As I filled up, I asked the woman at the car behind me what the price was on her pump. She confirmed $2.07 as she grabbed the hose from the pump. We both smiled at our good fortune.

The typo translated to my credit-card statement. After the way the gas industry has been sticking it to us, I didn’t feel compelled to tell the attendant (and neither did the woman at the other pump). Did I do the right thing?

Good question, and here’s another: What would you, the Roadguy reader, have done? Have at it in the comments below.

This entry was posted on Monday, June 4th, 2007 at 6:10 am and is filed under Transportation conversations. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.