The brightly lit board at every gas station is meant to inform potential consumers on that particular gas station's prices. As all automobile gas customers know: The first price on the board is for Regular gas, the second is for Plus and third price listed is for supreme. When I saw the first price listed as $3.58, I pulled into the Exxon station and asked the attendant to fill the tank with regular to be payed by credit card. As the tank started to fill, I noticed a discrepency between the price per gallon that was being charged on my card and what was on the board. I looked at the board again, and noticed that where the word 'Regular' should have been, was the word 'cash' next to $3.58 and underneath, instead of 'Plus', was the word credit next to $3.68, which is what I was being charged. I told the gas station attendant that the board was misleading. They should have a separate bigger sign for gas prices payed in cash as opposed to credit card, as other gas stations display. The attendant instead yelled at me something in his own language and turned away. I speak four other languages fluently besides English, and I stated a valid complaint in English, a language we both could understand, and I deserved a better reply than what his very rude manner indicated.
We are informed every day that the rising cost of oil barrels are the catalysts for these outrageous gas prices... If that were the case, how is it that Exxon reported highest profits ever this last quarter?! Obviously the gas price hike is much higher in proportion to the price per barrel!
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