Playing the pumps
Apr. 12th, 2005 05:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ambericaToday I realized that putting gasoline in one's car is a lot like gambling. Well, a little, anyway.
Before I went back to work from lunch today, I decided to put a little gas in the car. I only put in $10 worth (still less than half a tank at $2.10/gallon!) in case it came down again. Sure enough, I just got home from work and that same station by my house is now down to $2.08/gallon! Should I top off the tank now that it's lower? Or should I wait for it to MAYBE go even lower, running the risk of it making another 15-cent jump overnight like I've seen it do before?!
It's just like gambling. Now that the price has come down a little, I am slightly "ahead" (to use the term VERY loosely). Topping off the tank at this price would be like taking my winnings and walking away from the table/slot machine/roulette wheel/whatever! But I am still kind of eager to stick around and take the gamble that I might win ever bigger, like maybe $2/gallon! Then again, by holding out for more, I also risk losing more, like if the price goes up and I just didn't take what I had and go with it.
I'm rambling too much. My blood sugar is low. I'm not thinking clearly. But that's what I was thinking about.
Before I went back to work from lunch today, I decided to put a little gas in the car. I only put in $10 worth (still less than half a tank at $2.10/gallon!) in case it came down again. Sure enough, I just got home from work and that same station by my house is now down to $2.08/gallon! Should I top off the tank now that it's lower? Or should I wait for it to MAYBE go even lower, running the risk of it making another 15-cent jump overnight like I've seen it do before?!
It's just like gambling. Now that the price has come down a little, I am slightly "ahead" (to use the term VERY loosely). Topping off the tank at this price would be like taking my winnings and walking away from the table/slot machine/roulette wheel/whatever! But I am still kind of eager to stick around and take the gamble that I might win ever bigger, like maybe $2/gallon! Then again, by holding out for more, I also risk losing more, like if the price goes up and I just didn't take what I had and go with it.
I'm rambling too much. My blood sugar is low. I'm not thinking clearly. But that's what I was thinking about.
