Changing fortunes in the gas pumping business have robbed me of one of my personal favorite tics.
When there was a choice of self-serve or having someone else pump my gas, I always chose full service. Passengers would say, “Why not save the five cents a gallon?” I responded, “I didn’t pay $10,000 for an MIT education so I could pump gas.”
Which shows, of course, how long ago I went to college (a half century).
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My view is that my father didn't pay $50,000 for my MIT education (showing when I went there) to have me blow up because someone too uneducated to get a job other than pumping gas over-filled my tank with gas spilling down the side to get to an even-dollar amount because making change involving cents was too hard for them.