Monkeywithawrench
Senior Member
I think someone does not understand that pricing of fuel is based at the 1/10 of a cent or 1/1000 of a dollar. It is never sold by 9/10 of a gallon.
Gas price wars (maybe back in the 50's or earlier) had sellers undercutting their competition by 1/10 of a cent when that amount of money actually meant something. This is how my father explained the situation to me. He owned a couple service stations and worked at many through his youth prior to purchasing his first. It was a good place for my mechanical head to grow up. It also taught me that I hate dealing with the general public.
I worked at a gas station (among other jobs) through high school and college. I have ALWAYS assumed that the 9/10ths were gallons.......not tenths. 54 years I've thought that.............so thank you for educating me. Always learning, everyday...........
Link to article regarding history of gas price fractions.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/14/energy/why-gas-prices-fraction-of-a-cent/index.html
The gas station was in Hingham, ma off Rt. 3 going to Cape Cod............met some veeerrrryyyy interesting people. One lady yelled at me because I couldn't give her directions to somewhere 6 towns away.............LIT INTO ME!!! Another guy pulled up in a truck that was burning oil.......full serve gas station......had me fill the gas and check the oil........shut off after $2...........nothing on the dip stick. Added 4qts (took the standard 5 quarts in that engine)...........he then asked if the truck could make it to Washington, DC ( I told him I don't think I'd try it........burning a crap load of oil)..........how much oil will it take to get to Washington, DC??? It was interesting. Learned alot there. All the skills a young boy should learn........lock picking, slim jimming, hot wiring (that's a whole new skill now), ripping cars apart and fixing them........all the skills a college student needs.
It was only later in life..........mid 40's that I learned to hate people and that most of them are useless.LOL