Todd S. Malicoate wrote:
Wow. Amazing how two people can get such different impressions reading the same news stories.
Actually, it's entirely predictable: it's called "auditor bias."
bias, n: systematic errors of interpretation made during inference by the recipient of information; the tendency to accept information that supports pre-conceived opinions and to reject or trivialize that which does not support preconceived opinions or that which one does not understand.
the elephant wrote:This is just a matter of our own personal spin being placed on the written word, much like here at TubeNet. We want to see different things so we see them. And I will ALWAYS come down on the side of the little guy until the facts of the case have proven otherwise. Since I am not a judge I can afford to do tat.
Fair enough, Wade, and I do respect your opinion.
We'll just have to agree to disagree on the scope of the problem. Like you, I hope the affected folks in Washington state receive satisfaction.
The Citgo station on the corner near here sold out and is now a Shell station. Prices just dropped at the new Shell to match all the "cheap" stations up and down highway 59.
How much trouble am I in if I buy gas there?
tubatooter1940 wrote:The Citgo station on the corner near here sold out and is now a Shell station. Prices just dropped at the new Shell to match all the "cheap" stations up and down highway 59.
How much trouble am I in if I buy gas there?
Anybody who still thinks the media can't drum up a story causing real people with real jobs to lose real money over nothing, say "aye."
There is no problem nationwide with Shell gas...please read Mark's quote in the post right above yours. The very isolated problem was in Washington state, nowhere near you in Alabama. Don't punish the local owners of your Shell station on the corner because somebody messed up once in Washington.
Somebody allegedly found a finger in their chili at Wendy's once. I guess we should be warned about eating lunch there, too. What's the difference?
station. Prices just dropped at the new Shell to match all the "cheap" stations up and down highway 59.