Tag Archives: Driving

Gas station etiquette

Gas prices lately have made people crazy. But when you find regular gas at $4.03 — I think that makes the mania worse than usual.

Take my most recent fill-up encounter. On the way to Michael’s daycare in Encino is my “ghetto gas station,” an Arco with reliably lower gas prices than the ones in Studio City (where I work) or in the Conejo Valley (where I live). On Friday, this station advertised its regular gas at $4.03 a gallon, when last week it was $4.15. I was muttering “hot damn!” as I pulled in.

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Driving with my mom

Trinity and I went on a late night food run tonight (as we often do on Sunday nights) and as we pulled out of the restaurant’s driveway, he urged me to sit back so he could see if the coast was clear from the right so he could turn left. I laughed and proceeded to tell a story about my mom.

I used to drive with my mom a lot. Even when she became comfortable with me in the driver’s seat (and this took a while, let me tell ya), when we would get to pulling out of a driveway, and I had to lean forward to check both sides to make sure it was clear, she would always lean forward too, to check. I always had to urge her to sit back so I could check if it was clear. It happened so many times, both of us always got to laughing when it would happen over and over again.