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.
