Remember, when the air was free?
May 3, 2008 by strider
One of the most reassuring things about gas stations is that sign many of them have, advertising “free air”. Yes, those were the days, the days when air was free… I now go to the same gas station, and they now have a coin-operated air pump, which now charges 50 cents for air. The first time I used it, it didn’t stay on long enough for me to inflate all 4 tires. Not wanting to spend a buck just to inflate the fourth tire, I asked the manager to turn on the pump for maybe an extra minute. Would you believe I had to argue this with him?
Oh, how I long for the return of the days when the air was free. We didn’t have to pay for air. Air at one time was not a commodity to be packaged and sold. I guess there is an air shortage. There is not enough to go around. It is a wonder that after all of the tires in the world are filled with air, that there is still enough air left in the atmosphere to sustain life and for us to grow. Of course, the oil companies would hold all living things responsible for creating an air shortage, such that there is not enough air left to put in the tires after all the living things in the world are done with it. That would be the reason for them charging us half a buck at the air pump.
I agree! You would think after all the high gas prices… AIR WOULD BE FREE! However, they still need electricity to run the air pump and I think they are charging for the electricity… not just the air. Which of course is still wrong but it’s more understandable than packaging air and selling it for half a buck! And I have definitely had the same issue where I put the 50 cents in the machine and was not able to fill up the fourth tire! I was just as mad as you are!