Sad. Tragic. Many more adjectives come to mind as well, but this is a family show.

We were at the gas station, and I was pumping the gas (do we still call it pumping gas even though there’s no pumping action required by the purchaser?)…there was a young kid with a girl on the opposite side of the pump and he was also pumping gas.

As I stood listening to my gas tank fill up, he finished, and the girl got in the passenger seat and he went to get into the driver’s seat. He looked back at the gas pump and said “I guess you have to go inside to get change. It’s only $3.50 so why bother?”

Yep, that’s right…he decided not to walk 20 feet to get $3.50 in change.

Apparently $3.50 has become the new penny. I mean seriously how many of you would walk 20 feet for a penny? None of you I’d imagine. But $3.50?

I was shocked. There are people who can eat for an entire year on $3.50 and this kid who was driving a vehicle his parents probably bought for him couldn’t be bothered. I’m sure he drove off to lunch with his girlfriend and paid with a credit card his parents pay for, then blah blah blah.

For $3.50 you can get a tall mocha at Starbucks. Or, you could buy a sandwich somewhere, or maybe a pack of pens, or some batteries, or a book of stamps, or some breath mints, or a 2-pack of light bulbs, or some candles, or a gallon of milk, or a VERY cheap bottle of wine, or a pair of socks, or a big cookie.

Kids these days make me very sad and disappointed and bitter and pissy.