Re: Gas prices

[tourman <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx>]

On May 8, 8:02 pm, "alarman" <nos...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> tourman wrote:
> > On May 5, 3:23 pm, "Bob Worthy" <secur...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> What is everyone doing about the rising gas prices with service
> >> trucks on the road. Raising service call charges? Adding trip
> >> charges? Fuel charge? What is working best for
> >> residential/commercial? Is there a difference?
>
> > RHC: Other than trading in the 6 cylinder truck for a smaller four
> > cylinder vehicle (timing was right), absolutely nothing !! High gas
> > prices have always been a part of Canadian life; we pay over $5 for
> > the equivalent of a US gallon, so puny price increases of 25 cents a
> > gallon to $3.50 a gallon are nothing !! I've been tracking my fuel
> > costs for some time now and I can see where recent increases don't
> > amount to much in the overall total costs of running the business. If
> > you feel the need to raise customer rates substantially because of
> > fuel cost increases of late, I can only figure that you are not really
> > in tune with how much your true costs are, and you're simply passing
> > on your "cost assumptions" to customers.
>
> > Americans feel that they have a God given right to two things...the
> > right to keep and bear arms, and the right to low gas prices ! On the
> > first, I wholeheartedly agree; on the second, I can only say..."get
> > over it". Much higher gas prices are here to stay and will get even
> > higher in the future !!
>
> > Time to join the rest of the world !!
>
> Get over yourself, you self righteous, pontificating jackass.
>
> --
> js
>
> The voices in my head told me to clean my guns today.

Tsk, tsk....struck a nerve did I ? You guys piss and moan about high
prices while the rest of the world suffers double what you pay and has
for many years.

Oh btw, time to go metric like the rest of the world as well....