I’ve never understood why people pay so much attention to weather forecasters. If anyone else had that kind of track record with inaccurate predictions, you wouldn’t take their advice on anything. And these are the supposed “experts.” I can have just as much accuracy by poking my head outside in the morning.
Similarly, though completely unrelatedly, I don’t understand why people pay so much attention to gas prices. You’re going to pay it no matter what, and there’s not a whole lot you can do to reduce it. But let’s say, for the sake of argument, that one place has gas for $3.50 a gallon and a station across the street has it for $3.25 a gallon (people seem to get really excited when it’s five cents cheaper, so a quarter must be a real deal!). If you fill up fifteen gallons, you would save a whopping $3.75 if you waited in line at the second station.
If your grocery bill was higher by four bucks in one week, would you notice or care? Probably not. So why the BFD when it’s gas?
Similarly, though completely unrelatedly, I don’t understand why people pay so much attention to gas prices. You’re going to pay it no matter what, and there’s not a whole lot you can do to reduce it. But let’s say, for the sake of argument, that one place has gas for $3.50 a gallon and a station across the street has it for $3.25 a gallon (people seem to get really excited when it’s five cents cheaper, so a quarter must be a real deal!). If you fill up fifteen gallons, you would save a whopping $3.75 if you waited in line at the second station.
If your grocery bill was higher by four bucks in one week, would you notice or care? Probably not. So why the BFD when it’s gas?