Okay, so I (like everybody else) have been really freaking out about gas prices lately. This morning the gas station around the corner was selling a gallon of regular for $4.70, and while I realize that in a month I will look at this post and wish that a gallon of regular was only $4.70, this morning it gave me a little shock.
So... on this mornings newscast the weather girl on the local news said "well gas prices are bad at least its making traffic good". She said this while looking down at her blackberry. I think she was sending a text message while on the air. Wow. She is right, traffic has been much lighter the last couple of weeks, but how insensitive! Allot of people have to drive across town to get to work. In Los Angeles the bus system is a joke. The buses only run to parts of town, and leave huge areas that are not covered. The "subway", and train systems are very expensive for the average person. So if you have to commute from the west side of LA to Pasadena you are out of luck.
I wonder how many people will lose their jobs because they just can't get to them.
