GAS CARD

Since March the cashiers at the grocery store have continually asked me if I would like to apply for a “gas card.” But I repeatedly replied no. Why, I thought, should I bother with another credit card in my wallet that would simply lower the cost of my gas by ten cents when I filled up the gas tank of my car. But recently, a neighbor told me she applied for a gas card because for every fifty dollars of groceries she buys, her gasoline bill is reduced by ten cents per EACH gallon of gas that she buys. In other words, if she buys ten gallons of gas, she saves a total of one dollar – ten cents times ten gallons.

Wow. I had assumed I would receive only ten cents off on my entire gas bill. I didn’t realize it would reduce my cost by ten cent for every gallon I bought. In addition, the grocery store keeps track of my purchases, so that if I buy $30 one week and $20 the next, they apply the two-week total of $50 towards my ten cent discount. This was better than I thought and last week when I purchased $163 of groceries, I received 30 cents off each gallon of gas I bought at the gasoline station. I bought nine gallons of gas and saved $2.70. WOO HOO. As they say, “Not bad for a day’s work.”

By Hannah --www.FunnyPhotosContest.com a photo contest for cute or funny photos and photo captions.