Orlando Sentinel - When Terrence Smith climbed out of his rental car at the Suncoast Energys gas station near Orlando International Airport on Friday, he couldn't believe the $5.79-per-gallon price displayed on the pump. The Atlanta man remembered paying about $3.65 at other stations during the week he vacationed with his wife in Orlando. "In Atlanta, you might see 15 or 20 cents more near the airport, but $2 is ridiculous," he said. Smith looked across the street at Sun Gas, but neither station had its prices displayed on the large signs drivers typically see. If they had, Smith would have found the same price across the street, among the highest in the country. Even though it's been a year since Orlando passed a law to force the two notoriously high gas stations closest to the airport to post their prices, there's still no way for potential customers to know the cost of a gallon of gas without pulling up to the pump. The stations' owners have refused to erect gasoline price signs visible to drivers. Thousands of dollars in fines and the threat of liens and foreclosure haven't worked, and the dispute is nowhere near over....The owners have said they are simply providing car renters with an alternative to the high fuel prices charged by rental-car companies at the airport. "Compared to what the rental-car companies charge, we're practically a charitable organization," Benitez said.
Get a load of these frigen assholes, huh? I'm not normally one of those annoying people who feel the need to bitch and moan and persecute gas station owners for raking profits and making a living, it's their business they charge whatever the hell they feel like it and good for them for running a successful business. Do high gas prices suck? Yea they suck, they suck big time. Do I fault the owners? Not one bit.
Even an asshole charging $2 more per gallon than your average station is fine by me. If he can get away with it, then good for him. If you can't afford it take a bus. If I get to the point where my SUV is too costly I'll sell it for a vagina Prius or start taking the bus (and stocking up on hand sanitizer, bus people are for the most part gross).
But these guys, these guys crossed the line. Calling themselves a charitable business, come on bro. Charge me what you want, grin knowing that you're ripping me off, but don't throw me a fucking line about how you're doing me a favor. I'd rather you come out and bust my balls, bragging about the yachts and miniature giraffes you're going to buy with the profits you're making off me, over taking the cowardly route and down playing your greedy practices.
