Gas Station's Shocking Sign of Times
 Reuters
| | Prices are displayed at a gasoline station in Manhattan Beach, California, mocking at the rising cost of driving. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters) |
Gas really does cost an arm and a leg in places these days.
This weekend, a Manhattan Beach, California, gas station said the price of regular gasoline was -- an arm.
The price of mid-grade -- a leg.
The price of premium -- your first born.
Steve Grossi's lease on his Shell station was expiring on Monday so when he ran out of gasoline to sell on Sunday, he put up the tongue-in-cheek sign.
"It started as a joke," said Grossi, 51, who operated the station for 11 years before Shell decided to sell the property. "It's a neighborhood station and it was a joke for the neighborhood."
Before he ran out of gas, Grossi was selling regular at $3.499 per gallon, then up to $3.699 for premium.
When he was out of gas, Grossi, who had been an independent Shell station owner for 28 years, was out of a job. |
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News from Around the Americas | May 2006 
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