[StBernard] Fuel Cost

[Westley Annis]

With the cost of fuel I thought you all should know about this.  I received
it today and just had to share it with ya'll.
 
This is a true story, so read it carefully.  On April 24, 2008, I stopped at
a Kangaroo BP gas station, located at 1325 Main Street, Cartersville, GA.
My truck's gas gauge was on 1/4 of a tank.  I use the mid-grade, which was
priced at $3.71 per gallon. When my tank is at this point, it takes
somewhere around 14 gallon's to fill it up.  When the pump showed 14 gallons
had been pumped I began to slow it down, then to my surprise it went to 15,
then 16.  I even looked under my truck to see if it was being spilled.  It
was not.  Then it showed 17 gallons had been pumped. It stopped at almost 18
gallons.  This was very strange to me, since my truck has only an 18 gallon
tank.  I went on my way a little confused, then on the evening news I heard
a report that 1 out of 4 gas stations had calibrated their pumps to show
more gas had been pumped than a person actually got. 

Here is how to check a pump to see if you are getting the right amount:

    Whichever grade you are using, put EXACTLY 10 GALLONS in your tank, and
then look at the dollar amount, if the dollar amount is not EXACTLY 10
times the price of the fuel you have chosen, then the pumps are rigged. 
In my case as I said the mid-grade was $3.719 per gallon, my dollar
amount for 10 gallons should have been $37.19.  If I had only check the
pump.  It doesn't matter where you pump gas, please check the 10 gallon
price. If you do find a station that is cheating, contact the Georgia
Agriculture Department, and direct your comments to Tommy Irvin,
Commissioner. In other states contact proper authorities, as shown on
the gas pump. 

Please don't delete this until you have sent it to all people in your
address book.  We need to put a stop to this outrageous cheating of
customers.  The gas companies are making enough profits at honest rates.