Saving time ...

I pulled in to the Tesco filling station and there was only one available pump. It turned out to be a "pay at pump" one. I'm not greatly fond of those, but never mind, I thought.

I was surprised to see the "strap line" for the service is "save two minutes". Yes, folks it's two minutes quicker to pay at the pump! Have we really got to the point that two minutes is so important? If so, I think something has gone seriously wrong with the pace of society.

Oh, by the way, the pay at pump service wasn't working, so I had to traipse ten yards to pay the cashier. Oh, just to think of all the things I could have done in those two minutes!

The Price of Petrol

We heard this week that BP and Shell have made huge profits. It is due to the price of a barrel being very high, so as oil producers, they get a good price.

But hang on a minute! Why are their prices at the pumps so high? Because of the high price of the cost of petrol, they say. How does that work? Am I missing something?