Re: just for the sake of clarificationrobot_vs_ninjaSeptember 1 2005, 20:34:01 UTC
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Oil companies are not "telling" the gas stations to do anything, the stations are doing it as per the company that owns the station.
Atlanta's major supplier of oil (I think their name is CPL, something or other...) said that supply lines would be up and running at about 30% within the next couple days, meaning that there will be more gasoline entering our area within the next few days. So, if people hadn't run out yesterday and expended all the fucking gasoline that was available, we wouldn't be in as bad of shape as we are. They could have waited a couple days, watched prices drop back some, and then gone. If people had bought gas at there regular rate, we would be fine, but all these idiots want to fill up barrells and barrells of gas along with their cars.....that's what send us into a shortage. The supply no longer meets demand because dumbasses with a bunch of barrells sitting around thinks that Katrina is the goddamn oil apocalypse are going out and buying up everything. And also, I have never experienced any problems with the pump machines, nor do I know anyone that has ever experienced problems with them (unless you have). Now I know that they do encounter problems, but I don't think they're as likely as you're saying. If those machines had all the problems you're talking about.....don't you think someone might have tried to fix them by now? A little upgrade in technology perhaps?
Most gas stations weren't under their tank readings until people went crazy without learning the facts. I could start spreading all sorts of rumors if I wanted to, but that doesn't make them true, that just makes people who believe me gullible. The oil industry is by no means weak and unstable. The oil industry is still booming along. It's had a temporary set back in an isolated geographic region. Saying that gas stations are a reflection of larger oil companies, to me, is a very unfounded statement.
Re: just for the sake of clarificationgreenmaidSeptember 1 2005, 22:50:42 UTC
as you know, i worked in a gas station all summer. everything i said was a reflection of that. literally, my manager would get a call every day from the regional representative for national oil "telling" her what to do with her gas prices. if the stations near the interstate fluctuated, she would call him and ask what he wants to do, and for how long. the company that owns the gas at the station is national oil, therefore they tell her what to do. i know that the oil companies (specifically CPL or whatever) are trying to reassure the public....because the problem doesnt lie in a shortage of oil or with katrina. it lies in the price of oil increasing on the market in the last week, and in a distribution problem after a mad dash to the pumps. a mad dash started by rumors and hysteria. the pumps themselves arent fixed. that is my point. they are crappy pieces of technology that are unreliable. we would have at least one pump break/faulter/whateveryouwanttocallit a day. and these were new pumps. the same happened at our owners other store. they get a lot of use and are very sensitive things are bound to go wrong. i was just trying to explain this to you. i was trying to explain to you that there are a lot more factors in this problem than one can see from the outside. yes...a lot of the fault lies in the people freaking out and going to the pumps, but there is a lot more to it than just that.
Oil companies are not "telling" the gas stations to do anything, the stations are doing it as per the company that owns the station.
Atlanta's major supplier of oil (I think their name is CPL, something or other...) said that supply lines would be up and running at about 30% within the next couple days, meaning that there will be more gasoline entering our area within the next few days. So, if people hadn't run out yesterday and expended all the fucking gasoline that was available, we wouldn't be in as bad of shape as we are. They could have waited a couple days, watched prices drop back some, and then gone. If people had bought gas at there regular rate, we would be fine, but all these idiots want to fill up barrells and barrells of gas along with their cars.....that's what send us into a shortage. The supply no longer meets demand because dumbasses with a bunch of barrells sitting around thinks that Katrina is the goddamn oil apocalypse are going out and buying up everything. And also, I have never experienced any problems with the pump machines, nor do I know anyone that has ever experienced problems with them (unless you have). Now I know that they do encounter problems, but I don't think they're as likely as you're saying. If those machines had all the problems you're talking about.....don't you think someone might have tried to fix them by now? A little upgrade in technology perhaps?
Most gas stations weren't under their tank readings until people went crazy without learning the facts. I could start spreading all sorts of rumors if I wanted to, but that doesn't make them true, that just makes people who believe me gullible. The oil industry is by no means weak and unstable. The oil industry is still booming along. It's had a temporary set back in an isolated geographic region. Saying that gas stations are a reflection of larger oil companies, to me, is a very unfounded statement.
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literally, my manager would get a call every day from the regional representative for national oil "telling" her what to do with her gas prices. if the stations near the interstate fluctuated, she would call him and ask what he wants to do, and for how long. the company that owns the gas at the station is national oil, therefore they tell her what to do.
i know that the oil companies (specifically CPL or whatever) are trying to reassure the public....because the problem doesnt lie in a shortage of oil or with katrina. it lies in the price of oil increasing on the market in the last week, and in a distribution problem after a mad dash to the pumps. a mad dash started by rumors and hysteria.
the pumps themselves arent fixed. that is my point. they are crappy pieces of technology that are unreliable. we would have at least one pump break/faulter/whateveryouwanttocallit a day. and these were new pumps. the same happened at our owners other store. they get a lot of use and are very sensitive things are bound to go wrong. i was just trying to explain this to you.
i was trying to explain to you that there are a lot more factors in this problem than one can see from the outside. yes...a lot of the fault lies in the people freaking out and going to the pumps, but there is a lot more to it than just that.
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ps- I still don't see the pumps as a real problem
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Because, you know, they really needed it...
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