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Statewide gas prices continue to rise
Local consumers, managers receive brunt of steadily increasing prices
Aubra Whitten
Issue date: 11/13/07 Section: News
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"We try and have the cheapest gas in town because we don't make that much money off it," he said. "It's more a draw to get people inside."
Although a few customers have commented about the high price of gas, Bailey said most of them do not complain.
Even with carpooling and other gas-saving measures, everyone still needs gasoline, he said.
"It's an essential thing," Bailey said. "There's nothing we can do about it but grit our teeth and bear it."
Queshana Page, a cashier at B-Quick 31 on Lee Boulevard, said numerous customers have protested the high gas prices.
"I've had a lot of customers complain about the gas going up," she said. "Last week, the gas [prices] went up three times in one week."
Page said customers were complaining about prices before gas hit $3 per gallon.
"They started complaining when it hit $2.92, but then they really started complaining when it hit three dollars," she said.
Page said some of her customers have even talked about selling or trading in their vehicles.
"Some folks say they're going trade or sell their big cars because gas keeps going up," she said.
Freshman aerospace engineering major Mason Hall said gas prices have kept him from driving home.
Hall, a native of Dothan, Ala., said he has almost a six-hour drive home.
"It makes going home expensive when it takes $60 to fill up your car," he said.
Although a few customers have commented about the high price of gas, Bailey said most of them do not complain.
Even with carpooling and other gas-saving measures, everyone still needs gasoline, he said.
"It's an essential thing," Bailey said. "There's nothing we can do about it but grit our teeth and bear it."
Queshana Page, a cashier at B-Quick 31 on Lee Boulevard, said numerous customers have protested the high gas prices.
"I've had a lot of customers complain about the gas going up," she said. "Last week, the gas [prices] went up three times in one week."
Page said customers were complaining about prices before gas hit $3 per gallon.
"They started complaining when it hit $2.92, but then they really started complaining when it hit three dollars," she said.
Page said some of her customers have even talked about selling or trading in their vehicles.
"Some folks say they're going trade or sell their big cars because gas keeps going up," she said.
Freshman aerospace engineering major Mason Hall said gas prices have kept him from driving home.
Hall, a native of Dothan, Ala., said he has almost a six-hour drive home.
"It makes going home expensive when it takes $60 to fill up your car," he said.
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