People pump gas and then they go in the store and pick up some things and pay for them, and they forget to mention the gas.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As the price of gas goes up, people will become more conscience of how much they use.
It doesn't take a degree in economics to know that something is wrong when it takes $30 or $40 to fill up the gas tank.
People go shopping, we spend on so many things, and we just don't know. We don't know the prices of things. But gasoline, even when you're not buying, it's staring you in the face. Psychologists call this 'salience.'
I've got to pay $5 for gas just like everybody else.
For somebody for whom they're going to buy a certain amount of gas irrespective of the price, should they really spend so much time thinking about the price of gas? It doesn't affect anything they do.
I buy food and gasoline - that's it.
There's a foot race between gas bills and paychecks.
You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill your tank off and drive off - they're not going to miss it.
When you're out of gas, you don't have many options.
People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.