Gas station workers don’t set gas prices

It’s not a good time to work at a store that sells gasoline. One gas station employee called the newspaper office Friday asking me to do a story about the treatment they’ve been receiving. I talked to another employee Friday night who verified that working behind the register at a gas station is much like being a dart board. She told me people come in and pound her with abuse all day. I realize we’re all a bit testy about the price of gas ‘ myself included ‘ but come on folks. Do you really think the person working the cash register is responsible for the $3.79 a gallon price? The young lady I talked to Friday night said she gets chewed out many times a day ‘ and she said people don’t hesitate to let foul words fly. The lady who called up here Friday morning said people often just throw their money at her and shout some obscenity before walking out the door. I agree the high gas prices are reason for anger. We should be angry at our nation’s leaders for not developing a forward-thinking energy policy that could have eased our dependence on oil. But the folks behind the counter at the quick mart are not to blame.