I was in a Nike store this weekend. I heard a part-time employee say:
Guy: "Man...I'm only here for 25 hours. That barely pays for gas. If gas gets any higher, it wont even be worth it to come in. I'll just quit."
Me: "People gonna flip shit if they can't get to work to pay their bills."
Guy: "Hell yea we are!"
People in the back nod.
I don't travel very far for work, so I never thought how hard inflation is hitting people who travel across town, let alone people who don't get much above minimum wage.
The powder keg leans forward a little further...stock up!
My husband and and I have 80 miles round trip, we car pool since our schedules and distance (once in town) are pretty similar. We bought a hybrid in 2019 to cut down, we were over 100 miles a day at that point. Our hybrid battery died last week, we are in old reliable.. the dodge charger with a hemi. It costs me between 25-30$ a day for us to go to work.
We aren't rich, we are comfortable....but we are definitely tightening the belt.