“Why High Gas Prices are a Good Thing”
Monday, May 19th, 2008Is there a silver lining to high gas prices? Gas prices are high nationally… the title, “Why High Gas Prices are a Good Thing”here is a quote of Idaho real estate agent George Tallabas.
“Less and less people are eating out in restaurants and actually cooking at home and having more family meals. Imagine that novelty! Can that be bad?”
Yeah it can be… if the economy is why little Timmy and Suzie are eating at home since their dad lost his job as a chef at a Central Ohio restaurant that can be awful. What about the restaurant busboys and waitresses and their families? They’re going to be eating at home too. Or NOT eating at home, without income to feed themselves and their families.
I’m all for looking at the bright side… I hope we all start conserving gas. I hope this country becomes innovative when it comes to energy. George T’s last point in his post on ActiveRain a real estate network is…
We have become a more compassionate society. I have seen church groups and other private organizations raising money for the elderly and less fortunate that have been hurt by the rising cost of goods and services.
Do the compassionate church groups have room at the table for Timmy, Suzie and their family and the busboys and waitresses too? Maybe Idaho is different than Ohio. Maybe the businesses that have boomed there the cooks, busboys and waitresses don’t really need the income, they are just working in the restaurant as kind of a hobby…I might be wrong but I think most of the people in Central Ohio restaurants are schlepping plates, slinging hash and bussing tables because they have to.
This morning on NBC … on one of the early, early morning shows they said McDonald’s business is up because of the economy. Good for McDonald’s… that could help the pharmaceutical and medical industries too!!
We went out to eat Saturday night at Anatolia Cafe. We got the second to last table in the place (have you been there? … it is dinky we moved our table over so the couple who got the last table did not get hit with the kitchen door.) The (owner?) said “Good Bye” and told us to come back soon. I hope it won’t be as long (we have not been there in a couple of years) because the food is excellent.
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Across the street on the corner of Worthington Woods and Worthington - Galena? A McDonald’s… I am not anti McDonald’s… I grabbed breakfast at the “Mickey D’s” on the corner of Worthington Woods and Worthington - Galena that very morning… hand me a cholesterol pill.
