I was talking on my cell to my friend while at the gas station the other day.

"What's that noise?" she asked.

"That's the television by the gas pump."

"It's so loud," she replied.

"I know, but there's no way to turn it off."

It wasn't even real TV, but gas station TV, some weird hybrid news program. I don't even like CNN, I'm sure as hell not going to watch television created by oil execs. The thing that really annoyed me was that there's no Off switch. So, I had no choice but to listen to pretend news. Maybe that's the price you pay for cheap gas.

I never thought about the quality of my gas station pumping experience, but I realized that I wouldn't mind paying $.40 to fill my tank in peace.

Just for today, I can hate gas station TV.