"Cup of coffee $1.49 average cost PER GALLON 64 cents buying it from the local grocery store and brewing it yourself."
The coffee example really gets me upset. If you purchase 300-400 dollars of fuel, the least they could do is give you a free cup of coffee. That used to be standard but now if you are really lucky, some Perto's will tell to go ahead, probably because they don't feel like ringing it up. Now that's penny pinching.