The Beginning

While I was walking to all the different stores with my mom looking for vegetables for my salad, I saw that the Valero gas station on the corner of my house was closing. My mom asked a man that was next to the gas station reading the “close” sign, “I think they don’t open today.” The man answered, “Oh no there not going to open it anymore because of this oil crisis that’s going on. This gas station is not making money anymore. Gas is too high and people are starting to ride their bikes and horses more. We have to get use to seeing this more lately because this is how it’s going to now on.” My mom replied “You’re right, instead of using the car now where walking to the store and it’s healthier too. The doctor just told me that I have to walk

at least 30 minutes a day and that’s what where doing now. Well nice talking to you and hope we all get used to living without oil.” “Nice meeting you too, but the bad thing is that the man that used to work here will be jobless and that’s another member of the unemployment crisis”, his last words and then walked away. We continued walking to store by store looking for some fresh and cheap vegetables. “Are you going to get cranberry juice? Because there’s only pineapple juice at home and you know how picky you are and you’re not going to be able to drink anything if it’s not cranberry juice,” my mom said. So I went looking for cranberry juice, when I opened the fridge I graved the bottle and I read the price. “FIVE DOLLARS!!!” I was shocked at the price but cranberry juice for me is inelastic and I will buy it no matter what the price is because I love it that much and I feel like I really need it.

SOURCE: Horses as Transportation