What Nobody Told Jonathan Dahl
In general, it's a bad idea to get an oil company-branded credit card. It's never a good idea to pay for gas using a debit card. And don't be fooled by claims of superior mixes of fuel -- mostly gas is gas.
This is all according to Jonathan Dahl (an old buddy of mine from Columbia University) and other editors at Smart Money, the financial magazine, in their new book, 1,001 Things They Won't Tell You: An Insider's Guide to Spending, Saving, and Living Wisely.
The book dashes through the various stages of about everyone's life: wedding, children (and education), home buying, ordinary purchases, dining, medical care and so on (oddly, there is no chapter on death or funerals).
This being O&G, I went straight to the sub-chapter on buying gasoline. One of the best bits of advice: Skip the Starbuck's. Gas-station coffee is just fine, and costs a lot less.
This is all according to Jonathan Dahl (an old buddy of mine from Columbia University) and other editors at Smart Money, the financial magazine, in their new book, 1,001 Things They Won't Tell You: An Insider's Guide to Spending, Saving, and Living Wisely.
The book dashes through the various stages of about everyone's life: wedding, children (and education), home buying, ordinary purchases, dining, medical care and so on (oddly, there is no chapter on death or funerals).
This being O&G, I went straight to the sub-chapter on buying gasoline. One of the best bits of advice: Skip the Starbuck's. Gas-station coffee is just fine, and costs a lot less.
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More importantly, Starbucks provides health insurance for fewer than 42% of its baristas, refuses to guarantee set hours, and has repeatedly been convicted by the NRLB of illegally intimidating and harassing employees attempting to form a union. (h/t) ZP Heller http://www.openleft.com/diary/13409/spilling-the-beans-about-starbucks-unionbusting-tactics
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