Good news here...
The gas prices have gone back down to about $1.58 for regular within the last 2 days. That $6.50 P/G shit did not last long, and in fact only a few gas stations had done it. Those who did so are gonna face MAJ <IMG SRC="smilies/eek2.gif" border="0">R fines. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
Perhaps they did this because they were afraid of running out of gas. Anyway, that's crappy.
Back on the 11th when I went to top out my tank, I must have waited 20 minutes. I had to exit carefully as well- I would do drive-turn-reverse-turn stuff to get out of there after I was done filling up. If I had to pay about $23.20 instead of the $5.80 I had shelled out at the time, I would have been pissed.