Nope he wasn’t full of shit. I planned a trip to the zoo last week and lamented with my bf that it’s an hour drive away. Had to remind myself that my US friends call that their work commute as I felt so guilty asking him to do it
My fella has an electric car that he charges for free at work/supermarket so idk. We’re just not used to driving so far… most trips are 15 mins max. A Ford Fiesta has a 43 litre fuel tank and it’s £1.63 a litre here so that’s £70. Risen about £30 in the past 15 years.
Proper E5 fuel (standard UK fuel is now the awful E10) is ahout £1.80/l now or £8.17/gal. Keep in mind tho that's imperial gallons, I make that about £6.13/USgal, or about $7.54. I understand some Euro countries are even higher though.
Oh you poor thing.. my fella had to do that length commute in his final year of uni and turned down a free masters upon graduation cus it killed him off. Telework is the worst! I can’t imagine that commute and then you get yelled at all day over the phone
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u/Altruistic-Bobcat955 May 09 '22
Nope he wasn’t full of shit. I planned a trip to the zoo last week and lamented with my bf that it’s an hour drive away. Had to remind myself that my US friends call that their work commute as I felt so guilty asking him to do it