I got stuck in a half hour of traffic this morning.
Why was there a half hour of traffic? because there were a series of cones closing off the right hand lane of a two lane expressway. It was labled ROAD WORK, but there were no trucks. There were no utility vehicles. No police cars. Had I been braver, I could have pulled over walked up and removed all the cones from the road and been the hero to hundreds of motorists behind me.
Instead, I muttered my displeasure and then drove to the gas station for some $2.79 a gallon lovin’.
This is totally off topic, but last week I lost power at my apartment due to severe lightning. The next morning I still didn’t have power, and since my cell phone is my only phone, I brought my charger with me to work and charged up my phone in the break room. I accidently left my charger in my locker at work, so I charged it at work again the next day. Then I realized that if I continued to charge my phone at work I could save cents on my next electric bill. Whole dimes!
MikeD, this sounds like something I expect you already do.
Hmm….it’s almost like only drinking milk from the Gillette breakroom to save money…
Also, be happy about your gas. I’m paying $2.87 up here.
Gas prices near me are rocking from 2.74 to 2.89 in the span of a mile. Things haven’t really settled down from last week’s madness but at least everyone has gas.
If you had the highest energy density battery on the market for your cell phone, and you completely wasted the battery everyday, charging the phone once a day for the whole year would only cost about 42 cents. Since you probably only use half a battery per day or less, your savings are more like 20 cents or less per year
Becky, I charge my cell phone at work, too! (But, I don’t drive a Volvo)
Last time I checked MikeG. 20 cents does equal 2 dimes, which is plural. ROCK ON BECKY!!!!
I think this depends actually. If you leave the transformer plugged in all the time, it actually uses energy even when not charging. I’ll check out my transformer tonight and try to confirm Mike G’s comment.
In no way was I belittling 20 cents. It is in fact 2 dimes and if you can get it for free from your company, do it!