Chevron with Techron. As if we haven’t been beat over the head enough through television, print and theme park placements, our friends at Chevron like to go the Extra Mile. No, I’m not talking about their chain of 7-11-esque quick-marts…I’m talking about the reminder that you are purchasing Chevron with Techron gasoline on the pump itself.

No, I’m not even talking about the stickers on the pump. I’m talking about this:

Yes! Even the electronic display which is used to facilitate your transaction are used to reinforce “Chevron with Techron.” Only, since I can remember, the display is wrong. Read in sequence: Chevron, Chevron with, Chevron with Techron. Gee, I didn’t know I wanted Chevron with with Techron.

I can’t be the only person that has noticed this. Chevron, it doesn’t matter what state I’m in, when I feed my car Techron, you remind me that your programer is a moron. Or just too lazy to fix every pump nation side, or maybe it’s controlled by a server in Idaho? Either way, please fix it.

On a side note, I absolutely love the new LED wraps on the canopies over the pumps. It’s very futuristic and welcoming at night, don’t you think?

Virgin America seems to understand why we all hate airlines and is trying to do something about it. You mean I don’t need to treated as a necessary hassle? Ugh, more paying customers! Yes, Continental I’m looking at you.

Being a new airline with new planes has it’s advantages. All VA planes are equiped with Gogo wireless Internet. Gogo is probably the most amazing discovery since roast penuts. VA’s RED entertainment system is also cool; it provides Dish Network live TV, on demand movies, music and TV, in plane chat. Oh yeah, on demand food service too.

Did I mention the LED lighting that changes color depending on the time of day? Or the Method handsoap and swanky music in the bathroom? What about the power outlets at every seat? Or the ingenuous idea of mounting AVOD hardware under the floorboards then in your foot space?

There is so much that Virgin America gets right that I wish they flew to more places so I wouldn’t have to go back to being treated as cattle.

Virgin America is great but does have some odd problems:

• They don’t have a mobile site. Want to check in on your phone? Good luck with that.
• When you check in for your flight the website may offer an upgrade (for an aditional cost). But just kidding!! The ‘friendly’ rep on the phone said actually NO upgrades were available. To this moment, 10 hours later, the website is still trying to sell upgrades that apparently don’t exist. How evil is that?
• You might sit with Satan children and adults who don’t control them. If it wasn’t for Gogo I might have gone mad. Thanks to these folks, our flight broke the world record for number of flight attendant call button pushes in 6 hours. If you still don’t get it, this same party had a 7 year old in first class, unattended, because she ‘loves the attention.’

This is what was left over from the monster child and family. Yay children?