Michael Barbaro

And he loaned me the money I needed to get the electricity back on, you know?

And stuff like that.

It's like, Dad, did you really do that?

He's like, of course I did.

They've been coming to my store for 10, 15 years.

So for Cam, this was really the only way he knew to run.

a business these regular customers that i get in here i mean i've known them now for eight years that's a longer time than i've known my kids i only got a four-year-old so some of these people they've been around for my wife's pregnancies i had several regular customers when they found out my wife was pregnant they brought me boxes and boxes and boxes of diapers like it's just really cool i don't think a lot of people get to experience that where a customer

comes to your business almost every single day, sometimes up to six times a day, become a huge part of your life.

They really do.

I know their PE coach.

He comes in here every day.

So I tell him, I show him a picture of the kid on my camera, and he makes them run laps.

Or push-ups.

So when the war broke out a few weeks ago... Right before the war, I remember we were sitting at $2.79 for a long time.

And Cam realized he was going to have to raise gas prices.

From $2.79 to $2.99 to $3.09.

Over and over.

We went up almost 20 cents in 48 hours.

And over again.

Gosh, it's been almost every day.