Kinda begs the question "Then just how nasty did you mean to come off?"

The belief "I/we bailed your butt out, and you should be thankful" demonstrates the arrogance that many of us find distasteful in our dealings with some AC staff. While I don't doubt that you are often sincere in your efforts for passengers, the insidious nature of arrogance is that the arrogant don't realize or believe they are being arrogant, they just believe they are actually better/superior/more significant/whatever. It seems strange (bizarre, even) to make a case for the existence of "nice" AC agents by being "nasty."

As for gas prices, if one station is charging too much, you can always go to another one.

I trust the various ironies of this thread are not lost.