Bait and Switch

[628 words] Back when gas prices began to be so outrageously high, the news media spent a lot of time on stories related to the issue. One story I saw on television at the time was that customers in some locations were being tricked into purchasing gas at one price, only to find when they swiped their credit card a higher price was charged. This was because the price on the sign was the “cash” price, but the price went up when a person used a credit card. This type of trick is called “bait and switch,” where you offer a great looking product, but when the customer is locked in to the purchase, a lesser product is substituted without the customer’s knowledge. As I watched that news segment, I got to thinking that Satan is like that, isn’t he? He runs the old “bait and switch” on us all…