My Turn To Be Stared Down....

[blas]

Haha, full service gas stations around here are about as rare as tan people.

I've never been to a gas station where someone else pumped my gas for me or did any of that kind of stuff. I hear there are a few around here, I just don't know where they are or go to them.

[Nyoibo]

Wait, full service petrol stations still exist?

[JustADude]

Wait, full service petrol stations still exist?

Yep, they're just rare and usually kinda expensive... but you get what you pay for, I guess.

The two around here have self-serve pumps and full-serve pumps, with different prices for each.

[Nyoibo]

Wow, I vaguely remember them from when I was about 4 or 5, but I haven't seen one in Australia for at least 15 years.

[Primer]

Yep, they're just rare and usually kinda expensive... but you get what you pay for, I guess.

The two around here have self-serve pumps and full-serve pumps, with different prices for each.

I stopped at a full service pump ONCE just to see what the difference was....about 10 cents a gallon (in 1981) and they pumped the gas, and that was IT. No cleaning the windshield, no checking fluid levels, nothing.

Now one time I did stop at the self-serve island (different place) and since I had a handicap placard, they insisted on pumping the gas for me at no additional charge. I let them.

[Becks]

Wait, full service petrol stations still exist?

Occasionally in New Jersey you'll find one...

The two around here have self-serve pumps and full-serve pumps, with different prices for each.

At the last gas station I worked at, there were two full service pumps. Cost about 10 cents a gallon extra, but you got a free deluxe car wash with it.

[MyEccentricHell]

Occasionally in New Jersey you'll find one...

NJ only has full serve. You aren't allowed to pump your own gas here.

That being said, I have only pumped gas once in my life & I had no clue what I was doing.

[Becks]

MyEccentricHell, come to WI. I'll teach you. I even taught my fiance.

[Bella_Vixen]

NJ only has full serve. You aren't allowed to pump your own gas here.

Becks knows this. She lived in NJ for 5 years.

Becks, at said hellhole, with the full serve, they also got their windshield washed, oil and tire pressure checked, along with the car wash.

[ThePhoneGoddess]

They were probably hot over you, Blas. I get the same thing. Pretty girls who know their way around an engine are rare, apparently.

I used to drive a '75 Ford Maverick in Santa Fe, and I loved it cause I could do a lot of the maintenance myself. My male neighbors used to come out and watch me work on it in my driveway. I actually got hit on several times at gas stations. I do believe I'm probably the only woman in the world who has ever heard the line "I've got a great racing hood for that thing at home" as a blatant pickup line!

[Becks]

Becks, at said hellhole, with the full serve, they also got their windshield washed, oil and tire pressure checked, along with the car wash.

No way. I NEVER noticed the guys doing all *that*.

[Bella_Vixen]

No way. I NEVER noticed the guys doing all *that*.

They did...maybe not ALL the time but a good 90-95% of the time.

[Becks]

I'll take your word for it, big sis. All I know is that on Saturday they were busy with cars and leaving early and on Sundays they only came in to harass the help.

[Bella_Vixen]

I'll go with that.

[powerboy]

Or because seeing a chick getting dirty is hot.

But that may just be me.

Not only you.