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Ter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 03:03 PM
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17. I'm glad they don't do all that here
Because then I'd feel I had to tip them.
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  -Gas Station like a pit stop!!!! AsahinaKimi  Sep-20-11 10:28 AM   #0 
  - Pretty close. They'd do the filling, the front window, and check the air pressure and wiper blades.  HopeHoops   Sep-20-11 10:32 AM   #1 
  - I used to do side windows if they were dirty (and it wasn't raining)  htuttle   Sep-20-11 10:53 AM   #8 
     - Okay, you stumped me on the onions bit.  HopeHoops   Sep-20-11 10:55 AM   #9 
     - That's Abraham Simpson (Grandpa)  Edweird   Sep-20-11 03:11 PM   #18 
     - Did nickels still have pictures of bees on them? nt  eppur_se_muova   Sep-20-11 11:39 AM   #13 
     - Yup  htuttle   Sep-20-11 06:14 PM   #22 
     - fill 'er up  ProdigalJunkMail   Sep-20-11 03:44 PM   #19 
        - LOL  htuttle   Sep-20-11 06:18 PM   #23 
           - perfect!  ProdigalJunkMail   Sep-21-11 06:54 AM   #27 
  - The attendant even stopped traffic to let the guy out--awesome.  Kingofalldems   Sep-20-11 10:34 AM   #2 
  - Pump Jockeys, almost every guy of my era probably earned a few bucks  ChandlerJr   Sep-20-11 10:37 AM   #3 
  - I am old enough  ChazII   Sep-20-11 10:38 AM   #4 
  - Our local station does the pit stop routine.  dixiegrrrrl   Sep-20-11 10:45 AM   #5 
  - There is a full-service station down the block from me.  tridim   Sep-20-11 10:48 AM   #6 
  - And, gas was a quarter/gallon. EOM  Frustratedlady   Sep-20-11 10:48 AM   #7 
  - In New Jersey I think they are all full service.  Bonhomme Richard   Sep-20-11 11:15 AM   #10 
  - Awesome. They never stopped traffic for us, but we did get Texaco suckers and  in_cog_ni_to   Sep-20-11 11:29 AM   #11 
  - The squeegee guys are back on the streets of NY...thats the closest thing we have to full service..  Historic NY   Sep-20-11 11:34 AM   #12 
  - I don't think full-service stations exist any more.  RebelOne   Sep-20-11 12:06 PM   #14 
  - NJ is probably the only state where it's illegal to pump your own gas  Ter   Sep-20-11 03:02 PM   #16 
     - Oregon does it as well.  Xithras   Sep-20-11 06:26 PM   #25 
  - When hubby worked in stations decades ago they did a lot...  eleny   Sep-20-11 02:22 PM   #15 
  - I'm glad they don't do all that here  Ter   Sep-20-11 03:03 PM   #17 
  - My dad laughed his arse off when I tipped a gas attendant.  Xithras   Sep-20-11 06:38 PM   #26 
  - And they used to give you free dishes and drinking glasses  aint_no_life_nowhere   Sep-20-11 03:44 PM   #20 
  - When I lived in South Korea in the early 90s, I remember passing gas stations and  Exilednight   Sep-20-11 03:49 PM   #21 
  - Too bad you can't find that here anymore.  Liberal In Texas   Sep-20-11 06:25 PM   #24 
 

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