[TR] Car Talk

[Don Hiscock]

Oregon changed their law against self-serve gasoline, in at least some
circumstances, yes?  I believe New Jersey is the only state where
attendants are the only option.

On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 3:22 PM TeriAnn J. Wakeman <tjwakeman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 7/8/19 1:04 PM, Wbeech at flash.net wrote:
>
> TeriAnn,
> Just thinking the other day.  What would it cost a station, in terms of
> cents per gallon, to hire a guy to pump fuel and clean windscreens?  And,
> what would the public be willing to pay?
> Bill
>
> I remember when the transition was taking place. There were stations that
> had one self pump island and an attendant pumped island at a higher cost.
> My observation is that mostly middle age and older women who likely didn't
> even know where you add fuel went to the attendant island and everyone else
> learned how to pump fuel in order to save 5 or 10 cents/gallon.
>
> Money in the pocket trumped service back then and I still think it will
> today.
>
> TeriAnn
>
>
> Sent from my DynaTAC 8000X
>
> On Jul 8, 2019, at 10:01 AM, TeriAnn J. Wakeman <tjwakeman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> On 7/8/19 3:57 AM, David Friedlander wrote:
>
> What's an "attendant"?
>
> The guy in Oregon who fills your fuel tank while you sit inside your car,
> or while you are cleaning your windscreen.
>
> TeriAnn
>
>
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