This is funny.
Though I do remember the days when attendants would pump the gas, clean your windows and check your oil as a routine thing.
Big gas stations used to give out green stamps and some would give you gifts like balloons for the kids or a drinking glass.
But even then everybody still knew how to pump their own gas.
As a teenager, I worked at a “service station”. I fixed flat tires, changed light and signal bulbs, oil changes, washer fluid, new tires, etc....
I also worked the “full service” pumps. These were a set of pumps where people could pay a little more per gallon and I would pump their gas, clean their windows, check their oil and check their tire pressures if necessary. I would check anything they asked for. And now and then, I even got a tip.
I met some odd and sometimes lewd folks in those days (1980s) doing that job. I got the best tips on the coldest and wettest days and some times late at night.
Ahhh. The good ol days. LMAO!
Or an inflatable green dinosaur!
Though I do remember the days when attendants would pump the gas, clean your windows and check your oil as a routine thing.
I did that as a kid. Not a bad first job.
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My daughter and I were talking about the days when I would give the attendant $5 and tell him to fill it up. He did all the other things too. Those days are long gone.
There was a caged enclosure with monkeys in it...right there at the station...You could feed them peanuts if you wanted....
.Anaheim, CA...around 1961-62 or so...
Checked your oil...pumped your gas..and washed the windows.