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Dat's the fake news. An attendant would pump the gas, wash the windshield and check the oil while flirting with such a pretty girl for that price back then!
True. Self-serve was much later.
I disagree. In 1978 as a sophomore in college, I had a speech class and I demonstrated how to pump your own gas. It was just beginning to show up at gas stations, but there certainly were self pumps by the mid 70s. And the clothes and hair are certainly mid-late 70s.
Ok you Pedes, what car is that?
At first, was thinking it was an AMC. But maybe an early Cutlass?
Bell Bottom Jeans!
And a smokin hot cutie!
Wrong. I sold self-serve gas in 1974. There were still regular gas stations, but they were starting to hurt even then.
I stand corrected.
It actually was much later in NJ, as the oil companies had them pass a law against self service. I had people with NJ tags on their car sit at the pumps and blow their horns. They would either drive off mad or come in the store, I'd really make them mad, and they'd still drive. I'd tell them it's self service. Pump it yourself. If you can't, then go up the street to a full service station and pay a lot more.
This was the true test for an attendant -- 56 chevy
https://youtu.be/H8tMdubPWJA
Reminds me of this comic my kid showed me. Car & gas starts at 16:49
The whole thing is pretty funny.
My first job out of high school was an attendant at a full service gas station.
It was the last one in town.
There's a station by me that charges a good bit over every other station around, but their attendants are pretty young girls. They sell gas all day long.
Some stations had female attendants to pump gas. Kek