In Oregon, they won"t LET you pump your own gasoline--I think it is a law there. But I have never had a gas pumper offer to wash my window or do anything but pump the gas, at least since the 70"s.
I remember the "gas wars" that stations had with competing stations. In about 1970 or1971, I bought a tank of gas for 18.9 cents a gallon, the lowest price I ever paid. But then the usual price at a "cut rate" station was about 23.9 or 24.9. I don"t see how they made any money in those days. Now our tax is around double that much per gallon.
I also remember some stations giving out glassware and other stuff as premiums for buying gas there. In those days, you never had to pay for a road map and some stations had free toys or other gizmos for the kids. Windshields were carefully cleaned and if you wanted them to, the gas jockeys would check the oil and other things under the hood. And lots of stations had a mechanic on duty that could fix small problems on the spot or larger problems in not too long.
These days cars need lots less adjustment and tinkering. I do not know of a "gas station" around here that still does mechanical work.
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