Service Stations. Disappearing Services

by Don Matthews

Friday 21st June 2019 9:34 am

Service Stations. Disappearing Services

How many remember

Going to the service station?

You'd have your windscreen wiper checked

Your oil checked

Your petrol put in

Your money taken

And a mechanic on site

Now when you go in

You get all the things you once got

From the little deli on the corner

You weren't allowed

To do that once

because of the petrol fumes

You can go in

Buy coffee, bread, icecream

Everything

The little delis have been put out of business

Wouldn't it be nice

To have that service back again

Especially for older people

Or if you're pregnant

Or have children in the car ?

The services are gone

As are the niceties in life

Everything is online

Even groceries

Don Matthews June 2019

Comments

Don Matthews

Fri 21st Jun 2019 13:23

While traffic and time seems must move on
For me I don't like it that way
I'd much rather stay in the 70's
When things weren't so rushed every day

M.C. Newberry

Fri 21st Jun 2019 13:01

Much to agree with here. I've been around long enough to remember country roads that saw few cars and had those little
garages with workshops and a couple of petrol pumps - ordinary
and super. It's a question of "balance" these days, with so much
more traffic on the roads and people in an endless hurry and maybe
there's a place (literally) for not having to wait in a line for a fill of
fuel and taking the opportunity to top up with some grub too. All
things change - not necessarily for the better, I grant you that, but
time - and traffic - has to move on.

J R Harris

Fri 21st Jun 2019 11:22

Hi Don,
I remember going to the same station, sitting on my motorbike while the attendant put petrol in the tank and we talked about art and progressive music - such a pleasurable experience in the 70s.

Devon Brock

Fri 21st Jun 2019 11:18

Don, in New Jersey, at least when I last checked, self-serve gas stations were banned statewide. Praise be to New Jersey. And, those self checkouts at the Walmart are costing jobs, so don't use them. Nicely done!

<Deleted User> (17847)

Fri 21st Jun 2019 11:13

EXACTAMUNDO MAN!

Don Matthews

Fri 21st Jun 2019 11:02

Leon. As the smiling guy cleaning windscreens was doing. As my poem says - the little niceties in life are gone. So sad....

<Deleted User> (17847)

Fri 21st Jun 2019 10:34

Don, I used work on a garage forecourt and my job wasn't only for serving folks with car juice but also doing something far more important

as in being genuinely sociable!

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