In some UK petrol stations now you can even do the pay bit yourself, swipe
the credit card in the pump, serve the gas, replace the nozzle and collect
your credit card receipt. This is even more popular in France (from my
motoring holiday experience, Marc can you confirm?) where you can even get
gas from a 'closed' petrol station. Sounds a bit dangerous if there is a
spill and nobody to clear it up though.
Brad - if an attendant checks your tires and then you get a blow out 2 miles
down the road does this mean you can sue the garage? I expect that the risk
of a compensation claim from someone who has managed to spill petrol down
themselves (whilst smoking most probably) is the main reason why fully
attended garages still exist in the US. I can't believe that it is still
due to 'good old fashioned values'.
Pat
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Hargreave Mawson [SMTP:OC@46thFoot.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 9:12 AM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Tax Disc . Now Bad Roads, Now Self Serve Gas!
>
> >
> >In Europe petrol pump attendants disappeared about 20 years ago.
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