Posted by Bone at January 31st, 2008



66, originally uploaded by Jeff Rinehart.

I went to Glenridding today to take some ‘before’ photos of a job we’re doing (technically they were ‘middle’, but that’s not the point) but before I got to the house I noticed that the fuel gauge was reading a little low and so stopped in at a small non-chain petrol station.

The pumps had ‘Attended Service’ written on them, but I figured it was just an old sign. I was wrong, I got out of my car, and as I was undoing the fuel cap a woman came out and asked me how much fuel I wanted. That’s never happened to me in England. It was kinda weird, because I just had to stand there waiting for her to finish, then I gave her the cash, so whilst it was refreshing to see that kind of personal service, I didn’t really see the point.