Reply #45: Well, some stations do still have that option. [View All]

In a certain red-state largely republican suburb I know, there are a couple of gas stations where you can still pull into the "full service" lane. Of course, you pay through the nose for this attention.

I know people will say, "it's only fair that we pay for what we get". I know, I know. But the original post made a good point, I think, when it seemed to ask what happened to going the extra mile in providing service to customers? I mean, they want customers, don't they?

Used to be, if you wanted customers, you were, like, nice to them. Now, if you want customers, the game is to force the people to come to you b/c, for example, they have no other choices. I don't like this extortionist way of getting our business. Just a by-product of the "compassionate conservative" way of life, I guess.