Comments on: Rhinebeck Trip Tally

By: mapgirl

mapgirl — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:49:10 +0000

Hi Sistah Ant - Oh sorry. I wasn’t sure if you were one of those princess types that ignores standard maintenance. You see, I rarely do that stuff, so if there’s someone going to do it for me, HECK YEAH.

By: Sistah Ant

Sistah Ant — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:54:50 +0000

Mapgirl, don’t be silly, I know what full serve means, but you didn’t say you wanted all that in your post, and most people don’t ask for it, they just want gas. If I got full service, I would tip. But like you, I’m doing all that extra stuff myself!

By: mapgirl

mapgirl — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:42:14 +0000

Sistah Ant - Don’t you know that’s what FULL SERVE means? You get them to do all that dirty work for you so you don’t have to. They will top your oil off, etc. Every 1000 miles, you should check the oil level between your oil changes (every 3-5K miles).

My pop still got tips when he ran full service off one pump every morning for a few hours.

By: Sistah Ant

Sistah Ant — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:13:21 +0000

I think we’ve found the discrepancy - I have never in my life seen a gas attendant clean windows, check tires, or check oil. They walk up, you say “fill it, regular please,” and they do, and then you pay and drive away when they put your cap back on…

By: Msminiducky

Msminiducky — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:18:25 +0000

I vote for pictures of baby goats. But that’s just me.

By: mapgirl

mapgirl — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:32:25 +0000

Sistah Ant - Interesting, but why would you NOT tip the attendant if he cleans your windows and checks your tires and oil? I mean, it’s like the waiter, a necessary evil. (Plus the lines are always hellishly long at the toll plaza gas stations in NJ and I like to keep on movin’! You know the song.)

By: Sistah Ant

Sistah Ant — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:28:48 +0000

I was raised in New Jersey. I still get my gas in New Jersey. I have never in my life seen ANYone tip a gas attendant in New Jersey. Ever. Ever.

Those tolls are a beast. I don’t even know how much they are anymore now that I use EZPass, but those DE and MD tolls on 95 don’t even get you access to a bridge, just from one strip of highway to an identical strip of highway. At least a troll lets you on a bridge or over a river when you pay them. Sheesh.