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I couldn't find a Vintage Things That Have Re-appeared In Your Lifetime thread so apologies if there is one and I missed it.
Today I pulled up at my local petrol station here in the UK and there were two fully uniformed attendants waiting, one ran over and asked if they could fill up the car for me. I was already out and as the car and I'd rather do it myself anyway but I did see some people using the service while I was there.
Sadly the initiative didn't follow through inside as there was only one person taking payments and so whilst there were two people outside stood waiting for customers the customers were all inside stood waiting to pay!
I didn't expect to see that though. I found a news piece from 2012 from the same company but in all my travels about the UK this is the first I've seen of it, and the first time I've seen an attendant at all in about 20 years. Even back then it was a one off, slightly eccentric local station run by an elderly couple - I know it was 20 years ago as at the time I was driving an ex-military Land Rover in which the fuel tank filler was only accessed by flipping up the drivers seat - So that caused some confusion.
Today I pulled up at my local petrol station here in the UK and there were two fully uniformed attendants waiting, one ran over and asked if they could fill up the car for me. I was already out and as the car and I'd rather do it myself anyway but I did see some people using the service while I was there.
Sadly the initiative didn't follow through inside as there was only one person taking payments and so whilst there were two people outside stood waiting for customers the customers were all inside stood waiting to pay!
I didn't expect to see that though. I found a news piece from 2012 from the same company but in all my travels about the UK this is the first I've seen of it, and the first time I've seen an attendant at all in about 20 years. Even back then it was a one off, slightly eccentric local station run by an elderly couple - I know it was 20 years ago as at the time I was driving an ex-military Land Rover in which the fuel tank filler was only accessed by flipping up the drivers seat - So that caused some confusion.