In all my years of motoring, I was accustomed to being “served” by an attendant (‘gas jockey’), who would also check the engine oil and water, the windscreen washer reservoir and the tyre pressure. This was rewarded in the form of a ‘tip’ to supplement the meagre wage paid him by the service station.
Arriving in New Zealand, I found that this mollycoddling was a thing of the past, and I have to get off my driving-butt and do-it-myself. Now, close on to four months later, filling her up has become second-nature.
So you can imagine my surprise when I pulled into North Highway filling station just outside Paraparaumu this morning and was met by a lady fifty-ish. She was well- presented, well-attired, well-hairdo-ed and well-spoken. Well, what can I say?
She was acting as a pump jockey-ess as a service to their customers. Well done, North Highway. Then I go inside to pay and the cashier asks for my AA membership card. Why? for a 6 cents per litre discount, would you believe. So I get another $2.67 off the bill as well as the free filling service.
Of course, I have returned home and in my inbox I find an AA email for to-morrow!:
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