Maybe you remember full-service gas stations.
Not like in New Jersey today. Where – by law – you ‘re forced to wait for a lout (whoops, “attendant”) to slouch on over and eventually gas up your car … and usually, your fender, too.
He takes his time, doesn’t care whether your time matters.
And you definitely do not get a set of drinking glasses for the kids.
Full service – back in the day – was different.
You chose to pay a little extra and for that, you got the royal treatment.
Usually, from an eager teenager who would come right out as soon as you pulled in. You’d tell him to “fill ‘er up” and he’d get right to it, washing your windshield and checking your oil in between. He’d usually ask to check your oil and tires, too.
As a reward for your business, the station would give you a gift, too. Drinking glasses with the station’s logo, for example.
Like boarding an airplane without being groped by a government goon (and being greeted by a pretty female stewardess) this business is almost inconceivable to people not old enough to remember. But it was real, I assure you.
And it might be real again.
Well, full-service fill-ups at least.
With a difference.
Or rather, via an app.
And this time, the gas comes to you.
Like pizza or any other thing you can order up.
It’s a capital idea. A time-saving idea.
You’re late for work, but your car is running low. You’ve got just enough fuel left to make it there – but probably not enough to make it back home after work. This means having to stop and get gas on the way home. Assuming you’ve got enough gas left in the tank to make it to the station. If you don’t, you’re pretty much forced to stop on the way to work – and be late for work.
Cue the full-service fill-up app.
