Some of the gas stations are run on a self-service, but others are
not. There are a few staff members at the station. And they lubricate
oil after they ask a driver how much he or she wants to put gas in a car.
The staffs need to behave politely. I think almost all staffs at the gas
station are polite. They need to wipe outside of the car by a dustcloth.
They give the drive one dustcloth. And the driver wipe inside of the car
by himself. After lubrication, the staff guide the driver so that the driver
can get in a roadway.
Usually, the self-service gas station is more inexpensive than the gas
station run by staffs. But I like the non self-service basis gas station.
I heard that most of the gas station are self-service basis in America.
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3 comments:
All petrol stations in Denmark are do-it-yourself type - I have actually never seen a place with staff. Of course, all gas stations have a "kiosk" - mini-convenience store that has staff and one can go in and aks if one dose not know something and needs help.
Gas stations are organized in such a manner that you can fill up, pay with credit card and leave without at all interracting with the staff. There are provided gloves/water/brashes/... so that one can clean the car inside and out - of course, one has to do it himself.
I hear that in Japan paying with credit card is not very popular? - in that case it would be hard to implement a do_it_all_yourself tank station :)
Thanks for an interesting blog today and have a nice Sunday :)
To Shantal ForSD
I think credit card is not so common
in Japan. If you go to high class
restaurant, or hotel, you would be able
to use. But I don't really know how often
people in DK use credit card in daily life. So, it is hard to compare.
From my experiences of staying in Canada
or New Zealand, I guess people use credit card much more than Japanese people.
I have a question. Can you often see convenience stores in your town?
In Japan, there are so many convenience
stores. You can see those kind of stores every 500 meters. I will introduce those
stores on this blog someday.
Payment cards (credit, debit, master,...) are used all the time and for purchasing everything - I for example, never have money with me. You can pay for everything with a card in DK.
Convenience stores - hm, no, we don't have that many of them here. There are the little stores of the 7/11 type, that you can find around train stations. Where people live, usually there is like one supermarket - big one, where you can buy everything.
In Denmark there is something interesting: we have a law that regulates the opening hours of all shops. It is called "lukkelov" and up until 2012 it was extremely strict - shops could not work on holidays, Sundays and outside of the interval 9am-7pm. This might have influence why there are not that many convenience stores in DK. The law changed last year, so the situation might change, too.
In Bulgaria, the situaton is completely different: there are stores - big and small all over the place - every turn on the street and there is a shop. You can't use that much credit card there, though - all is money handle.
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