On 6/29/07, Jim Akiba <syncrolist@bostig.com> wrote:
>
> You can still get that full service, 5 guys at attention, each doing their
> thing like your own personal pit crew, they clean, inspect, pump, and
> primp
> all while shouting the status of their operations so they all know, and
> then
> they send you off and run into line to bow as you drive off... the gas
> costs
> $5-$7 a gallon, and the stations I'm talking about are in Tokyo but it
> still
> exists  :)
>
>
> Jim Akiba

Yeah you can find this in Manila today. Minimum wage there is $5 per day.
The gas jockeys are probably getting half that from that in reality. Gas
prices are about the same as here.

At the Chevron Station near my house, Self-serve is $3.46 today. Full serve,
which just means they pump your gas, is at $3.99 (went as high as $4.25
earlier this month). Try that on a 30 gallon SUV tank.

BenT