guzzler 0 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 For those of you driving - do you use self-service petrol stations or the usual thing where they give you the service? There's one opened up near me that is calling itself "mini-self", whatever that means. Link to post Share on other sites
firedog23 0 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Side question to the gas stations in Japan. I have lived here for almost 4 years and I have always wondered why gas station attendants have to tell the customer that no traffic is coming so they can get on the road??? Do you lose your judgement and can't figure it out on your own? Nobody else does this except at gas stations. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Cut that out and they could reduce the service charge hey? I have thought the same. I find lots of the questions they throw at you all the time more than a little annoying. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Well, the extra service provided (not only at gas stations) doing seemingly menial/unnecessary jobs, is one of the things that has helped keep Japan's unemployment rates so low over the years. Guzzler, maybe they meant to call it a "mini-me" station! BTW, I can't be arsed and just go where the service is. But that is more because of the fact that it is much closer than the nearest mini-me. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 i go for the serufu since it's close and it's way cheaper (at least 9 yen). It seems like I can do a faster job. Also the attendants ALWAYS used a dirty cloth to wipe my windshield, making it dirty!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 dodgy service indeed! My place is pretty good like that, and they even know my name which keeps me going back too Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Firedog, many places, not just gas stations get you out into traffic. I just got to the closest place which is self serve and I use the speed pass and get a few extra yen off. When you are driving a car that does 3 km's to the litre of high oc everybit helps! Link to post Share on other sites
snobee 0 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 On the topic of service stations & self serve, the price difference as kumap said can be huge. Which set me thinking(strange) - what our you folks around the country paying for petrol? In Takamatsu at my local serufu I pay about¥123/litre. Elsewhere? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 dunno about the mini-me stands, but non-self is about 137-ish! Yikes! Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 last fillup was 120.9yen Link to post Share on other sites
misorano 1 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Quote: i go for the serufu since it's close and it's way cheaper (at least 9 yen). It seems like I can do a faster job. Also the attendants ALWAYS used a dirty cloth to wipe my windshield, making it dirty!!!!! Sounds more like masturbation vs paid sex than filling up with gas Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 damn! caught red-handed Link to post Share on other sites
snobee 0 Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Kuma - left or right? Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 I'm used to the service now. When I go back to the UK I have been known to sit there for a bit waiting for them to come, only to remember that they're not coming and I have to get out and do it myself Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Self-serve. Even if I have to drive a bit further. The service ones take so long and I don't like being told what to do. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 There's actually none really near to where I live - I'd use the self serve if I could. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 I was just watching the news before. It showed you a self service stand that had some kind of electronic fruit machine on the stand that you played with while putting the gas in. Chance of winning stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
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