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A filling station attendant or gas station attendant (also known as a gas jockey in the US and Canada [1] [2]) is a worker at a full-service filling station who performs services other than accepting payment. Tasks usually include pumping fuel, cleaning windshields, and checking vehicle oil levels.
Gas station attendants have suffered adverse health consequences depending on the type of fuel used, exposure to vehicle exhaust, and types of personal protective equipment (PPE) offered. Studies have noted higher levels of chromosomal deletions [ 18 ] and higher rates of miscarriage , [ 19 ] and workers have reported headaches, fatigue, throat ...
A few areas have gas stations that use electronic tolling transponders as a method of payment, such as Via Verde in Portugal. Pay at the pump was first invented in 1973 by George Randolph “Randy” Nicholson (1937 ( 1937 ) –2020 ( 2021 ) ), debuting at an E-Z Serve gas station in Abilene, Texas , but did not take off until the 1980s.
EKO – 80 stations in Quebec; Esso – supplies approximately 2000 stations across Canada owned by various companies that use the Esso name under license from Imperial Oil, which is majority-owned by Exxon; Federated Co-operatives [1] – Refine and supply 386 service stations in their network of independent co-operatives.
Harvey's Grocery and Texaco Station, in Camden, Arkansas; Allen Tire Company and Gas Station, Prescott; Texaco Station No. 1, Paragould; Wittsburg Store and Gas Station, Wittsburg
List of gas station chains in North America; ... EG Group; F. Fuel card; G. Gas (Hopper) Filling station attendant; Gas rebate credit cards; Gasoline pump ...
Ronald James Read (October 23, 1921 – June 2, 2014) was an American philanthropist, investor, janitor, and gas station attendant. Read grew up in Dummerston, Vermont, in an impoverished farming household. He walked or hitchhiked 4 mi (6.4 km) daily to his high school and was the first high school graduate in his family.
Wawa, Inc. (/ w ɑː w ɑː / WAH-WAH) is an American chain of convenience stores and gas stations originating in the Philadelphia metropolitan area and located along the East Coast of the United States, operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia.