A less-than-fond memory for those of us old enough to remember. https://www.hemmings.com/stories/20...aily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-11-12
Remember the gas lines well. At the time lived and commuted in Maryland - the Baltimore/Annapolis/Washington DC triangle. Great majority of people took it pretty well. They were not happy but very few took their frutration out on others. Cannot imagine the carnage in that area if something similiar happened today. Also, for what it is worth, ran into gas lines out in Colorado in the summer of 73 (before the problem went countrywide) while on vacation. Always thought what we saw in Colorado was a test run by the oil cos and/or Govt to see how the population would react to a nationwide oil shortage. I know I may sound like a conspiracy nut job but I saw what I saw.
Hated those days. Even as running a station as well. I don't know how many times they called telling me "no need to come in today, we are too low on gas". Part of history though.
Oh, that would suck. Your pay, was it based on gas sold? Because you'd think a station owner would want you around for cleaning and upkeep, even when not selling gas.
No, got paid by the hour. Whether busy as heck or a slow night. Even got paid for working on my car, lol. I ran the station myself nights and week-ends and the deal was I could work on my own all I wanted as long as it didn't interfere with my work. But I still hated those gas crunch days. Even had customers get mad at me when I had to close early.
