A Little Nostalgia

Recently I was in the state of New Jersey on business and while I was driving to my next appointment I noticed that my car’s gas gauge was hovering on empty. I reached for my GPS, hit “Points of Interest”, “Fuel” and saw that there was a Valero station only a mile down the road. I exhaled a sigh of relief and let the Garmin do its work to guide me to the station. After pulling up to the pump an unusual thing happened. A casually dressed man walked over to my car and asked me how much gasoline I would like, asked me for cash or credit and proceeded to fill my empty car tank. After the tank was full, the gentleman handed back my credit card along with a receipt and I was on my merry way. New Jersey is the only state that I have traveled in that does not allow you to pump your own gas. Kind of cool but it doesn’t compare to what I experience as a teenager.