A little introduction..

Hi!  How are you today? Will there be anything else?  Have a good one!

That is the script of my every day....  And, yes, you HAVE heard it before!

 "Where do I know that voice from?" is what you are thinking to yourself, I would bet on it.

I am your gas station attendant.  Convenience store cashier. Clerk. Whatever you want to call it; I am the voice that greets you as you walk in, and follows you out.

I am average.  I look like your Momfriendwifesisteraunt.

 I might not know your name right this second, but come in my store twice, and I will know-not only your name, but what kind of car you drive, what you drink, smoke, snack on.  And I will do my very best to remember, so that the third time you come in, I have your Reds in hand when you come to the counter.

First and foremost, I wanted to write this blog as a way to let people know that gas prices ARE NOT MY FAULT!!  Gasoline is a huge industry, and I am at the second to the bottom rung on the chain of delivery.... 

Secondly, being an attendant at a gas station is a little like being a jack-of-all-trades.  I can do so much more than run a cash register!  I'm sure a lot of people think that cashier is just standing there waiting to authorize the gas pump for them, practically before they even realize they want gas.  Not so!  Well, I guess there are those that do just stand around, but I haven't met too many of them.

Finally, this job is a window into so many human (and inhuman; read: restroom usage) behaviors it boggles the mind.  As a starting point, let's just say that in this day and age, it is a complete surprise to me that some people still do not know HOW to pump their own gas.  I'm serious.  On average, once a shift, I have to explain to someone how to use a pump.  Then I think; "well, their car had gas in it to get here in the first place.  Who must have explained it to them at the last gas station they went to?"  Then, I want to meet that other gas station cashier and compare notes!

In conclusion for this first post, I just want a place to get my thoughts (yes, even cashiers have deep thoughts!) out of my head and out into the air.  I hope some of the information finds your funny bone.  Some of it might make you think twice about how you transact business in a gas station.  At the very least, I hope what is contained here makes you look around and see that there ARE other human beings out there.