> > A policeman had a perfect spot to watch for speeders, but wasn't getting
> > many. Then he discovered the problem - a 10-year-old boy was standing up
> > the road with a hand painted sign, which read "RADAR TRAP AHEAD". The
> > officer then found a young accomplice down the road with a sign reading
> > "TIPS" and a bucket full of change. (And we used to just sell lemonade.)
> > Howard
>
> That's pretty funny. Illegal, most probably, but still a rather ingeniously straightforward approach to the opportunity.
>
> And now, a very important question about tipping that has been bugging me for the last decade:
>
> When you get your car filled up with gas at a full-serve gas station, are you supposed to tip the attendant?!? Are they really making wages off the tips, that is?
>
> I know that tipping the cashiers and baggers in grocery stores in Quebec is not encouraged. Occasionally around Christmastime, the baggers are replaced by Cadets or Scouts who collect tips as funds for charitable functions. I don't know whether we're actually supposed to tip the gas atttendants, though.
>
> Wolf "?" spirit

Do you mean you really go to full-service stations?

I can remember back in the 50's when I used to drive into a service station (self-service hadn't been invented yet)in my '46 Ford. For a dollar, I got three gallons of gas, a clean windshield, my oil checked and sometimes air in the tires. A really good station would wipe off the head lights and tail lights, then say thank you, as I drove out.
How"good old days"ard