Dreamweaver, to start with you've gotta be older than dirt
I pumped gas at my family's Sinclair station in downtown Miami, I started at 9yrs of age, (learned how to drive too) and I think gas was 29.9 cents per gallon. During the gas wars, independent dealers against the oil company outlets I did see gas get down to 19.9 a gallon.
Burger King had just arrived in Miami, one block from my dad's gas station. My lunch was a Whopper and fries. The coke didn't cost anything, I sort of "borrowed" a soda when my dad wasn't looking. If I'm not mistaken I only got .50 cents for lunch. I only had to work Saturday from opening at 07:00am to closing at 11:00pm, I came to work with my dad, my older brother came on duty at 5:00pm and I worked the night shift with him. Oh, I did'nt get paid...my dad said that I had food to eat, clothes on my back and a roof over my head - three hots and a cot so to speak.
I got my calculator out and figured you made about .32 cents per hour, hard too believe. You should file a lawsuit against your old employer
Some of my best memories were made working in that gas station in the early 50's.
I just filled up my Wing and spent $22.38. Normally I get 36 miles to the gallon at speed, 78mph for me. However, while on the Blue Ridge Parkway, adhering to the speed limit I did get 42mph.
When in the military, Gulf was the only credit card I had. Back then Holiday Inn honored the card and my wife and I travelled back and forth across the USA in a Chevrolet using the Guld card for gas and lodging.
Hope I didn't boor you too much, read the post and the memories started filling my head...I much be getting old - Too!