These are not new in New Zealand, but this one is for our small Suburb. From a quick online search they started to appear in 2018.
I remember the transitions. A typical Petrol Station back in the day included a Garage where mechanics worked on customers cars for many reasons. Owners and customers new each other on first name bases, trust was quickly formed, quality work done with repeat reliable paying customer base. In fact we never pumped gas into our cars, this was done by the staff. Paid cash, the returned with the change and a smile. They even checked the engines oil levels without asking.
Then Garages moved away from the Fuel supply/distributions, a separate building close by under different ownership. Still this was fine, same vibe.
In our suburb for a very long time we had 3x staffed petrol stations, and as of today we have 1x staffed 1x unstaffed (as seen in this picture).
My thoughts
Always accessable 24/7
Easy to use - definitely (Credit/Debit paywave terminals)
Efficient - yes
Security - so far, there has been no issues reported
I read an article Impact on Fuel Prices and came to the conclusion. Companies are the major benefactors here, less costs and the fuel prices still go up.
I like the pretty colour scheme :-)
- Photo taken on the Samsung Galaxy A33 5G mobile.
- Image Editing with GIMP on a Linux machine, scaled width to 1560pixels for post.
- Goal is to post a new image daily at 11.00pm NZT
