Washington St Sunoco

I wasn’t that impressed with this gas station. Sure, the price of gas was very competitive and reasonable when we filled up here this past August. But the attendant was non-​communicative and dour-​looking, not even responding to me when I tried to make small talk. (And here I was, upon pulling in to this station and seeing that this was a full-​service station, how I told my kids in the car that this is how gas stations USED to be, with friendly attendants who filled the gas tank and washed the windows and even checked your tires’ air pressure. At least, when I was growing up, this is how they were! Very Norman Rockwellian and reminiscent of Americana. Anyone out there remember the drinking glasses you used to get at old gas stations? And how friendly the attendants were? And helpful?). Anyhow, this attendant was the antithesis of that friendly attendant of yore. Very disappointing.

The service station is great! My husband and I have taken a couple of our cars to Sam for inspections & repairs over the past couple years. The diagnostics & repair costs are reasonable and, best of all, we never feel like Sam is trying to rip us off (I can’t say the same about a couple of other service stations we’ve visited). Yes, the charges are often more than I would like to pay for repairs (who wants to pay for repairs anyway??) but we get quality parts & service, so I’m ok with that. We have and will continue to recommend Sam to our friends.

Reasonably-​priced gas, competent attendants, Solid repair service. They’re my neighborhood station and I always get my gas there.

I went for my inspection today, the next to last day of the month. It’s always a mad house on the last day if you haven’t been. I only pulled in to this place because they didn’t have a line down the parking lot. To make a long story short, the guy said if I had them replace one of my two reverse lights then he would give me a sticker even though the windshield washer doesn’t work.
Ehhhh… I can replace the light bulb in minutes and minimal cost myself, but now they have my car captive and want a premium for service I don’t want. If I don’t have the bulb replaced by them I have to not only replace the bulb but fix the windshield washer because it’s now on the report.
I appreciate that this place does a through inspection, I’ve lived in states where they don’t inspect (AL) and it’s scary. I don’t appreciate feeling like i’m being asked to bribe the guy for a sticker, even if it is in a roundabout way.
To make it better I get to visit them again in the next 60 days unless I want to pay to have the inspection done again somewhere else.
If you’re driving down the street looking for an inspection, there may be a reason why one place is dead quiet while the others are busy. I have four cars to inspect, I won’t make this mistake with the others.

A FABLE: HOW PUMPING GAS CAN GO HORRIBLY AWRY and EVEN result in lost PANTIES.
…read
on
if
you
dare…
twas a dark and stormy night and i ran out of gas. sunoco on washington st usually has the cheapest in the area, so there i went. a little brazilian fellow comes out to fill the tank. all’s well.
«s’ that?» he says, gesturing vaguely.
«i’m sorry?» i say, confused.
«that?» he says, pointing to the backseat of my car as he hands me my receipt to sign.
i look around to my back seat which is empty, save a plastic bag with a bra in it. the bra looks normal enough, but one has only but to slip it on and it hurts one’s boobies, so it is on it’s way to the goodwill.
bewildered i reach for the bra. i’m holding it now and looking at him blankly.
«i have that?»
«the bra? you want the bra?» i say, now thoroughly perplexed.
***my thoughts**
. maybe he saw it in the bag and deduced that it’s going to be given away, and he’s poor and his wife really needs a bra but they can’t afford one because they have 9 babies. maybe he doesn’t realize what it is. _​_​_​MY HAND IS NOW MOVING THE BRA TOWARDS THE WINDOW WHERE THE FELLOW IS STANDING… I AM IN SLOW MOTION AND I AM HANDING HIM A BRA_​_​_​…maybe he mistook it for an ankle brace…
my brain kicks in too late:
NO!!! YOU FOOL!!! HE’S A PERVERT AND HE WANTS TO PUT YOUR BRA IN A SHRINE AND DO PERVY THINGS TO IT!!! NOOOOOO!!!
too late. like a frikkin idiot i have GIVEN THIS MAN MY BRA and now the worst of the worst is happening!!!
*****************HE HAS MY BRA AND HE IS SNIFFING IT DEEPLY AND PASSIONATELY!!! RIGHT THERE BESIDE MY CAR AS I STARE IN HORROR AND SURVIVE INEXPLICABLY 5 OR SO HEART ATTACKS!!!******************************************
#$%&%#&AHSHFA^%$^@&QPIUYTIKN67485879373 $*^$(%@($#*&^!!!
this is how people get murdered. moments of sheer stupidity like this, where they hand weirdos their bras instead of dialing the frikkin police.
i mean, good for low gas prices but CHEESE AND RICE was a perve.
4 stars for really great prices though. i’ll do anything for cheap gas, save going to exxon mobil … scumbags.