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 When I got to work the pump repair guy was there. The station had a contract with one company but they pissed off all their employees and everyone quit. The station got a contract with a new company but the Boss pissed them off so they stopped showing up. So on to company number three. He was there for a couple of hours, there were multiple pumps that didn't work and he finally got them up and running, but then one crashed after he left, and it was one that had been working before. I went outside to see what was going on and it was trying to read a card, even though nobody was using it. I messed around a bit, pushed the cancel button and hit the fuel selection button and it went back on line, probably had nothing to do with what I did. Anyhow we now have fully functional pumps. Before he left the guy asked if I had any paperwork for him to turn into the state but nobody told me anything about it so I didn't. He called someone and found where the paperwork was and left. The Bos...

 My day started early, I got a phone call from the Late Guy, they finally got the big digital price sign working and the programming fob, however, it is suppose to switch from cash to credit price, .03¢ discount if you come by, however the sign was stuck on credit. I changed the price on the sign maybe twice before it broke down but I figured I would go see what I could do. I also decided that since I'm not the manager anymore I was going to clock in, they have a digital clock in system so you can get on at any of the stations. I was planning on getting the sign working, then clocking out, hanging out for probably a half hour or so chatting with the Late Guy and then going to work, I was wrong. I don't know what they did but the sign was stuck on credit and wouldn't go into displaying both the prices mode. I went through the instructions, the Late Guy looked some stuff up on the internet, nothing would work. I finally decided to do the old standby, turn it off and turn it o...

 Mrs. Late Guy had a thing to do on Sunday afternoon so I went in an hour early. The place was mobbed. I haven't seen it that busy since "the war" and the price increase. Also the wind was blowing so it meant I was going to have a bad day. And I was off.  I was watching the goings on across the street, some guy had pulled into the pumps wrong so he was trying to turn around and pull in to the diesel pump. There are acres of room over there and you can drive all they way around the building but instead he was trying to pull forwards and back up, with a trailer, back and forth, back and fourth, it took him a good ten minutes to finally get around to where he could finally get to the pump without dragging the trailer across the barriers. And in two minutes he could have pulled around the building. Oh well, I was entertained.  A woman got a soda, but used a coffee cup. It's no big difference to me, I knew what to charge her, however she couldn't figure out what lid to...

The day started in a way I hate, the morning shift had hauled all the floor mats outside and hung them on the handicap railing, and of course they aren't going to haul them back in. So I have to do it in between customers. I should mention that I'm working solo these days. Seriously, when you finish cleaning the floor, haul the mats back inside. They even do it on extremely windy days and there have been times I had to chase them down in the parking lot. I didn't miss that when I was across the street at the Haunted Station. I went outside to check the trash and one can didn't have a bag in it! They pulled the bag, tossed it and didn't replace it. I mean seriously, bring one with you and replace it right away otherwise people are going to start filling it up. Also there were paper towels all over the restroom floors. It's like nobody ever figured out how toss them in the actual trash can, that is right there. Plus they were soaking wet. Someone took a paper towe...

 Rear Window This episode premiered on February 11th 1985. The lead in show was Scarecrow and Mrs. King and was followed by Newhart. It ran opposite movies on ABC (Obsessed With A Married Woman) and NBC (Two Fathers' Justice) Chip's friends are all busy and he's bored and starts to annoy everyone. He starts dumping stuff from the medicine cabinet into the toilet but it foams up and makes a mess so Allie ground him to his room. While looking out the window he sees a man and a woman, later she's laying on the bed and the guy comes out with a knife. Nobody believes he saw a murder and think he's just trying to get attention. The girls come to the room and see what Chip has been looking at, the guy hauls a trunk into the room. Jen comes up with an idea, go across to the apartment, get the address and then call the place to see if the woman is asleep. The girls see the guy bring Chip into the apartment, everyone freaks out. It turns out the guy is a magician and the legs...

 Piano Lesson This episode premiered on December 10th 1984. It ran between Scarecrow and Mrs. King and Newhart. It ran opposite Monday Night Football on ABC (Raiders 24-Lions 3) and a movie on NBC (The Sun Also Rises part 2) Max, Kate's ex husband, is heading to L.A. to peruse his acting career, his birthday present to Emma is his old piano. Emma and Jen have a crush on the piano teacher, Waldo. He invites Emma to his concert until Kate finds out it starts at 11 PM, on a school night, he invites Kate instead and Emma gets mad at her. Walter brings a demo tape to Kate, Emma gets angry again and attacks Kate for stealing her "boyfriend" and sending her father away. Allie tells Kate that she has to start acting her age. Kate and Emma have a mother daughter talk.  Dated References Walter, the piano teacher, says his band is cuttitng an album, New Wave, a less harsh version of Punk. Allie asks if he's like Talking Heads, Culture Club and The Clash. She also mentions Jackso...

Candidate This episode premiered on November 5th, 1984. The lead in show was Scarecrow and Mrs. King and was followed by Newhart. It ran opposite Monday Night Football on ABC (Redskins 27-Falcons 14) and a movie on NBC (Airplane) Allie loses her wallet, two minutes after she cancels her credit cards someone shows up with it. The woman who returns the wallet invites Kate and Allie to come down to a campaign office where she works. Allie visits and gets drafted into stuffing envelopes and then falls for the candidate, they end up kissing. The next day Allie meets the candidates wife and quits the campaign. The candidate wins the election.  Dated References Allie loses her wallet and has to cancel her cards. Today you could just block them and if they turned up in 24 hours you could reactivate them Allie has a Gimbels card. The store officially closed in 1987. When Allie tries to uncancel her credit cards Kate says "This should be on That's Incredible". This was a TV show th...