When I was discharged from the Marines, in 1971, I'd do anything to keep from going back to Wyo. (Wind,Snow,Rattle Snakes, sagebrush, & no jobs)
I got hired by Standard Oil to work in a Company station at La Tijera and Centinela in Inglewood, Ca.
Service was the name of the game, and I could do that. I wasn't much good at selling TBA (tires, batterys, and Accessories) and the Mgr. must have realized that. He sent me to the Company school to become an "automotive specialist", doing tune-ups, brake jobs, head lite alignments, and even undercoating. Then they sent me to work at a station at PCH and Lincoln in Marina Del Rey. The station didn't offer any of the services I had just been trained for, so I pumped some more gas. lol
I did love that station though. Lot's of girls in bikini's stopping for gas as it was close to the beach. Some VERY CLEAN windows on those cars.