# The gas station by my house stopped having free air

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 8, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gas-station-by-my-house-stopped-having-free-air/665651 "2013-08-08T00:31:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gas-station-by-my-house-stopped-having-free-air/665651/81 "2013-08-13T15:55:35Z")

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> [@alphaboi867](#):
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> True, and the gas station I worked at in college there was no way for us to “just turn the machine on” (short of just taking money out of the register & giving it away\*) no matter how much people whined, complained, or threatened.

The gas station by my house can do this. I’ve asked and had it done for me. It used to be free, but then they changed it to 50¢ with a sign that said “Please ask inside for free air” so I went inside and asked and they flipped a switch and the machine turned on for a few minutes.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gas-station-by-my-house-stopped-having-free-air/665651/82 "2013-08-13T22:46:17Z")

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> [@PSXer](#):
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> what happened to the good times in our country. when kindness and goodwill was more important than squeezing people for every dollar you can out of them

_And we had our free air then  
Tires were tires and men were men  
Mister we could use a blast of no-cost O2 again_

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gas-station-by-my-house-stopped-having-free-air/665651/83 "2013-08-15T18:54:31Z")

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It costs money now because they have to use cool air. They used to use hot air, but it’s all being used in Washington now.

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