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A blast from the past As cars pull up to the pump they trigger a service bell, sending one of the shop mechanics out to pump gas and check oil or tire pressures. I know the car real well I know what needs to be done, said Clayton Washington, an Upper Marlboro mechanic who has greeted customers for over 16 years. watched the little kids grow up and go on to college. as Washington takes time to get to know his customers, they often remember him. He says there isn a place he can go from Waldorf to Hyattsville where he doesn bump into someone who recognizes him from the gas station. pretty much does everything for me, customer Troy Proctor of Rosaryville said. don have to get out of the car, which is nice in the cold. the friendly and personalized customer service that owner Don Emshwiller said brings customers back again and again. Emshwiller, of Accokeek, has owned the shop since 2002, but it originally opened in 1950. He bought it because it was like the old fashioned full service stations he remembers from his youth. teenagers we all worked at gas stations, Emshwiller said. haven seen one [like this] since I was 18. Fiore, executive vice president for the Bowie based organization Service Station Dealers of America, said many gas stations will pump gas for disabled customers or check a car oil if asked, but the stations that still pump gas regularly are and far between. is a regular Mayberry gold mine, said Emshwiller, referencing the setting of the popular 1960s sitcom Andy Griffith Show. Emshwiller provides an extra service at the pump, customers don pay any extra charge. He tries to keep his prices even if not a few cents lower than the local competition. make no money on gas anyhow, he said. Instead Emshwiller and his team of three mechanics, including his son Tony, try to cultivate more business in their service center from the gas service. They busy enough as it is, with Emshwiller putting in about 80 hours a week into the business.