What my job title was when I was a "
gas station attendant" in
Canberra. Being a
console operator (or
consop) basicly involved standing behind a
cash register,
smiling and taking peoples money.
A typical transaction might go like this:
Customer: "Number 6"
me: "$25 dollars worth of
Unleaded on Number 6. Anything else with that?"
Customer: "Nup."
(A couple of
keystrokes brings up the total)
Customer: "oh, and a
Mars Bar"
(scans Mars Bar)
me: "Anything else?"
Customer: "No, that's all."
me: "That's $26,20"
(customer pays and takes change)
Customer: "thanks"
me: "Thankyou,
goodbye."
I did this on and off for three years while I went to
uni, and we were regularly tested by '
mystery shoppers', so I got it pretty
down-pat.
Apart from taking people's money, the other important parts of the job were: