Comments by "Module 79L" (@module79l28) on "American Reacts to How Giant American Gas Stations Differ From the World" video.

Here in Portugal we (the customers) are also victims of the "we're all living in Amerika" phenomenon when it comes to gas stations. Not in the size department (fortunately) but in the business model (unfortunately). I live in a city that has 6 gas stations withing the city limits, 4 of them follow the gas station/convenience store model and the other 2 are only gas stations: one of them still has an attendant to fill up your vehicle and receive the payment and the other is self-service, you can either pay with a card at the pump itself or at a booth at the exit where there's an employee. Around here pretty much all the big supermarket chains (Intermarché, Continente, Pingo Doce and E. Leclerc) have a gas station associated with them (either in the parking lot of the stores or in a separate location) and prices are usually lower than in the branded gas stations like BP, Repsol, Cepsa, Galp or Prio but there's a general belief that the quality is also lower.
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