Tuesday, Jun 24, 2008 at 21:14
Phillip A,
The roadhouse you speak of is Emmdale, a typical outback roadhouse. It is 100km east of
Wilcannia and 160km west of
Cobar. His fuel prices are as good as you will get west of
Narromine and he makes a pretty reasonable coffee and a very nice bacon and egg roll. I have had many a breakfast with Henry.
Most people who have a problem with Henry are the ones who want everything done instantly.
He is almost always on his own he works 12 hours a day 7 days a week and never gets a day off. He keeps the fuel pumps locked because if he doesn't many, many people drive off without paying. He has times when he has no one in the
shop for ages and then everyone comes at once and everyone is in a hurry. People get upset because he doesn't hurry.
Well he doesn't have to. You are supposed to be on holidays, take your time too, you will enjoy it more.
If you treat him right you can pull in, get the
tank topped up, get a cooked breakfast for 5 people, have a friendly chat and be out of there in about 30min. If that is too slow then you need to take more holidays.
Not intending to have a go at you Phillip A just putting up how I have found things at Emmdale. I have seen Henry in a bad mood, I also caught the tail end of what caused it. By the time we left he had calmed down and was back to being his normal self. Somewhat gruff on the outside, but friendly, helpful and informative if you give him a chance.
Duncs
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