Registered Restrooms
In 1939 Texaco became one of the first oil companies to introduce a “Registered Rest Room” program to ensure that restroom facilities at all Texaco stations nationwide maintained a standard level of cleanliness to the motoring public. The company hired a staff of inspectors who travelled from station to station periodically to ensure that restrooms were up to standard. The “Registered Rest Room” program was later copied by other oil companies and continued at Texaco until the energy crises of the 1970s.
Thanks to CNN Business for linking to my blog–Texaco created a “Registered Rest Room” program in 1938 for its thousands of stations in all 48 states. Read-Believe it or not, gas station bathrooms used to be squeaky clean. Here’s what changed.
Thanks also to The strange history of Pristine gas station bathrooms for linking
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