Most of us have done our time in the retail trenches, but service stations are undoubtedly the frontline. Melburnian David Goodwin discovered this when he started working the weekend graveyard shift at his local servo.
From his very first night shift, David absorbed a consistent level of mind-bending lunacy. He encountered everything from giant shoplifting bees and balaclava-clad goons hurling cordial-filled water bombs from the sunroof of their BMW, to anarcho-goths high on MDMA releasing large rats into the store from their matching Harry Potter backpacks.
Over the years, David grew to love his mad servo. He began handing out free pies and chocolate bars on the sly. David grew a backbone and became street smart. Amidst the unrelenting chaos, he eventually made it out of the servo circus – and lived to tell the tale.
In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to David Goodwin about what drew him to working in the wee hours at his local servo. David discusses the myriad of characters and space cadets he encountered and how the people he met and the stories they had to tell changed his life.
