Let Them Pump Gas

ETHYL!... Now stop that... Brother Glen

 

Wrong... we in NJ have so many dopes here that there is bound to be accidents. Better safe than sorry.

 

We got it 4-5 months a year. I for one would rather not have to do it in inclement weather... besides they are getting paid to do it. It’s kinda like going up to your supermarket and having to check out your own groceries. before that, people used to process the task for you. Now those people aren’t there and you most likely took that job from them by performing the job yourself.

 

You are old.

 

BTW, do you raise or ride horses?

 

Yes. What I meant was the gas station owner should have the option to let the customer pump it or have an attendant pump the gas and it not be a law that an attendant must pump it.

Here in Minnesota it is usually self-serve but some stations have full service where an attendant will fill your gas, clean your windshield, check your oil, and your tire inflation. Full serve is typically 5 cents more per gallon.

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Yes, same here. Full service is really a thing of the past. It was nice back when everyone was doing it. But it would be confusing to a lot of people who are not accustomed to it, today. Oregon and New Jersey need to operate in the real world where this is concerned. You can't go back to 1952. Most people are used to pumping their own gas.

 

Are Americans that daft?

 

I know the jingle, I know the Dodge boys, I remember the Sinclair dinosaur.... but I’m not as old as you brother... ​

 

My wife used to breed and raise horses... quarter horses and cutting horses, no thoroughbreds though... too expensive.

 

Yea we are operating that way today thank you.

 

Naaaa, no thanks but I love to see them cutting out cattle and they are fun in barrel races and watching daughters, nieces etc show at farm show(western pleasure events). It’s a right of passage for our women folk.

 

I thought New Jersey was the only state where you could not pump gas. You didn't tell me about Oregon, did you?

I think that it adds to the cost to have someone attending to cars. We have a bitter winter but I don't mind pumping gas myself. I use whatever station is handy or has a good price. I go to a couple of stations where the cops hang out a lot, which gives one a feeling of security. I live in an area where the suburbs are right up against each other so I use stations in several towns. I don't buy much inside the stations. Some of them have better coffee than others.

 

Yep, everything was full service when I was a kid, then they started going to self-service. Looking back from today, it is almost odd how many people then did not know how to pump gas and/or did not want to pump gas or know how.

 

I wonder if that was the main rationale for New Jersey's law, as big labor has more influence there than in most places. Of course, it was probably sold to legislators as a safety measure.
Maine has few to no all-full-service stations, but a number offering both full and self. One day in January 2004, when the thermometer at my place topped out at minus 11 (with a fairly stiff wind), the full-service aisle at the one station in Augusta offering both had 90% of the city's business. Next day (with a high of -8) my old Ranger developed "cruise control" on my homeward commute, until I found a light under which to park and jiggled the throttle linkage to un-stick it.

 

individual service stations will charge patrons the same money ... so what is the advantage for the consumer.