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General Oregon now lets people pump their own gas!
- Thread starter Yossarian
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It would always throw me off when I would gas up in Oregon. Almost every time I get out of the car and a gas attendant reminds me that I’m not allowed. Now I can do it my damn self...on the rare occasion of once or twice a year.
But why would you want to?
Do you opt to get outside of your car and go inside fast food stores instead of just going through drive-thru too?
No. It’s just I usually end up waiting. The gas stops. And the dude doesn’t come back for another couple minutes after it’s done pumping.
That, and you're an adult, right? If we start having automated service at the McDonalds, I think it's about time to allow people to get their own gas.
you didn't let me finish the story.
the other side of the coin is worse. A couple times when I lived in OR, I sat at gas stations in WA pitching a minor fit because nobody is coming out to pump my gas. You just get used to the inconvenience, then you expect it.
Sounds like shitty workers are your problem.
My local they've lifted the nozzle and are ready to pump before I can even put the car in park and switch motor off. Then they hand you remote eftpos machine for you to swipe your card immediately, they hardly ever go inside. It's a he'll of a lot quicker.
And more importantly they're there when people are being fuk tards. Like when someone pulls up and stops at the first pump so no one can use the pump in front . The service guys will ask them to move up.
Compared to the usual shit I was use to, pump yourself, your hands smell like shit, then you gotta go inside and wait in line for 5 minutes.
Sounds like shitty gas stations is your problem
I lived in OR for 11 years and never experienced this. Not once.
Brazilians always think its absolutely crazy that we pump our own gas here in Canada, they all comment on it. Also that our cars don't have locks on the gas caps, lol
Baffled by our trust
I always feel like a schmuck in Brazil giving my keys and making someone else pump my own gas for me.
Baffled by our trust
I always feel like a schmuck in Brazil giving my keys and making someone else pump my own gas for me.
If your hands smell, then you’re doing it wrong. Haha! And I never go inside. I hate cash. Credit/debit only for me. I only use cash to tip.
Haha! Ya, I can see that.
Lol. Not me doing it wrong if someone else has splashed fuel on the pump. And it seems pretty common with the high flow diesel pumps from truckers.
I grew up as a kid pumping gas for my parents car, it's all I've ever known until about 8 months ago when i moved to a new town which has one that does it for you. I love it and support it. Drive thru fuel. Also, we don't tip.
I believe the second oneLooks like it is going great so far!
some folks got dealt a half deck
The second one hurts my soul a little, because that is a Chevy truck. I know the guy who posted it though, and it’s his truck and he did it just for the effect. I have seen people actually do things just as stupid though.
This cannot be real......
Ya, I see why people like it. I’m kinda a fan on cold snowy days for sure! I don’t tip them, just other people, like waiters and stuff. It’s the only reason I have cash.
I would expect this weird shit from some pussified place in California - maybe San Francisco or somewhere close to it, but Oregon? Aren't they in tune with nature & shit? WTF is going on there that they've never pumped their own gas??? LOL!!!
And what happens when you stand on your horn until he does?
Because that's what I'd be doing after about 15 seconds.
I sort of thought the same thing. If Oregon has that law I was completely shocked that California didn't.
I didn't really consider Jersey one way or the other. I look at that state much like I do North Korea. It's best to observe from afar, and it's probably good that I don't understand their actions.