I can't remember the last time I saw a gas station pump jockey anywhere in Texas. I feel sorry for folks who get their car/truck paint scratched to hell every time a pump jockey bangs the nozzle all around the filler opening.
"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."-- Thomas Jefferson
I clean out my truck and take my sweet time at the pump - go inside and get a Moon Pie and an RC Cola and a bag of peanuts.
Most of the time I don’t even pump gas when I park at the pump. I just try to learn all those folks that are in a hurry that they should have started earlier.
I clean out my truck and take my sweet time at the pump - go inside and get a Moon Pie and an RC Cola and a bag of peanuts.
Most of the time I don’t even pump gas when I park at the pump. I just try to learn all those folks that are in a hurry that they should have started earlier.
You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. I don't drive fast either, because I'll get there when I'm good and ready, if I didn't start earlier it's because I didn't want to get there earlier.
Anyone ever feel like ya should be on the payroll at these types of fuel centers?
I mean where is my W-2 ??
Nah, because if I was on the payroll I'd have to empty the overflowing trash cans, put fluid in the windshield washer reservoirs, throw out the old ripped up squeegee, pick up the trash and such.
I clean out my truck and take my sweet time at the pump - go inside and get a Moon Pie and an RC Cola and a bag of peanuts." ... and a nickels wuff of baloney dog."
Fixed it for you.
L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
I miss the good old days 1970s or so when you had full service & self serve. Especially at these country gas stations where the attendant would come out with a Dan Aykroyd Ghostbusters cigarette hanging off of his lower lip and asking you how much gas you want and proceed to pump gas while smoking a cigarette
CNN — All gas stations in Oregon can now allow customers to pump their own gas under a new law signed Friday, lifting a ban on self-service in the state dating back to 1951.
The new law, House Bill 2426, signed Friday by Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek went into effect immediately, leaving New Jersey as the only state in the US where service station customers can’t pump their own fuel.
The law does not phase out full service completely in Oregon’s 16 most populous counties. It requires that no more than half of pumps at any service station be self-serve, and that at least one gas station employee in those communities be available at all times to pump gas. Stations cannot charge more for full service.
While Oregon had banned self-service, the state did allow for exceptions in smaller communities and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The full service requirement has historically been a contentious topic in Oregon and New Jersey, with reasons given for sticking with the old mandate ranging from flammable liquid safety to preserving the jobs of gas station attendants.
“This bill is clear favoritism for big oil companies over the interests of workers,” said Dan Clay, president of UFCW Local 555, the union that represents grocery store workers in Oregon.
In Kotek’s signing statement, she acknowledged that only a “narrow majority” of people who had written to her since the bill’s passage were in favor of the law.
One driver, Steven Brown, told CNN affiliate KATU that he knows how to pump gas himself, but plans to stick with an attendant’s help. “Not so interested in self-serve because I’m old. I mean, it’s actually a job to get out and pump your own gas,” Brown said.
Other drivers, including those from other states, said they were happy to have the option.
“It being busy and having to wait on the gas station attendants was sometimes really annoying. So, having it as an option is sweet,” California native Erik Atienza told KATU at a service station in Portland.
In New Jersey – where it’s been illegal for drivers to pump their own gas since 1949 – the self-service ban, along with the state’s reputation for low gas prices, is part of its culture. One popular bumper sticker in the state proclaims “Jersey Girls Don’t Pump Gas.”
The state’s residents have little interest in self-service. A 2022 poll found that 73% of them say they prefer having their gas pumped for them
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
CNN — All gas stations in Oregon can now allow customers to pump their own gas under a new law signed Friday, lifting a ban on self-service in the state dating back to 1951.
The new law, House Bill 2426, signed Friday by Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek went into effect immediately, leaving New Jersey as the only state in the US where service station customers can’t pump their own fuel.
The law does not phase out full service completely in Oregon’s 16 most populous counties. It requires that no more than half of pumps at any service station be self-serve, and that at least one gas station employee in those communities be available at all times to pump gas. Stations cannot charge more for full service.
While Oregon had banned self-service, the state did allow for exceptions in smaller communities and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The full service requirement has historically been a contentious topic in Oregon and New Jersey, with reasons given for sticking with the old mandate ranging from flammable liquid safety to preserving the jobs of gas station attendants.
“This bill is clear favoritism for big oil companies over the interests of workers,” said Dan Clay, president of UFCW Local 555, the union that represents grocery store workers in Oregon.
In Kotek’s signing statement, she acknowledged that only a “narrow majority” of people who had written to her since the bill’s passage were in favor of the law.
One driver, Steven Brown, told CNN affiliate KATU that he knows how to pump gas himself, but plans to stick with an attendant’s help. “Not so interested in self-serve because I’m old. I mean, it’s actually a job to get out and pump your own gas,” Brown said.
Other drivers, including those from other states, said they were happy to have the option.
“It being busy and having to wait on the gas station attendants was sometimes really annoying. So, having it as an option is sweet,” California native Erik Atienza told KATU at a service station in Portland.
In New Jersey – where it’s been illegal for drivers to pump their own gas since 1949 – the self-service ban, along with the state’s reputation for low gas prices, is part of its culture. One popular bumper sticker in the state proclaims “Jersey Girls Don’t Pump Gas.”
The state’s residents have little interest in self-service. A 2022 poll found that 73% of them say they prefer having their gas pumped for them
HOLY CHIT...
Yippee ki-yay mudderfugger...
Go Oregon Go!!!
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
