Oregon legalizes gasoline self-service

After seeing the attendant let several ounces of gas dribble down the side of the car when removing the dispenser, i have not been keen on getting gas in NJ.

 

what is the purpose of self serve bans?

we used to fill up in jersey on the way to florida. they used to be the cheapest. now, we wait until virginia

 

Coquitlam’s all full-service, municipal bylaw or whatever. One argument: it gives more people employment.

I’ve filed up here maybe twice in the 30+ years we’ve been here, typically fill up anywhere else.

Self-serve gas forbidden in 2 B.C. cities – for the most part | CTV News

 

they claim attendance make refueling safer.
By the same ridiculousness gas stations ought to be required to change the oil - the wipers & the air & cabin filter ..... you know .... to make sure it's done right & avoid some degree of danger. Then again consider the attendant that blew the burst disk out of my 3,800psi scuba tank while he was trying to push 5,000 PSI into it.
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Bob Wilson

 

.... and for safety, that's why scuba tanks have a burst disc.

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In the past, gas pump nozzles and carbon vapor capture cylinders were not so advanced:

• using a diesel nozzle to fill a gas tank
• unreliable nozzle hold' latches that would gush out gas
• large bulky, unreliable gas fume capture boots to reduce hydrocarbon emissions
• easily saturated, automotive carbon filled, vapor capture cylinders

When the technology lags, a human can substitute until invention makes them redundant. BUT I'll always go for self-service.

Bob Wilson

 

Who here remembers the unbelievable sight of the Gen 2 Prius vomiting back as much as ½ a gallon of gas when the tank's bladder was overfilled (or not!) - attendant or driver's finger on the pump - the prius didn't care who's pumping.
Good times!

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This whole thing about the "horrible" pump jockeys....Meh.

I found most of them very helpful and many of them cleaning windshields, etc. without ever being asked. And, not only myself, but many friends and co-workers. No problems. No gushing gasonline. A few had to be educated about not going past shut-off with the Prius, but they were down with that issue.

Having to wait. What maybe two minutes, O.K., double that, maybe five minutes. What? Are you SO important that you have to be off so quickly. Slow down, mellow out. It's Oregon. Land of natural wonders and a mellow lifestyle. If you want hassle, vibe and all the rest, go to San Francisco. I hear housing prices are dropping like rocks there at the moment.

But, the jobs created are important. When the Oregon economy went straight down the tubes as federal woodlands were taken off the table -- except for the insulated rich in Portland -- the gas pump jobs were the only thing that saved many families....not in a good way, but at least they could eat and did not join a tent community under an Interstate 5 overpass.

So, yeah. I NEVER had a problem with them and as I say, nor did my friends, co-workers etc.

We all loved no self-serve. Still do. No self-serve IS OREGON. As well as several other quirks. Don't like the slower lifestyle. Try Cali.
kris

As a PS, I guess Gov. Kotek, despite misgivings, gave in to the oil company lobby and signed the bill legalizing self-serve. It is funny how Chevron, etc. dangled this lure and how the gullible finally gulped it. Maybe that means Oregon has passed the tipping point of California transplants (know that I am not necessarily against California transplants and I am native Oregonian).

 

I've heard the no self serve has kept the direct corporate run stations out of NJ. Not willing to pay extra for employees. Well, Hess likely had a couple, but they are no longer in the retail side, and I think they moved their corporate headquarters out of Jersey before then.

 

I'd rather chip my OWN paint off the car - if someone has to do it w/ gas nozzle.
The job skill set is on par w/ the dude that hands out bathroom hand towels in the high end restaurants / hotels & entertainment joints.
Yea, no thanks - the roll paper is just fine.
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around here, you'd never find anyone to do the job

 

We’ll you’ve got enough immigrants the MA Governor asked for Federal help.

Call Florida and Texas and ask them to send some.

Bob Wilson

 

Bought gas for decades in Oregon and never had any "chipped" paint or overflow issues. Sure, sometimes I have to wait a bit. No big deal. I always get out of the car and walk a bit and stretch. I have even been known to tip especially helpful attendants -- whom are ALWAYS happily surprised since they don't expect tips.

 

Governors always ask for free money, even when there isn’t a problem.
Plus, you Can’t make an immigrant pump gas, that would be xenophobic

 

Interesting as I've been following a YouTube series about WW-II POWs. Once they got sorted by rank, the enlisted became farm workers ... immediately.

Bob Wilson