Do you pump your own?

eccomi_qui
eccomi_qui Posts: 1,831 Member
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Apparently Oregon just changed their laws so that gas stations will not be full serve any longer. The people are outraged:

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So the question is: do you pump your own or do you like someone else to do it for you?
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  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    Depends on whether or not I have to pay for said pumping
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  • Just_J_Now
    Just_J_Now Posts: 9,551 Member
    Everyone pumps their own where I live.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    Depends on whether or not I have to pay for said pumping

    Oh believe me, you always pay.... always.
  • Find_Me_Again
    Find_Me_Again Posts: 299 Member
    There's very few places that pump for you where I live and I never go to those places. When I went to Jersey it weirded me out that I wasn't allowed to pump my own.

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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    EyeLoveCake wrote: »
    Find_Me_Again wrote: »
    There's very few places that pump for you where I live and I never go to those places. When I went to Jersey it weirded me out that I wasn't allowed to pump my own.

    Jersey has the same affect on me.

    Jersey has the same affect on everybody.
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    At least twice a week.
  • SwissHausfrau
    SwissHausfrau Posts: 83 Member
    Everyone pumps their own in Switzerland. I can't even think of anywhere I have been in Europe where someone puts petrol in your car for you. From memory it only happened when I lived in the USA.
  • Just_Mel_
    Just_Mel_ Posts: 3,992 Member
    I don't mind pumping. I also kind of like the way it smells.
  • eccomi_qui
    eccomi_qui Posts: 1,831 Member
    Avocado_AS5 wrote: »
    I don't mind pumping. I also kind of like the way it smells.

    How do you pump yours from jail, is it any different?
  • beaglady
    beaglady Posts: 1,362 Member
    People in every other state except New Jersey and Oregon have pumped their own gas for years, without exploding. Usually there are signs that provide directions on how disabled folks can get help pumping if needed, so no ADA violations.

    I can't say I enjoy pumping my own gas, but I've had to do it for almost 40 years, so I'm used to it. I don't even know of any stations around here where an attendant will pump your gas for you.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Where I live, there hasn't been a gas station that wasn't self-serve only in more than 20 years. I've also never encountered one while traveling. I was really shocked to learn from a NJ relative that there were still places where having an attendant pump for you was still an option.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    _barefoot_ wrote: »
    I smell a lawsuit

    for what exactly?
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    _barefoot_ wrote: »
    Well ... I feel bad for the people who are old and have a hard time just getting out of the car , clearly they didn't think this clearly . Umm I smell a lawsuit

    A lawsuit for what?
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Avocado_AS5 wrote: »
    I don't mind pumping. I also kind of like the way it smells.

    <3
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  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    _barefoot_ wrote: »
    Well ... I feel bad for the people who are old and have a hard time just getting out of the car , clearly they didn't think this clearly . Umm I smell a lawsuit

    My God how do the old people in the other 48 states do it?
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    and I thought you meant breast milk..............................
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    I have always pumped my own gas but I admit that in the winter time, when it's brutal cold, I will go to a full service station and pay more per gallon so I don't have to do it. lol
  • Just_J_Now
    Just_J_Now Posts: 9,551 Member
    _seahorses5ever wrote: »
    Also, that's what the gloves they provide are for, so your hands don't smell like it.

    Wait, they provide gloves??
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    _barefoot_ wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    _barefoot_ wrote: »
    Well ... I feel bad for the people who are old and have a hard time just getting out of the car , clearly they didn't think this clearly . Umm I smell a lawsuit

    A lawsuit for what?

    For no one to pump there gas

    There are a number of things that the frail elderly can't do for themselves. Gas station owners aren't under any obligation to do it for them. That's what caretakers are for.
  • JeepHair77
    JeepHair77 Posts: 1,291 Member
    I went to college in a small town that still had ONE full-service station. The gas there was noticeably more expensive, but all the older ladies in their Cadillacs and Buicks went there. It was kind of cute.

    But yes, I've always pumped my own gas.


  • eccomi_qui
    eccomi_qui Posts: 1,831 Member
    KANGOOJUMPS wrote: »
    and I thought you meant breast milk..............................

    What kind of bees make milk?

    Boo bees
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    _seahorses5ever wrote: »
    Also, that's what the gloves they provide are for, so your hands don't smell like it.

    They provide gloves where you are?
  • kjm3579
    kjm3579 Posts: 3,974 Member
    I live in NJ where they pump it for us just like in Oregon -- and the gas is cheaper in our state than the neighboring states.... figure that one out!
  • JeepHair77
    JeepHair77 Posts: 1,291 Member
    _seahorses5ever wrote: »
    Also, that's what the gloves they provide are for, so your hands don't smell like it.

    Where is this? Does every customer get a fresh pair? Do they recycle them?

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