Do you pump your own?
eccomi_qui
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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:
So the question is: do you pump your own or do you like someone else to do it for you?
So the question is: do you pump your own or do you like someone else to do it for you?
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Depends on whether or not I have to pay for said pumping0
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Everyone pumps their own where I live.2
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caco_ethes wrote: »Depends on whether or not I have to pay for said pumping
Oh believe me, you always pay.... always.0 -
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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I rather enjoy pumping my own, I mean I like others to pump for me as well, but sometimes you just gotta take care of things yourself9
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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.3 -
At least twice a week.1
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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.0
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_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
If they're THAT old that they can't get out of their cars, then maybe, just maybe, they shouldn't be driving.14 -
I don't mind pumping. I also kind of like the way it smells.3
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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?1 -
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.0 -
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.1
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_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?1 -
_barefoot_ wrote: »I smell a lawsuit
for what exactly?0 -
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_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?3 -
and I thought you meant breast milk..............................2
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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. lol0
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_seahorses5ever wrote: »Also, that's what the gloves they provide are for, so your hands don't smell like it.
Wait, they provide gloves??0 -
_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.2 -
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.
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KANGOOJUMPS wrote: »and I thought you meant breast milk..............................
What kind of bees make milk?
Boo bees3 -
_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?0 -
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!0
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_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?0 -
Where I live in Canada maybe 1 out of 10 stations will pump for you. If you can't pump your own gas you should just take public transit.2
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Also "smell like gasoline all day"? Do Oregonian's not realize the gas goes IN the gas tank, not on your clothes?4
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I’m fully capable of pumping my own but I’d much rather have somebody else do it for me.1
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