Do you pump your own?
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I've always pumped my own.
I've been siphoned a few times too. I'll leave that for another thread...2 -
Always. My company pays for my gas and gives me vechles so it's always credit card. I hate sitting around doing nothing.0
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This thread wins the internet. Are people really that shook about pumping their own gas? I've been doing it since I had my first motorbike at 8.
If you can't manage a nozzle without soiling yourself, you shouldn't be on the road. But then I'm of the mind that if you can't change a flat, you shouldn't be either0 -
Avocado_AS5 wrote: »I don't mind pumping. I also kind of like the way it smells.
I love the smell1 -
Apparently, there is a concern that ‘transients’ will steal children while gas is being pumped. As a ‘POTG’ (Person on the Go, which is our preferred noun) I take offense to this accusation.
We are a mobile people who are constantly moving as silently as possible. Have you ever tried to get a child to walk? Or run? And remain quiet at the same time?!
No. You haven’t. It’s impossible. The whining would start immediately. “Where are we going? I don’t want to walk! Who are you? You’re not my mom. I’m hungry. I’m thirsty. I’m bored. Can I play on your phone? WHY NOT!?!?!?!?!?”
I’m already annoyed just thinking about it.
Trust me. Your entitled kids are safe in your Prius. Just make sure you give them a screen to bury their cherubim face in lest they begin to fade into boredom and start accusing you of neglect.
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_seahorses5ever wrote: »Also, that's what the gloves they provide are for, so your hands don't smell like it.
You get gloves!! The thing I hate about pumping is touching the "thingy" handle? I don't know who handles it before me and I'm sure people with questionable hygiene have touched it and that is my main problem.
Also all stations are self serve here. Some are switching to you have to pre pay too2 -
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HAHAHA I saw this all over FB. I was raised in DE and used to have to help my fellow high-schoolers that would drive in from NJ pump their gas. Then when I moved to Jersey I definitely appreciated the fact that I didn't have to get out of my car on rainy or snowy days, but I still always pump whenever we went elsewhere.0
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I suppose change is difficult for some people but did they really never in 62 years leave the state and pump their own gas?
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_seahorses5ever wrote: »Also, that's what the gloves they provide are for, so your hands don't smell like it.
You get gloves!! The thing I hate about pumping is touching the "thingy" handle? I don't know who handles it before me and I'm sure people with questionable hygiene have touched it and that is my main problem.
I've noticed most of the stations in my area have added Purell dispensers.1 -
Oregonian here. when i moved here 30 years ago I was annoyed that I couldnt pump my own gas. you have to wait for an attendant and many of them are quite surly, (not all, many are also super friendly, even after days of rain and wind). Sitting inside your car while waiting isnt a luxury either. Now when I go to different states where I have to pump im like er...do what now? I for one cant wait for them to implement this into the larger cities in or.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.
You get gloves!! The thing I hate about pumping is touching the "thingy" handle? I don't know who handles it before me and I'm sure people with questionable hygiene have touched it and that is my main problem.
Also all stations are self serve here. Some are switching to you have to pre pay too
The gas pump is known for being very dirty.1 -
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I don't mind pumping my own. The gas station is where I find the classy hookers.1
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I live in Oregon. I pump my own when I am on my Motorcycle, but I sit in my car and let the attendant do it when I am in my car. Because, frankly, if I am in my car, it means the weather is not nice enough to ride my motorcycle.2
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I prefer full service.0
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TeacupsAndToning wrote: »I feel really awkward whenever I happen upon a gas station that's full-service. I feel like a rich *kitten* and it makes me uncomfortable.
YES!! And I don't trust the attendants. I don't know why, I just assume they're all shady :laugh:1 -
I’ve never used full service. Seems weird to me. I don’t mind pumping gas. I just click the thing and browse social media on my phone..0
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The first time I visited Oregon I was so confused by the attendants and didn’t know what to do. I’m used to pumping my own. I think my visits to Oregon are the ONLY times I have seen attendants at gas stations because i go to places like 7-11. Why did they have them in the first place?0
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_seahorses5ever wrote: »
haha no. usually just fill my truck till it's full.0 -
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Beta_Ray_Bill wrote: »Another thing you Americans do backwards is making me pay BEFORE I fill up my car...that just doesn't make sense!!!!
It wasn't always that way. But too many drive-offs without paying changed things.
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I didn't read all the comments here, so I'm probably late to this party but....
.... how bad are you at pumping gas that you smell like it all day long afterward??????3 -
I didn't even know that people had full service stations anymore. I've never been to one...pumping your own gas isn't that hard and you don't smell like gas...it goes into the tank, not all over your clothes. *kitten* weird...
If I ever came across a full service station, not sure I would even know what to do except shout at them to not touch the bimmer...1 -
Some models of cars are bad about splashing gas out when the tank gets full. My daughter had a car like that. It was almost impossible to fill the tank without getting gas on your hand or shoes.0
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Beta_Ray_Bill wrote: »Another thing you Americans do backwards is making me pay BEFORE I fill up my car...that just doesn't make sense!!!!
That's the law in parts of Canada, and common practice just about everywhere else. Saves lives, plain and simple. Granted it saves the life of an attendant foolish enough to try to stop a "gas-and-dasher" by jumping in front of their vehicle, but it saves lives nonetheless.
Also, your argument doesn't really hold when you consider all the other things you pay for up front (concerts, sporting events, flights, admission to anywhere where admission is charged.....).0 -
Never been to full service...always self service girl2
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Some models of cars are bad about splashing gas out when the tank gets full. My daughter had a car like that. It was almost impossible to fill the tank without getting gas on your hand or shoes.
My jeep is that way, I have to under fill it slightly to avoid splashed gas. It's a pain.1
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