SandyR
SandyR
- Location
- Valley Springs, CA
Pumping Our Own Gas
- Thread starter SandyR
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SandyR
SandyR
- Location
- Valley Springs, CA
Can't even remember what it feels like for someone else to pump my gas.
Aging Audra
Member
- Location
- Maryland, USA
Isn't New Jersey the only State that pumps gas for you now?
papa tiger
Well-known Member
Why? Metro marts are going to become rest stops while our youth rest and recharge their stuff.
/thin sliced pizza, quart of Coke and after relief is all!
/thin sliced pizza, quart of Coke and after relief is all!
SandyR
SandyR
- Location
- Valley Springs, CA
Apparently that's true!
Did Oregon stop with that nonsense?
Aging Audra
Member
- Location
- Maryland, USA
I believe they did vote to stop it in 2023.
No. I've never pumped my own gas.
PeppermintPatty
š¢. š³. š¢
- Location
- Canada
Our nearest gas station to us still has full service. There is no self serve there. Itās nice to have that option but I also donāt mind pumpking my own gas either.
Aunt Bea
SF VIP
- Location
- Near Mount Pilot
IMO it would be a step backwards to wait for an attendant to pump my gas and add that attendant's wages to the cost.
Iām content to pump my own gas and pay at the pump.
If it aināt broke donāt fix it.
Iām content to pump my own gas and pay at the pump.
If it aināt broke donāt fix it.
dilettante
Well-known Member
- Location
- Michigan
I remember a transitional period where some chains offered both options but at different prices.
NJ is the only state where you're not allowed to pump your own gas. I don't know the particulars, but all the other states must have some pumps where someone else can pump your gas for you... like for handicapped drivers?
Aunt Bea
SF VIP
- Location
- Near Mount Pilot
My station has a call button on each pump for people that need assistance.
You have to get out of your vehicle to push the button and be willing to wait until the cashier, usually the only employee, has time to come out and assist you.
It seems like a sort of backhanded form of assistance that has little or no value.
Iām not sure what cost effective practice would be possible for the occasional customer that needs assistance.
dilettante
Well-known Member
- Location
- Michigan
I wonder if this assistance could be provided by Scouts or similar youth organizations on an "as available" option as part of service requirements? Of course legal liability and such might prohibit that and erratic availability might make it worthless.
Mr. Ed
Be what you is not what you what you aināt
- Location
- Central NY
My gas just comes out, I don't have to pump it.
Pappy
Living the Dream
Worked at many full service stations over my lifetime. Fill it up was common to hear and then a bunch of kids would pool their money and get a dollars worth. Matter of fact, I did that too. 
Capt Lightning
Well-known Member
- Location
- Historic Buchan, Scotland
The first self service petrol pumps were installed in 1963 in the UK. Before that you bought petrol at a 'garage', as selling petrol was part of motor sales and repair establishments. I'm not sure when the 'attended' pumps were phased out, it might have been in the 70's, so I was surprised to find pump attendants when I first went to the US.