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Nov 30, 2021 2:04 AM
LordoftheHildago
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jg03278888
I don't understand -- a NJ resident
TheWhiteBarry
(laughs in EV)
timmyg683000
I've been to portland once and can confirm. (From ireland)
MrJwinkyface
We don’t pump our own gas like peasants in Oregon. We have standards
georgedragonslayer
Yeah. I have been to Oregon numerous times in my life. It is always weird and I end up having to apologize profusely for my ignorance.
semperfi891
Or, as what happened to me Sunday, we all pumped our own gas because apparently the attendants didn't come in?
genericanamoly
Article on why: https://www.staroilco.net/oregon-and-self-serve-laws-at-the-pump/
rssplowman
knudude
Tekktokk
Me to my Oregon friend: did you struggle when you came here- did you almost die pumping your own gas?
Tekktokk
"YES! I was so self conscious"
HerbalTeaEnemas
I've lived here so long it's weird if I don't have someone to pump gas for me ??♀️
nupoile
Me too! Unless I'm in my work truck, then it's ok for me to pump my own gas?
nfer
What caught me off guard in OR is that there are no signs that say self or full service. I always expect self if there's no sign.
Fitzapollo
Alright, you have the one legitimate complaint in this whole thread lol. It can be confusing, especially if the pump attendant is slacking
UpvoteForReasons
More states should do it. It's great.
pflyers8710
Us Oregonians like to sit in our cars in gas stations when we are in other states.
DenounceAll
Id like a world where petty laws are seen as burdensome and to be avoided; any society without said law should be evidence enough to repeal
DenounceAll
Does the rest of the US function just fine without this government burden? Then the law is anti-liberty and should be stricken off the books
DenounceAll
Against prostitution? Look at Australia. Still think drugs are bad? Look at Portugal, they doin just fine. Free yourself from nanny statism
ShimmerinStrider
I've been to New Jersey and it was still a surprise
jwin503
I live in Oregon and mainly drive my work truck which I'm allowed to fuel myself because it's diesel. I hate this exact encounter so much.
xvxnekoxvx
Bruhh this was meee!! I was so fucking lost and I thought I was about to get jack.
spaceagemartini
Grew up in Oregon, live in Jersey, so true for out of staters. My mother-in-law here has never pumped gas in her life.
Tacosburritosandchimichangas
What about if you're on a motorcycle? do you have to get off while they pump or do they pump while you sit on it?
Fitzapollo
depends on the place. if the pumps are coded, we set it up and hand you the nozzle. If not, you just do it yourself.
WhatBackWaterCountry
I wouldn’t let anyone else put petrol into my motorbike. It’s not the same as a car.
mrtannen
Driving through NJ I had the exact same reaction
HeartsStarsAndSouls
I remember getting yelled at when I lived there for this. I didn't know. I even got my license there & no one told me it was state law. Oops
yourbassist
I was in Vancouver last month, just realized we only got gas on the WA side, never in Portland.
HeartsStarsAndSouls
On a trip south, before could afford sat nav & cell phones, we said we knew we hit Oregon when they pumped the gas for us.
albmab
Yessssssss!!!!! 1st time there and I got spooked by that and then I thought..."do I tip?"
motoalchemist
i rode my motorcycle from CA and pulled in for gas, and it was just like this
draco25310
I remember the first time that happened to me. They had really high unemployment so they made it mandatory that someone had to pump yourgas
grlwithnoname
Is this like in New Jersey?
DarthDrizzt42
We have Wawa so everyone else can SUCK IT
windrider360
Can't pump your own gas in OR. Crazy shit.
Iwasoutedbyatroll
Yes, can confirm. And in winter and hot humid days it is GLORIOUS! And contrary to myth it does not cost more. I asked got 1 word: insurance
ilsen
I mostly find it irritating when I go to one and its closed.
Climb512
Its super annoying when they are understaffed. Sit here waiting to do something I can do myself...
LaffertyDanie1
NJ has some of the cheapest gas in the country
Fitzapollo
Oregon usually does too
plainoldfool
Used to. Gas tax has been jacked a few times since the Christie administration. Now it's about on par with NY.
LaffertyDanie1
I've moved since the Christie admin just back to visit so color me wrong
notwhatyouknow
Unless you have a super nice car or scream about the tank paint on your motorcycle.
CanadaEhBuddy
Ya fuck if I'm letting anyone else fill up my bike, sounds like a good way to fuck up something
RednapxpandeR
I don’t even own a motorcycle and that’s a hard no from me.
NoGynocologist
I’ve always wondered about that. My bike is old but I still wouldn’t want someone scratching the tank with the pump nozzle.
notwhatyouknow
Also helps to make them uncomfortable with porn dialog. Big hose, need extra hands to guide it in, make it all squirt inside the hole…
Fitzapollo
motorcycles are an exception, less for the scratching and more so we aren't liable if gas gets on the paint.
Exeteri
I'm an Oregonian and I hate having to wait for an attendant, but it's technically illegal to do it yourself.
Spiderbubble
Used to live in OR and I always liked it. It's faster and I don't have to do anything.
wo1fie
The attendant yelled at me and treated me like a moron when I couldn't figure out the gas pump myself. I'm just not from around here :(
Hu3vosRanch3ros
What the fuck Oregon. They don't trust you to pump your own gas?
Fitzapollo
I mean, I personally don't trust most people to make breakfast without hurting themselves or others.
FeltShardBurrito
Unless diesel, according to one attendant I recently spake with.
Lalael
Yeah, they don't want to be held liable for putting the wrong stuff in your tank.
Fitzapollo
go to better gas stations?
The1WhoDoesntPost
The part about this I hate is that has stations close at night. Good luck finding gas at 2am.
Fitzapollo
Literally never had this problem. I do alot of night driving in Oregon and have never once had any problems finding a gas station
Thrawn1985
It speeds up the process at big gas stations like Costco. Been to other states where people move at there own pace.
Lemuffinmannn
Oh no. Oh no no no. The costco guys have a line 100% of the time. Since they get no "lull break" they move much more casually to not be 1/2
Lemuffinmannn
exhausted, as they should. But it makes it so slow its almost not worth the $.05 price difference.
ProxyPlayerHD
why is it illegal when it isn't in pretty much the rest of the world?
Exeteri
Technically safety. One of the reasons cited in the law is rain makes people slip. Very dangerous. Very dumb. 70 year old law, so its senile
genericanamoly
Gas spills, dipshits using stupid containers for gas. It’s about 20-30 million a year in property damage as a whole.
DamnTheAdmiralty
20/30m for the whole us? whats that like 0.000000001% of gas sales?
JustAnotherPOG
I suspect the annual cost for attendants is significantly higher, though. Pretty stupid law.
StillNotYouTube
Oregon is a weird place. Not in a bad way, just different.
SoftKleenex
They do pride themselves in being weird. Or was that just Portland?
PunJedi
While Portland tries to claim the title, the rest of Oregon does a decent job at it as well. I'm looking at you Salem.
bluesun68
They get super angry at you .
VictimAndVillain
I rode through a couple years back on a motorcycle. A couple places let me fill it myself. Some places flat out refused. Interesting exp!
JoshOfTheDeep
I'm confused, what's happening?
Corrodias
Oregon requires (or until recently required) that gas stations have attendants to handle the fuel transfer, not allowing customers to »
Corrodias
use the pumps in whatever stupid and unsafe way they wanted, like using them to fill plastic bags.
mistermystery
I was so confused because I was trying to answer a fairly-urgent text that I didn't answer while driving, while figuring out the pump, when/
mistermystery
this pushy man in an orange vest walks up. I thought he was a panhandler so I just said "later I'm busy!" but he wouldn't go away...
Brochiavelli
Can confirm.
Fitzapollo
Funny, I never got angry, it was always the customer throwing tantrums like a toddler because "I can do myself!"
Fitzapollo
We had one douche from California literally speed off in his convertible shouting "You'll be hearing from my lawyer"
AtsaMattaForMe
itsallaboutthecones
I thought they passed a law allowing self serve recently?
NewToTheEnterwbs
They did in certain areas. I still remember day one had a gas station fire(explosion?)
PamelaBeeslyHalpert
I believe the governor issued people could pump their own gas when there was lockdown. But now it’s back to normal
itsallaboutthecones
That's what I was thinking of. Thanks!
Aslatra
In remote areas. In cities, you still have to wait for someone.
derktoon
You can pump your own diesel, but gas has to be done by an attendant
vonkeswick
Specifically, counties with less than 40k residents
waldo9254
What's the logic behind not letting people pump their own gas?
Fitzapollo
It's the other way around, there isn't a compelling reason to not have pump attendants in most cases. The other cases have exceptions
bmack2
Have you met a lot of humans?
waldo9254
By that logic people shouldn't be allowed to drive either. Oregon should have mandatory self driving cars then.
TheRealFireFrenzy
And since teslas rammed police cars for a while there, probably just go back to horse and buggies ;)
Blightsteel101
As an Oregonian, I dont trust a lot of Oregonians to pump gas
tornnpoys3000
Reduces unemployment
Zyiadem
Oil companies pay more people and therefore more taxes.
katolu
And the tax dodging oil company can claim to be "job creators".
lazerhosen
I thought most gas stations were franchises/independent from oil companies?
aFadingMemory
Jerbs
blumpk1npie
Mao would be proud
StillNotYouTube
This is the real reason, but the fact that we let 16 year olds dispense a highly explosive substance is kind of crazy.
HiMyNameIsKevinIHaveChangnesia
Well except that 16 year olds & younger can safely pump gas in 48 other states, it’s really not that dangerous for a semi-grown human.
insanumingenium
Resuce spills, attempts at overriding safety devices, other stupid shit people do, provides low skill jobs
insanumingenium
Lol autocorrect rescue vs reduce
anasteelittlething
Trash bags full of gas in trunks, using a Rubbermaid 55gal bin as a gas can, smoking at the pump, pouring it all over the ground, etc.
kaarbaakimgr
Actually, it’s a jobs program.
itsallaboutthecones
In the places where people pump their own gas, I really don't think most of these are common except the cigarette one. People suck.
hjf2011
yes but, how many injuries or even deaths actually happen because of this?
ActionJohnnie
Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is great. If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate.
genericanamoly
About 2 people a year, and about $20 million a year in property damage.
Exeteri
They get fined $500 if someone reports it. I'd be angry too
ToolmanTR
This has to be incorrect because i pump my own gas in Oregon all the time
zsazsazsazsa
Are you in eastern or southern Oregon?
ToolmanTR
Neither. Portland area
zsazsazsazsa
Like East Clackamas area? I’m shocked because I live in metro and I don’t know where I can do that (I am in a car w/ gas).
sDsnAlien
Reports what?
SlightlyRelatedToThePost
It.
seehemewe
If a regular person pumps their own gas instead of a highly qualified individual to do a simple task done by regular people in 48 states
Deathwing777
ProgeriaProstitutes
And everywhere outside of the States too.
ccman87
in their defense we do have people in the other 48 like the lady filling plastic grocery bags in her trunk
ThomasThundersword
you didnt get plastic bags and other random shit filled in oregon. work in any customer facing job and you will rapidly learn how stupid>
ThomasThundersword
the general public is. and be very thankful for our attendants.
itsamagicalworld
In Oregon if a customer pumps their own gas, the fire marshal can fine the gas station $500.
SirGalahadKnight
Thank you for putting this into context cause I had no clue what was up with Oregon
kutison
But somehow I am allowed to pump my own gas at pacific pride, or rural stations.
itsamagicalworld
In 2015, Oregon did change the law in some rural areas with less than 40k people to allow people to pump their own gas.
Metallica93
I think by the second frame, the New Jersey station attendant has already pick-pocketed you for pork roll sandwich money.
Shaodyn
Stolen your wallet, taken all the money, and eaten it, probably.
ActionJohnnie
Wawa
semioticmadness
He wouldn’t have done that if you had actually tipped the customary pork roll+egg+cheese. I swear people be so rude sometimes.
gtg926y
Reminds me of the Ween song ‘Pumpin for the Man’ about New Hope PA.
LaffertyDanie1
I wish I could upvote this more than once
PeeDrinker69
Pork roll egg & cheese on a kaiser bun.
PointlessBarking
YES!
gtg926y
If you please.
imheretocollectdogtaxes
Salt pepper ketchup
PegLegSteg
It's taylor ham!
sgtjim
John Taylor's Pork Roll. ?
newarkitecture
Grew up in Bergen county. Converted to team pork roll when I learned "Taylor ham" was just a brand name after moving to central jersey.
tomatoboy
^this
pariah76
Taylor ham is a brand. It's a pork roll
mmartin762
Dude. Taylor is the brand. It literally says right on it TAYLOR PORK ROLL. It's never called Taylor Ham
Traja01
The only brand
IVIornin
Case's in Trenton would like to have a word with you.
Traja01
I’m willing to hear them out and try a free sandwich in the name of diplomacy and fair dealing.
myballshurt
It fucking pork roll
itsallaboutthecones
MushroomFiend
It's either or. I'm from central NJ.
myballshurt
There is no central nj, only people who dont want to say they live in the north! Dividing line is trenton. Hahaha
MushroomFiend
JON STEWART SAYS CENTRAL NJ EXISTS, SO IT EXISTS.
Billis75
*scrapple people asking if there are leftovers to make more scrapple*
galiean251
Probably the best reply to this
myballshurt
Mmmmmmm scrapple
itsallaboutthecones
Never heard of it, looked it up and it doesn't sound half bad. But then again, I am a fatty.
six2midnight
I live in PA. I felt this and laughed too hard. Pump your own gas you lazy sacks.
TheThirdDay
Have you ever met anyone from New Jersey? We are far too dumb to be trusted with explosive materials.
TheThirdDay
That's not a joke, by the way.
OnionWaffleBoy
Used to live there and visited years later. Went to pump my own gas as per usual and the attendant came out screaming like I kicked a puppy.
paupaulol
I see a lot of PA plates getting gas in NJ.
CaptainClut
We pump fists, not gas
MrKomisiripala
Glad I don’t have to when it’s freezing out. Also, less drive offs.
gwhh
That how we keep people from leaving. NJ. They don’t know how to use a gas pump.
gjg147
You’re also held ransom at most bridges, you have to pay to leave NJ
smallfrie32
Idk bout NJ, but the argument in OR was it creates jobs and lessens the likelihood of folks doing dumb stuff with gas.
Fitzapollo
as a former employee of a gas station, jesus christ, the second one. you know where people weren't filling bags with gasoline? Oregon.
pie4155
NJ was also gasoline idiot free *until they got home that is*
Tanishh
One time not too long ago, wawa in SJ like 15 min from Philly had ZERO attendants at the pumps. Middle of the day, every pump occupied. So
Tanishh
everyone was pumping their own gas and giving nervous glances for police or angry attendants or something. ‘Twas a grand old time.
myballshurt
Jersey gas is usually cheaper that PA, so Ill stay being lazy
EngageWithZorp
It used to be cheaper than NY, now it's more expensive, but it's lovely not having to get out of your car in winter.
nw2656hbsg24
FTFY…Cheaper than NYC?
EngageWithZorp
Ah true, NJ gas is now more expensive than the Hudson Valley though.