You can pump your own in parts of Oregon now

DallasSteve wrote:
I like hearing the bell ring when I run over their rubber hoses. No wait - that was 40 years ago.

:B

I didn't read this whole thread but, there have been a lot of jokes on Facebook about this. Where I live I can't think of anywhere within a 100 miles of me where you can even find someone to pump your gas for you anymore.

wa8yxm wrote:
You know.. I never really thought of this before.

But if you are not allowed to pump your own gas, that means that pump jockeys have jobs. Minimum wage perhaps, but still Jobs.

And today in the USA, there are not enough jobs and fewer every month as jobs are shipped offshore.

The unemployment rate has been dropping for the last year. With the new tax law, companies are flowing back into the the US. And by your economic viewpoint it should be illegal for you to walk out to your mailbox or cook your own dinner. People could have those jobs you know.

wa8yxm wrote:
You know.. I never really thought of this before.

But if you are not allowed to pump your own gas, that means that pump jockeys have jobs. Minimum wage perhaps, but still Jobs.

And today in the USA, there are not enough jobs and fewer every month as jobs are shipped offshore.

BINGO
Jay D.

badsix wrote:
I buy gas all over Oregon and have never had a problem, all you have to do is just ask could you please fill it to the top.
Jay D.

x2. About a 3rd of the time I get asked.

You know.. I never really thought of this before.

But if you are not allowed to pump your own gas, that means that pump jockeys have jobs. Minimum wage perhaps, but still Jobs.

And today in the USA, there are not enough jobs and fewer every month as jobs are shipped offshore.

OP... I see what you did there with the title of this topic...

I buy gas all over Oregon and have never had a problem, all you have to do is just ask could you please fill it to the top.
Jay D.

I hate having to gas up any more often than necessary, and the Oregon station attendants invariably never fill my tanks up completely:

1. Our motorhome will take ~5 more gallons after gas pumps stop.
2. Our pickup truck will take ~4 more gallons after gas pumps stop.
3. Our sedan will take ~1.6 more gallons afterr the gas pumps stop.

So ..... if I can pump my own gas I can stand there and carefully trickle-fill each vehicle up to their true full capacity (which attendants won't do) so that I don't have to stop for gas so often.

Or ..... in the case of our motorhome ..... I'll have ~5 more gallons in the main tank as a safety margin for such things as running the Onan generator longer before hitting 1/4 full on the main tank when boondocking out in the middle of nowhere. ;)

badsix wrote:

BUT its ok to put a rifle in a teenagers hands and send him into combat.
Jay D.

LOL...that took a left turn!