Self-service gas returns to Oregon after 70 years

[Baz]

Congratulations to all you Oregonians to finally have this freedom again!

[Baz]

I don't remember anyone "showing" me how to pump my own gas. I think I just read the instructions on the pump and figured it out.

Is this something that people feel is hard to know how to do?

[Baz]

OK here we go....

[LWJ]

Not a fan. It didn’t seem to add any cost and was a source of employment for people with fewer skills.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by LWJ

Not a fan. It didn’t seem to add any cost and was a source of employment for people with fewer skills.

This surprises me....

When self-service came on the scene here decades ago, those full-service pumps added quite a bit to the price.... only "rich" folks with money to burn used them .

Efficiency? How many attendants does a station with 16 pumps employ, and would I let some idjut attempt to fuel my 911, etc.

Nope....

"Maroons" belong in a box of Crayolas imo.... not scratching up my car and making me pay for their "service".

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by KC911

This surprises me....

When self-service came on the scene here decades ago, those full-service pumps added quite a bit to the price.... only "rich" folks with money to burn used them .

Efficiency? How many attendants does a station with 16 pumps employ, and would I let some idjut attempt to fuel my 911, etc.

Nope....

"Maroons" belong in a box of Crayolas imo.... not scratching up my car and making me pay for their "service".

Fill it up with ethyl.
kid: My name is Rob not Ethel.

[cstreit]

I can't believe normal functioning adults are concerned they can't pump their own gas. What do they imagine the rest of us do? wave the wand around standing in a puddle of gas?

[Baz]

Originally Posted by cstreit

I can't believe normal functioning adults are concerned they can't pump their own gas. What do they imagine the rest of us do? wave the wand around standing in a puddle of gas?

They are soft.....also enjoy the servitude angle....someone to wait on them hand and foot.....

[KFC911]

I'm shocked that self-service was even around 70 years ago.... I don't think it appeared here until the 70s.....

No one has ever pumped my gas for me ... checked the oil, cleaned my windshield, or told me how to catch a big ol' catfish on a hotdog....

I missed out on the Gomer experience

[Rusty Heap]

I can still remember full service gas stations. I worked at one, 1970's/80's. When pumping a customers gas we'd check oil and clean windshield. Even top off a low tire pressure. a FULL service gas station that had lifts and tools to fix peoples cars.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

I can still remember full service gas stations. I worked at one, 1970's/80's. When pumping a customers gas we'd check oil and clean windshield. Even top off a low tire pressure. a FULL service gas station that had lifts and tools to fix peoples cars.

Those were still around (but fading fast) when I started driving in '76 ... I was putting $3 worth of gas in my Jeep CJ5 back then ... or mebbe $4...

I could barely afford the gas tho' .... I had a new Jeep to pay for

[rwest]

I drove the 911 to Oregon from MN probably going on twenty years now and forgot that they wouldn’t let you pump your own gas, and I started to put the nozzle in out of habit and the attendant rushed over, but because it was a Porsche with the weird filler, he let me continue with close supervision!

[GH85Carrera]

I got my driver's license on my 16th birthday, and freedom!

I remember many times stopping at Sarge's service station just off base in Montgomery, AL. Pull in, run over the rubber hose and make the bell ding inside the station. Out came Sarge or one of the two employees. They washed the windshield if needed, checked the oil, checked the tires, and filled up my 60 VW bug. It was usually about $2.50 to fill up. The first time it cost me THREE whole dollars to fill up I was outraged!

The gas shortages of the oil embargo pretty much killed full service due to the cost of gas. Like maternity dress shops, full service stations are not on my radar, I am sure they are out there, just I don't pay attention to them.

I was in New Jersey, and honestly did not think about it being a state where I had to pay for someone to pump my gas. I still stood right there, and I told him filling up a 911 is like filling up a bucket, when it shuts off, it is full. And to be careful with the paint. He asked about the car, and seemed like a nice enough guy.

I had a rental car in Oregon, and once again a lifetime of pumping my own gas made some employee almost have a conniption as I reached for the pump. I did not care much as it was a rental.

I have pumped my own gas for so long it is just normal. It is nice Oregon finally figured out that of the 48 other states people pump their own gas with no issues. My mom used to prefer the one full service station as she had some disability issues that made pumping gas a chore she could skip.

[pksystems]

Originally Posted by cstreit

I can't believe normal functioning adults are concerned they can't pump their own gas. What do they imagine the rest of us do? wave the wand around standing in a puddle of gas?

Do those people worried about pumping their own gas also drive their cars on the street????

[KFC911]

Soooo.... just how much are ya supposed to tip Gomer for putting $75 worth in...

$10... nah ... mebbe 15?

To ensure they put the gas cap back on !

[Baz]

Originally Posted by KC911

Soooo.... just how much are ya supposed to tip Gomer for putting $75 worth in...

$10... nah ... mebbe 15?

To ensure they put the gas cap back on !

I pumped gas part time back in the 80's here - weekends and some weekday evenings.

Don't remember ever getting tips. Nor did I expect any.

I also waited on tables part time and DID expect tips at that job.....

[KFC911]

I never waited tables (where a tip is expected ... and required ), but I bagged groceries and carried them out and placed the bags in their cars....

I think I got a .25 tip .... once

[flatbutt]

So, jersey stands alone. I still won't let anyone pump fuel into my bikes.

[jyl]

I’m definitely not happy about this. There will go thousands of jobs, and gas prices won’t fall but gas station franchise profits will go up. This is our state government doing an industry’s bidding and screwing the low wage workers. I never had a problem self-filling the 911.

[Zeke]

70 years ago IDT gas station operators wanted people to use the hose themselves.