New Jersey and Oregon

[Strike For The South]

Why can't I pump gas in your states? Enlighten me please.

[Marshal Murat]

I've heard that those who pump gas for customers help prevent "gas waste" by handling the hoses properly.

Or the two states are run by eco-authoritarians.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Speaking as a New Jerseyan, I have no idea. We have really cheap gas and we don't even have to pump it.

Could be because of the eco thing, but the policy was in place even when we had a Republican governor in Whitman. I know she later ran the EPA, but that's not saying much considering Bush appointed her.

[Lord Winter]

The defense I've always heard here (oregon), is job creation and uniqueness. To be honest I think most people wouldn't mind doing it their self but it has become such a part of what makes Oregon Oregon that it every attempt to overturn it has failed.

[Sheogorath]

If you ever lived in Oregon you'd know that it's much nicer inside the car when it's raining. You just have to hope that the rain is coming from the passenger side, or else you have to roll down both windows to stop the car from flooding.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I probably asked this before, but whereabouts you from, GH? And I don't have a solid answer but I vaguely remember someone telling me it was enacted because someone pumping their own gas started a fire or something. So classic New Jersey nanny-statism, but one I don't really care about.

[Crazed Rabbit]

The defense I've always heard here (oregon), is job creation and uniqueness.

Job creation has to be one of the stupidest reasons in human history for such an idea.

It always peeves me when I go to Oregon. They must think I get as stupid as them when I enter their state - Hello! It takes a couple years for the IQ drop to take effect!*

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*based on the latest research I've seen.

[GeneralHankerchief]

I probably asked this before, but whereabouts you from, GH? And I don't have a solid answer but I vaguely remember someone telling me it was enacted because someone pumping their own gas started a fire or something. So classic New Jersey nanny-statism, but one I don't really care about.

I grew up in Cherry Hill.

And I don't mind it too, although it is slightly annoying when the pumpers round up. Last summer, back when prices were ridiculous, you were paying enough as it is. I remember asking a guy to fill it up and it comes to something like $XX.40 and the guy takes it all the way to the next dollar. That's wrong on more than a few levels.

[Gregoshi]

I remember asking a guy to fill it up and it comes to something like $XX.40 and the guy takes it all the way to the next dollar. That's wrong on more than a few levels.

That is Jersey's version of "self service".

[Yoyoma1910]

Nothing like the continuation of useless jobs.



The pumpers should at least be required to dress up like pimps when they're showing you how to properly handle them hose.



"Texaco, where's my ten percent. You watch here BP. Let me show you what happens when a hose don't listen to her pump!"

[Fisherking]

Job creation has to be one of the stupidest reasons in human history for such an idea.

It always peeves me when I go to Oregon. They must think I get as stupid as them when I enter their state - Hello! It takes a couple years for the IQ drop to take effect!*

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*based on the latest research I've seen.

What’s with OR any way?

They know how to tick people off though! Didn’t WA & OR go to war once?

[Lord Winter]

What’s with OR any way?

It's all the ex hippies.

[drone]

It's all the ex hippies.

Dumb California ex-hippies. They were told to go north of the border to avoid the draft, they didn't understand this meant Canada.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Dumb California ex-hippies. They were told to go north of the border to avoid the draft, they didn't understand this meant Canada.

They understood what it meant, but while traversing Humboldt county they got sorta....distracted...and never got past the Williamette valley.


Both Oregon and Jersey are, effectively, closed shop states. Unions -- with their preserve all jobs at almost any cost attitude -- wield a lot of political power in these states, often disproportionately to their numbers.

[Hosakawa Tito]

You can trust your car to the man who wears the star, Texaco Star that is. And he used to check your oil, tire pressure & clean the windows too, that was service. Now one scurries inside to prepay (like some common criminal) before having the privilege of pumping your own and then back in to get your change. Yes, the Golden Age of motoring is long past.... Philistines.

[Major Robert Dump]

Job creation is a valid excuse for a slew of other political causes, so why not this?

I can't speak for those states, though, but here there is a huge difference in price for self serv vs full service, but maybe thats because all of the full servs here actually check the oil, air the tires, wash the windows etc.

So, are you supposed to tip these guys?

[Marshal Murat]

Infoplease on Gas Pumping

The purpose of these laws was to protect consumers and gas station owners from costly, and possibly deadly, accidents. Better education and improved technology, however, have made pumping gas much safer and easier for consumers over the last 50 years. Since the 1970s, self-service gas stations have grown in popularity.

[Strike For The South]

You say job creation. I say communist takeover.

[GeneralHankerchief]

So, are you supposed to tip these guys?

Nope.

[Strike For The South]

Nope.

Is it weird? I would make sexual advances toward my pumper. Unbutton my top button, lick my lips, tell him he can really handle that long shaft ETC.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

The daily show asked some senator dude questions about this in an interview and he said it was because of the threat of wild dogs attacking customers.

[Strike For The South]

The daily show asked some senator dude questions about this in an interview and he said it was because of the threat of wild dogs attacking customers.

So it's ok if the pumper gets mauled? WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A LIFE TOGETHER

[GeneralHankerchief]

Is it weird? I would make sexual advances toward my pumper. Unbutton my top button, lick my lips, tell him he can really handle that long shaft ETC.

Well, most of my pumpers are middle-aged Middle Eastern guys, so I don't think that's in the cards.

Usually I just roll down my window and go "Hi, can I get $XX of regular/fill it up with regular".

[Strike For The South]

Well, most of my pumpers are middle-aged Middle Eastern guys, so I don't think that's in the cards.

Usually I just roll down my window and go "Hi, can I get $XX of regular/fill it up with regular".

You just don't know how to grease them.

[Crazed Rabbit]

The daily show asked some senator dude questions about this in an interview and he said it was because of the threat of wild dogs attacking customers.

LOL! Clip anywhere?

I guess they don't care about the pumpers...

Well, most of my pumpers are middle-aged Middle Eastern guys, so I don't think that's in the cards.

Not in Oregon. At least, the one guy I saw was white.

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[GeneralHankerchief]

You just don't know how to grease them.

Enlighten me, O Master.

[Strike For The South]

Enlighten me, O Master.

Say my friend after everything, Strike up a conversation, Pat his shoulder allot while laughing. I did this with the Indian guy who runs a local convieint store and now he sells me booze.

I assume the next step is marriage. That's how these things work right?

[Sasaki Kojiro]

LOL! Clip anywhere?

I guess they don't care about the pumpers...

Here:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/in...e=Pump-My-Ride

Well worth a watch.

[GeneralHankerchief]

It's people like him that give my state the reputation it has.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Here:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/in...e=Pump-My-Ride

Well worth a watch.

Hilarious!

Thanks for the link

CR