Oregon lawmakers last week gave final approval to a bill that ends the state's ban on self-service gas pumps, a prohibition that has been in place since 1951.
It’s a matter of personal independence and speed. If I’m at a gas station to fill up then I’m not making progress in getting where I want to be going. I know what grade of gas I want put in my car, I know how the pumps operate, and I can generally fuel my car faster than going through the back-and-forth process of dealing with an attendant. Of course, I’ve also only lived in places where self-service was the norm, so I’m very used to pumping my own gas. Whenever I drive down to visit my sister in Portland I always try to fill up across the river in Washington just so I don’t have to deal with the mandatory full-service in Oregon.
I’ve been yelled at by gas attendants in Oregon when I’ve tried to pump my own gas before. I find it just easier to just avoid refilling in the state if I can.
It’s a matter of personal independence and speed. If I’m at a gas station to fill up then I’m not making progress in getting where I want to be going. I know what grade of gas I want put in my car, I know how the pumps operate, and I can generally fuel my car faster than going through the back-and-forth process of dealing with an attendant. Of course, I’ve also only lived in places where self-service was the norm, so I’m very used to pumping my own gas. Whenever I drive down to visit my sister in Portland I always try to fill up across the river in Washington just so I don’t have to deal with the mandatory full-service in Oregon.
I mean you can do like me and just pump your own gas… I’ve never been stopped in Oregon from doing it and in face the attendants usually thank me.
I’ve been yelled at by gas attendants in Oregon when I’ve tried to pump my own gas before. I find it just easier to just avoid refilling in the state if I can.