New Jersey says no to self-service gas stations

[mcvickj]

I've heard it all now. I never knew you couldn't pump your own gas in New Jersey. Sounds like a pretty screwed up state if you ask me. The majority of the stations around here (Michigan) have the "Pay at the Pump" option. Swipe your card, Fill her up and off you go.

 

[SaltBoy]

Speedpass FTMFW!!

Geez, having people pump gas into my car against my will is just... creepy. It's like homeless guys that want money for washing your windshield.

 

[Hepafleb]

Originally posted by: ColdFusion718
Ummm how hard is it to pump gas man? They frickin' have directions at the pump. The first time I pumped my own gas was when I was 15 (with my learner's permit). I looked at the diagrams and figured it out on my own. It's not rocket science. Good lord! LOL

and

Originally posted by: puffff
Of course, it's not something that a person with 2 brain cells can't figure out.

but

Originally posted by: TheAudit
I would rather have Jersey's cheap full service gas, too.

 

[porterror1]

We are the minority. But, when you live your entire life with people pumping your gas for you, its very normal. With the advent of "pay at the pump" it's becoming easier, but you still have those dam old ladies paying with their cash inside. i'm still not keen on the idea of freezing my ass off while I pump my gas and spilling frickin gas on my pants cause of the leaky ass pump.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: porterror1
If those other states had over 20,000 gas station attendents losing their jobs. And then found other jobs for them, then show me. For some people...sadly enough, this is all they know..

btw. pittsburg is not a city...it's a dump for trash.

You're an idiot, have you been there? Its a very nice city..."nicer" than Philly. It also has over 300K people, which is more than any city in Jersey.

Keep your dirty shores, and stop coming here for school/work/sports. Sounds like a fair deal.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: porterror1
We are the minority. But, when you live your entire life with people pumping your gas for you, its very normal. With the advent of "pay at the pump" it's becoming easier, but you still have those dam old ladies paying with their cash inside. i'm still not keen on the idea of freezing my ass off while I pump my gas and spilling frickin gas on my pants cause of the leaky ass pump.

I've never spilled gas on myself or witnessed one of these "leaky ass pumps".

 

[porterror1]

Please please, tell all your PA heads to stay off our shores..I'd be delighted to drive to our beaches without all your PA traffic. Plus our shores would clean up alot .

Bah. When your hands are freezing cold, your shoes 10 inch deep in snow and the gas station didn't clean their dam lot. I pray that PA had self-service in the poconos. I'd rather have Abdul run to my car fill it up, while i'm listening to some tunes in my heated car. Hey...it could be slightly slower...maybe. But, nothing beats dry shoes.

 

[Deeko]

You're neglecting your part of the bargain. Turn in your degree and please report to CCC or Rutgers to get a new college education, too. Don't forget to quit your job while you're at it.

 

[porterror1]

Bah. NJ people don't bash philly intentionally. We just respond to the stupid PA people bashing jersey.

 

[KK]

I like to get some gas on my fingers and then sniff my fingers. I couldn't do that in jersey.

Also, do jersey's folks have to go to the gas station to have the attendant fill up their weedwackers and other small engine machines that use gas? Surely, they can't be expected to fill them up themselves.

 

[illusion88]

Every time I drive by the Oregon boarder I always see someone struggling to pump their gas on the california side.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: illusion88
Every time I drive by the Oregon boarder I always see someone struggling to pump their gas on the california side.

yeah, that is a hard thing to do. I feel for those poor folks.

 

[porterror1]

I've always done the bucket fill-up myself for lawnmowers, but I'm sure there are some gas station attendents that find that offesive.

 

[Parrotheader]

Originally posted by: B00ne
Besides, apart from having to pay for the pumper - gas station without self servace got to have a much lower revenue compared to self service - as ppl do not (need to) enter the shop anymore - which is responsible for the vast majority of the income of a gas station (here in Germany at least)

I wondered about that myself because gas station operators will regularly tell you they make far more off food and drinks than they do off gas. It'd be interesint to compare how much revenue station operators in New Jersey and Oregon get on in-store purchases versus the rest of the country.

You can barely find any self-service pumps around here anymore. There's a couple that still offer one pump that's full-service near my office. But that's just because it's an extremely old-money part of town that likes the fact that it looks like it's still living in 1955.

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: captains
i've seen people from NJ get outta their cars and stare at the pumps for like 5 min...... i could imagine elderly people just stranded at home because they are too afraid to stop at the gas station and figure it out

Me too. Not long ago I was at the gas station and some woman asked me how it worked? I looked at her like WTF what planet are you from? Then she explained she was from NJ and they weren't allowed to pump their own gas. I think I looked at her again like WTF?

 

[Baked]

Can you pump your own gas in NJ if you're a visitor from out of state, where you're intelligent enough to pump your own gas?

 

[wetcat007]

Don't want to get out of the car to pump gas? While is the population of this country getting lazy, but I gotta walk four steps over to the pump, I could die.... I don't think there's anything but selfservice gas stations around here (Minneapolis), but maybe they're more common else where? I have no problem pumping gas myself, and to my knowledge it doesnt really make u smell like gas afterwards unless ur spilling it on yourself. Also, how can you not know how to fill gas in your car. No one ever showed me and I figured it out just fine lol.

Safety wise maybe they could simply enforce no smoking and no cell phones better...

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: wetcat007


Safety wise maybe they could simply enforce no smoking and no cell phones better...

I don't think cell phones have ever caused a fire.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Parrotheader

Originally posted by: B00ne
Besides, apart from having to pay for the pumper - gas station without self servace got to have a much lower revenue compared to self service - as ppl do not (need to) enter the shop anymore - which is responsible for the vast majority of the income of a gas station (here in Germany at least)

I wondered about that myself because gas station operators will regularly tell you they make far more off food and drinks than they do off gas. It'd be interesint to compare how much revenue station operators in New Jersey and Oregon get on in-store purchases versus the rest of the country.

You can barely find any self-service pumps around here anymore. There's a couple that still offer one pump that's full-service near my office. But that's just because it's an extremely old-money part of town that likes the fact that it looks like it's still living in 1955.

I assume you are talking about Mountain Brook. Believe it or not, but there's still a full service station in Pleasant Grove.

 

[porterror1]

Self-service is a convenience that has led to drivers not wanting to pump gas themselves, thus never learning how-to. I agree this is dumb and I for one insisted when I got my liscense to learn how to pump gas + learn manual tarnsmission. Also, If it was such a bad thing, don't you think we'd be complaining in new jersey to "GIVE US BACK OUR RIGHTS TO PUMP OUR OWN GAS!!".

 

[Parrotheader]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: Parrotheader

Originally posted by: B00ne
Besides, apart from having to pay for the pumper - gas station without self servace got to have a much lower revenue compared to self service - as ppl do not (need to) enter the shop anymore - which is responsible for the vast majority of the income of a gas station (here in Germany at least)

I wondered about that myself because gas station operators will regularly tell you they make far more off food and drinks than they do off gas. It'd be interesint to compare how much revenue station operators in New Jersey and Oregon get on in-store purchases versus the rest of the country.

You can barely find any self-service pumps around here anymore. There's a couple that still offer one pump that's full-service near my office. But that's just because it's an extremely old-money part of town that likes the fact that it looks like it's still living in 1955.

I assume you are talking about Mountain Brook. Believe it or not, but there's still a full service station in Pleasant Grove.

Yup. Mtn Brook. I've pulled into the full-service pump at the station near my office by mistake a couple of times. It always catches me off-guard when the attendant comes strolling up to my car.

I'm sure there's a few more, but I hadn't noticed any others around town recently. For some reason it seems like one in Vestavia might offer it. But I remember quite a few of them when I was younger. My best friend's mom (now that I think about it, I think she was from New Jersey) always used to use them. Even back then it felt odd though.

 

[Fritzo]

I would ask the people in that article what they thing motorists do when they leave the state?

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: porterror1
Self-service is a convenience that has led to drivers not wanting to pump gas themselves, thus never learning how-to. I agree this is dumb and I for one insisted when I got my liscense to learn how to pump gas + learn manual tarnsmission. Also, If it was such a bad thing, don't you think we'd be complaining in new jersey to "GIVE US BACK OUR RIGHTS TO PUMP OUR OWN GAS!!".

No, because Jerseyites have this mentality that Jersey is the greatest place in the universe, and thus anything that is a certain way in Jersey MUST be the best way to do it.

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
I grew up in Oregon, & moved ~2 years ago to PA.

I have no idea what would make people think that pumping their own gas is a privilege.

I would MUCH rather let someone else pump my gas. I like my warm (or cool), dry car thank you very much.

Viper GTS

QFT

 

[Killerme33]

First time I pumped gas was when I was 14 or so w/ my parents. My dad told me to fill it up. Guess what, I filled it up without any trouble, just watching my parents do it for years. As for these leaks and spilling gas on yourself, I've never seen it and I don't think it's possible. Most pumps have a seal that needs to be made w/ the tank before you can pump.

My aunt/cousins live in NJ my aunt is crazy about not filling up her own tank. We were driving back from somewhere and were near the border but not on the NJ side. She started to pull into a gas station then said she would wait and get it on the NJ side so that she didn't have to fill it up herself. I was completely shocked.