Oregon’s Senate has repealed a 72-year prohibition against self-service gas, with new legislation requiring gas stations to staff half the available pumps, while allowing the rest to be self-service. The bill, responding to industry staffing shortages, also prohibits charging more for full-service than self-service, likely leading to the phasing out of full-service pumps.
I grew up in farm country NJ. One day I drove to Pennsylvania with these two girls(I think I was high school senior at the time) because it was the closest 24hr Walmart. On the way back I needed to get gas and wanted to get a pack of smokes cause it was cheaper there. I gave one of girls my debit card, told her to put 20 in the tank and went into the store. I took a piss a bathroom, got out went to the counter and the guy was laughing. He said “these girls must be from NJ”… “why do you say that?”… “they have been trying to pump gas and can’t get it started”
We watched them for 20 minutes before I felt bad and went out and pumped the gas. They were not the smartest girls but wow…