Posted on 01/08/2018 1:24:03 PM PST by Liberty7732
Pump GAS
Check tire pressure
Change a tire
Check oil/other fluids
“In New Jersey is still prohibited from self service.”
Oregon is the Left Coast’s answer to New Jersey! One city rule! Portland has enough population to control the entire state. Kinda like the gaggle of $hit hole enclaves along the western bank of the Hudson in NJ.
In New Jersey, we pump fists not gas!!
Never heard of pumps left in tube.
Sure it’s happened, but never personally heard of it in 40 years so doubt it has been “so many” to be much issue.
Many years ago, I was dating a young woman from New Jersey. I went to meet her folks one Christmas. At the gas station in Cherry Hill, I jumped out and starting pumping gas one cold afternoon.
Attendant came out and asked what midwestern state I came from. Seems he could spot the out of towners pretty easily.
NJ also delights in jug-handle turns wherein one cannot find where to exit.
The gas stations can just rent out throw away biohaz-suits from vending machines next to the pumps, with instructions on them, for a small fee of course!
The father of one of my childhood friends owned a full-service gas station. When I would visit the station as a kid, I marveled at the flurry of activity when a car drove up to a pump. The attendant speedily cleaned the windshield, checked all the fluids, checked the tire pressure, and filled the tank. Also, it was all done with courtesy and a smile.
I wonder what Portlandians do when (if?) they drive out of their state and pull in to a gas station for gas? Just sit there at the pump waiting for service?
Now Oregonians have something else to do beside condescendingly staring down their noses at Californians stupidity. They can stand befuddledly staring at a gas pump wondering “how does this thing work”.
This person can't be for real.
Oh it happens, or at least happened, many times, that is the reason for the breakaway hoses.
My first job as a teenager in Brooklyn, NY was pumping gas for 2 bucks an hour. At 50, I moved to New Jersey and had to learn to not get out of my car at the gas station to pump gas.
Last Summer on a road trip to Connecticut, I sat at the gas pumps waiting, and waiting.
At least 3 minutes passed before I realized...
I haven’t seen a full service gas station since I was a kid.
Ya didn't need the "Maybe".
Or the "most".
Don’t forget their traffic circles. Some of staters get stuck in them until they finally run out of gas.
What do Oregonians do when they drive in another state?
Wait until they find out that all the pumps in the rural areas will only service cars with the fill tube on the driver’s side of the car. Then they will really freak out.
Gawd help them if they ever have to change their own turn signal fluid.
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