Posted on 01/08/2018 1:24:03 PM PST by Liberty7732
I hate traffic circles.
But I think that’s kind of new in NJ. I’ve known about the gas and the turns for 25 years.
It’s definitely the new rage in MD, damn circles. Hate, hate hate them.
We went to Oregon for the first time last summer and I was very surprised when the attendant came over and tome I couldnt pump my own gas.
That was probably me.
Nah. I'm sure they occupy their time frantically honking their horn in a maniacal panic.
Jobs are easy to create, if you do not worry about them being productive.
Have a gang of a thousand workers dig ditches, then another gang of 500, fill them in. (It is easier to fill in ditches than to dig them.
Or, outlaw the use of tractors for harvesting grain. Millions of jobs at harvest time. You could follow the Chinese example, and empty the factories, schools, and universities to harvest at harvest time.
Creating jobs that are productive, that is the difficult task that capitalists do.
“I see an opportunity to make some money! Enterprising folks could charge these dolts a few bucks to pump their gas for them.”
yeah. ex-squeegee guys and illegal aliens could hang around gas station entrances holding homemade signs that say “Will Pump Gas For $3.00!”
lol, I absolutely did not know that ANY state had such a law.............
In Texas, this whole discussion is laughable!
Gawd help them if they ever have to change their own turn signal fluid.
In TX, you not only have to pump your own gas, you have to refine it first, and out in the boonies you’re expected to run your own well to pull up the oil.
Here’s why full service went away, because after the 50s it rapidly degraded until the 70s and 80s, this is what you got:
“The attendant speedily scratched the hell out of the windshield, put in the wrong fluids, lowered the tire pressure, and spilled gasoline all over the side of the car all while charging a premium price for it.”
Damn straight.
NJ actually has been trying to get rid of many traffic circles. But other localities are trying them out as a ‘traffic calming’ device. I guess Jersey’s experiences with them weren’t lesson enough.
“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?”
would be an awesome bit for Portlandia: Peter and Nance driving to LA - pull up at the pump in California - no one comes out to pump their gas - they engage in neurotic fretting about what to do, including inability to pump their own gas - show cuts to and from their waiting and fretting multiple times during the half hour show - goes from sunny to sundown - they never do get any gas ...
Hate to tell you, but, uh, you’re one of *those* people. :P
In short, decline in customer service.
I think that we are getting tarnished in social media, Lizzy Acker, a reporter for The Oregonian, told NPR. Well, yes. Theres sort of a reason for that. But Acker is confident in Oregonians ability to actually pump their own gas. And I think most Oregonians are self-sufficient enough to figure out how to pump their own gas. Just read that statement. There may not be a better example of how progressivism breeds dependency on government more and more power for government over weaker and weaker people. Not surprisingly to people who understand how capitalism works Oregon is one of the most expensive states in the union for a gallon of gas. Oregons 56-year gas-pumping law is a cautionary example of how more government regulation and control immediately limits freedoms and breeds dependence and entitlement.
True! I went to work in my brother’s gas station when I was in 8th grade. Had to wash windshield, check oil, tire pressure...people were amazed because I was a...GIRL. lol
From my cold, gasoline smelling hands......................
I thought it was a joke, ala The Onion, at first. then I realized IT’s FOR REAL!.............
No argument there, but the point is that full service was crap for far longer than it was good after WW2.
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