Oregon Gas Crisis - Starting 2018 the right way

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The state of Oregon has joined 48 other states in the union to allow “self-service” gas stations, meaning you can now pump your own gas as opposed to a “full-service” station where an employee does it for you.
New Jersey is now the only state to not allow self-service at all.


https://www.boredpanda.com/pump-your-own-gas-stations-laws-oregon/

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This comment raises more questions, like “how did you almost die?”
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The machines are taking jobs once again. I don’t remember fucking up pumping gas so badly I smell like it.
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You wearing a skirt in winter in Oregon is on you, don’t blame the gas.
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“cooties”
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“transients”
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Job opportunities await!

Edit: This was moved from it’s original forum Salt Mine to Articles and Happenings so I edited the title.
 
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Pikonic said:
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As someone who worked in a gas station, these photos aren't particularly odd.

Break away's happen all the time and aren't a big deal, in fact the metal part you see on the end of the hose is designed to just snap back into place by hand and doesn't require any tools to do so.

When a nozzle is faulty or there's something wrong with someones fuel intake turning the nozzle upside down can prevent it from constantly shutting off.

The hoses are designed to be flexible and there's nothing wrong with stretching them across a vehicle. In fact a most big rigs have two desperate fuel tanks with intakes on either side of the truck, and prior to systems that allowed a trucker to fill up using two separate dispensers simultaneously on the same ticket it was common to just fling the hose underneath the truck to reach the other side once the first one was done.
 
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To those complaining about "smelling like gas", if you smell like gas after you filled up, you did it wrong.

That's like saying you don't want to use a chainsaw because you'll end up covered in blood. Again, that's only if you do it WRONG.



And when you have the hang of that, you can come work for my company where you get the bonus level of having to add DEF too.
 
Nekromantik said:
I can barely remember seeing a few full-service stations in the early 80's, but it was once in a full moon that we saw one on a road trip.
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I've only seen two in my entire life, both are stations that have existed for a long time (at least 50 years in the same location)
this was as late as three weeks ago too.
 
There were a surge of " fireballs at gas stations" in the news a few years back, but then it was discovered it was caused by static electricity sparks caused by the drivers themselves by hopping back into their cars for warmth, building SE and going back out to remove the nozzle only to let off a spark and go up in flames.

What kind of limp wristed dipshit can't stand the cold for a few minutes?
 
Even I can do this. And I don't have a car.

Watch daddy do it when I was 15.

Step 1: Unscrew the lid from the tank.
Step 2: Take off the gas hose.
Step 3: Push it in the car and pump it full.
Step 4: Take it out and put it back.
Step 5: Put that lid back on.
Step 6: Go into the gas station to pay.

Ta da!
 
Oregon is one of those states that I keep forgetting exists. Just like Utah.

I don't think I've ever seen full service in my life. Although it's been awhile since I've been to Jersey and I can't recall it being full service. But I guess it is and I just didn't notice because I don't drive anyway.

What is with these babies? Every day I see people pumping their own gas like it's nothing. And they are crying about cold weather and smelling like gas? I kind of like the smell myself. I don't think it's that bad. In fact, isn't that scent added because you need to be aware of gas leaks? They aren't going to make it rose scented for Oregonians because "Wah my work clothes".

Isn't Mundane Matt in Oregon? Is he whining about this yet?
 
Nekromantik said:
I can barely remember seeing a few full-service stations in the early 80's, but it was once in a full moon that we saw one on a road trip.
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I thought that that was the joke in Back to the Future, where in the '50s, the driver honked the horn and the guys came out to pump the gas, something they wouldn't do in the 1980s.
 
Hearing the autistic screeching of Portland retards, who aren't even affected by this law, I wonder what the people from the counties that the 40k and under cap apply to think about this. I'd imagine the vast majority of them aren't freaking the fuck out about this, but I'm not holding my breath.
 
Xarpho said:
I thought that that was the joke in Back to the Future, where in the '50s, the driver honked the horn and the guys came out to pump the gas, something they wouldn't do in the 1980s.
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I think in the 80's it started to die out. But I remember seeing a few of them because it was so weird that they existed. It was usually out in the middle of bum fuck nowhere in a place that looked like it belonged in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
 
As a kid in the late 80's, only Exxon still offered full service as the default, and only at their actual stations. (Vets of my era will remember those stucco sided spanish-tiled buildings)

But even then, they were going away fast.

By the time I got to Junior High in 89', only 1 was left, the rest had closed, been bulldozed for convenience stores and the usual self serve islands.
 
TowinKarz said:
As a kid in the late 80's, only Exxon still offered full service as the default, and only at their actual stations. (Vets of my era will remember those stucco sided spanish-tiled buildings)

But even then, they were going away fast.

By the time I got to Junior High in 89', only 1 was left, the rest had closed, been bulldozed for convenience stores and the usual self serve islands.
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I can remember them into the early 90s, but they had become rather unusual. A lot were hybrids, where you could pull into one lane for self serve, and another for full serve. That’s probably why they stuck around a little longer in my area.
 
TowinKarz said:
That's like saying you don't want to use a chainsaw because you'll end up covered in blood. Again, that's only if you do it WRONG.
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I always end up covered in blood when I use a chainsaw.

It's not my blood, though.
 
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