Oregon’s Senate has repealed a 72-year prohibition against self-service gas, with new legislation requiring gas stations to staff half the available pumps, while allowing the rest to be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.

  • darknavi@vlemmy.net
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    1 year ago

    Smell that? That’s the smell of FREEDOM.

    And the smell of gas because I’ve never learned how to pump and it’s all over the ground please send help.

    • abhibeckert@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      … you stick it in your car, pull the lever, and wait for it to stop on it’s own … hardly needs learning.

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        1 year ago

        I was doing it before I was 12 because my mother was disabled. If you can’t figure it out, you might be an idiot.

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          1 year ago

          Honestly these days it’s trivial to look up how to do something. I get that not everyone is technically inclined, but it’s just as easy to look the next car over and watch what they are doing.

          I have more trouble figuring out why the pump won’t read my card than putting the gas in my car.

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            1 year ago

            Don’t forget to pull the terminal before.you insert your card, card skimmers are huge issues at gas stations