Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 00:05:04 -0500 From: tom reingold <tlr244nopsamnline.net> Subject: Re: Size of gas tank...?
Daniel Kaempff wrote: > Oregon is the other US state that forbids self-serve gasoline. No real > compelling reason for it being banned, but the Gasoline Dealers Association > is against it and they usually come up with enough scare tactics to frighten > folks and hoodwink the idiots in the Legislature. Arguments against > self-serve include loss of jobs, safety, inequity to the disabled and > elderly and the rainy Oregon weather. Bogus arguments all, but they seem to > get the job done. So, year after year, I live with long waits at the gas > station, just to have some high school dropout with no teeth fill it with > regular instead of premium as I requested, not top my tank off (fussy Saab > filler necks) and spill gas on the fender to add insult to injury. > > I say write a law that requires a full serve idiot...errr, attendant at all > stations, but doesn't make self-serve illegal. If I want to pump my own > gas, I ought to have the right to do so, just like everyone else in the US, > (except, of course, the good citizens of NJ.) Most of the time, I love my > home state's propensity for being unique and going against the grain, but > this is THE one thing about Oregon that just drives me insane!!! Yeah, I thought it was Oregon. I agree we ought to have the choice and would support a law like the one you propose. On the other hand, I don't have many bad experiences here in NJ. Nor are the lines long. I guess the gas stations here are the right size and have the right numbers of pumps and attendents. The attendents here are competent. I wonder why there's a difference between here and there. How come no one commented on my joke earlier in this thread? Tom
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