Oregon’s Senate has repealed a 72-year prohibition against self-service gas, with new legislation requiring gas stations to staff half the available pumps, while allowing the rest to be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

  • @abhibeckert@beehaw.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    11 year ago

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

    • BattleOften
      link
      fedilink
      English
      01 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.

      • @averyminya@beehaw.org
        link
        fedilink
        English
        11 year ago

        Gas is literally just sex for your car. You stick the rod in the hole and jiggle it til your $20 deposit is up.

      • TehPers
        link
        fedilink
        English
        01 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.

        • @averyminya@beehaw.org
          link
          fedilink
          English
          21 year ago

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