Jersey girls don't pump gas

[MM27]

Do people tip the guy who pumps their gas?

I've seen people from out of state tip, but I never have.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

I was in CT yesterday, and low on gas, so I pulled off the highway (don't remember if it was 395 or rte 2) and lo and behold, there was a FULL SERVE station, with cash and credit prices, as well as a sign saying that tips were welcomed. The cash price for REGULAR was $2.95; the credit price was $3.05. I bought $10 worth, and no, I did not tip. Then when I got to my regular, self-serve station at home, I filled it up for $2.69/gallon. (Over the weekend, in NJ, I paid $2.43/gallon, full serve.)

 

[BelleWDW]

My goodness-i never remember the exact price of gas! And I filled up today

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

My goodness-i never remember the exact price of gas! And I filled up today

My goodness!!!

 

[locolala]

We filled up today (ourselves, on base) for $2.85 a gallon.. and we use premium. Regular was 2.50.

Anyone know the answer to my question about diesel? Can you pump your own diesel in NJ?

 

[tevagirl]

I'm from New Jersey. I love not having to pump gas. It does make it a little difficult when traveling though since I don't know what I'm doing.

I stand in front of the pump looking like a doofus, wondering if I pay first or pump first while chanting in my head "righty-tighty, lefty loosy" the whole time.

 

[Tweevil]

Diesel....
It depends on where you go. If you go to an area with a truck area then you pump your own, they man the car pumps but the diesel islands aren't. If you go a regular gas station with the diesel amongst the gas pumps then they will probably help you.

Hope this helps,

 

[locolala]

Diesel....
It depends on where you go. If you go to an area with a truck area then you pump your own, they man the car pumps but the diesel islands aren't. If you go a regular gas station with the diesel amongst the gas pumps then they will probably help you.

Hope this helps,

Thank you . Hopefully we should be able to find a truck area, the trailer is pretty long so it's easier to get in and out of truck areas than regular gas stations. It's good to hop out and check on the horses anyways, so even if they do pump my fuel I'll still hop out and check on the kids.

 

[Buckalew11]

My goodness!!!

Don't laugh Mare, she might be old or something. Or maybe she is real rich and never even looks at the prices of things.

I'm amazed that full service in NJ is so cheap. Gas is more here than there for self serve.

If I lived in NJ, I'd get the attendant to pump my gas and bring me a Tastykake every time I pulled in to fill'er up!!

 

[disfan07]

wow...

I cant imagine not filling my own car. I was raised in virginia and now live in california.
I had to fill my car one day last year when it was a high of 5 degrees in virginia. Yet somehow i still managed to survive. Filling your car takes all of like 5 minutes at the most. Yesterday i was in and out of the gas station in less than 10 minutes.

 

[Macca1111]

Wait, full service stations still exist somewhere besides in black and white movies and tv shows? Learn something new every day! I'm 28, and I've never been to a full service station...I think they may have existed at some point while I was alive, but certainly not while I've been driving.

 

[bballmom56]

Yesterday i was in and out of the gas station in less than 10 minutes.

Me, too! And I didn't even get out of the car. Handed the attendant my cc, said "fill it regular, please", waited a few minutes while it filled, got cc and receipt back and was on my way in probably 6 or 7 minutes. It REALLY felt good to just sit in the car after working a very physical job, outside, 8 hours, on my feet all day. Could I have done it myself if I had to? Sure. But it was really nice not to!

 

[BelleWDW]

It REALLY felt good to just sit in the car after working a very physical job, outside, 8 hours, on my feet all day. !

I'm on my feet all day and have a physical job also.
Doesn't even enter my mind when I'm pumping gas,

Oh, I do go to the cheapest station=and notice prices of gas.
Its not important enough to remember a week later-to the penny asthe poster above did. Shrug

 

[CapeMayMommy]

I'm from New Jersey. I love not having to pump gas. It does make it a little difficult when traveling though since I don't know what I'm doing.

I stand in front of the pump looking like a doofus, wondering if I pay first or pump first while chanting in my head "righty-tighty, lefty loosy" the whole time.

Hey Exit Zero Neighbor!!

 

[CapeMayMommy]

There has been an evolution in garbage collecting also. Old trucks required 3 people-driver and two men-one to get cans from left-one from right. Stopping traffic as they cross street.

As more and more homes and population increases-each of these 3 men now run their own truck.

Newer garbage collection trucks have only a driver- automated arm grabs our special cans-lifts and turns it over.

Its called progress and moving forward.
Change is a scary thing, I guess for New Jersey.

New Jersey has a high immigrant population.

One gas station that I went to was entirely staffed by Haitians. I could tell by the accent. Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. Rarely do people complete high school.

The state of New Jersey has provided them with a job that they are qualified to do. And this was one of the friendliest gas stations I've been to. Perhaps this will be a step to an even better job for them.

Meanwhile, the Exxons and Sunocos of the world would love to see these jobs eliminated. They argued for the lifting of the ban. In reality, these large companies have to contribute to salaries if they want to do business in New Jersey. New Jerseyans believe , by and large, that the big gas companies wouldn't offer them any savings, and instead pocket the money they save from labor.

Are you for the big guy---Hess, Exxon, Sunoco, etc.--- or are you for the little guy---the gas station owners, the gas station attendents, the elderly and disabled?

That's why some of the posters here are actually proud of the policy.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

I had to fill my car one day last year when it was a high of 5 degrees in virginia. Yet somehow i still managed to survive.

No other deaths reported on this thread either, full or self serve!

I'm on my feet all day and have a physical job also.

Oh, I do go to the cheapest station=and notice prices of gas.
Its not important enough to remember a week later-to the penny asthe poster above did. Shrug

First, I'd hardly call filling a vase with flowers a "physical" job. Second, no one with a real physical job has said that they CAN'T get out of the car and pump their own gas...just that they enjoy NOT. Third, I remembered the gas price in CT from the DAY BEFORE I posted. (Apparently there's some pride that you can't? Well...you go girl! (I guess. )) I remember the gas price from 3 days before, when I filled up on Sunday in NJ to come home (does it make you feel better that I don't remember the price I paid in RI on FRIDAY to go TO NJ?), because it's eye opening to see the much lower prices in NJ, particularly when it gets pumped for me. Why IS this such a big deal to you Ruth? Or are you just not good with numbers...gas prices, how many days in a week...

I was in CT yesterday, and low on gas, so I pulled off the highway (don't remember if it was 395 or rte 2) and lo and behold, there was a FULL SERVE station, with cash and credit prices, as well as a sign saying that tips were welcomed. The cash price for REGULAR was $2.95; the credit price was $3.05. I bought $10 worth, and no, I did not tip. Then when I got to my regular, self-serve station at home, I filled it up for $2.69/gallon. (Over the weekend, in NJ, I paid $2.43/gallon, full serve.)

 

[mjkacmom]

wow...

I cant imagine not filling my own car. I was raised in virginia and now live in california.
I had to fill my car one day last year when it was a high of 5 degrees in virginia. Yet somehow i still managed to survive. Filling your car takes all of like 5 minutes at the most. Yesterday i was in and out of the gas station in less than 10 minutes.

It takes the same amount of time here to have someone pump your gas as it would to pump it yourself. Do you actually get a thrill pumping gas?! Is it rewarding?! Yea me - I get to exit my warm vehicle, stand outside for a few minutes, and get back in - sounds magical. I'm actually jealous I don't get the priviledge of pumping my own gas now...

 

[sbell111]

You guys still don't get it.

Doing away with the law that requires all gas stations to be full serv will not require them to all be self serv. If, as you argue, people still want full serv, there will still be a full serv option.

 

[jenlynn0808]

My coworkers and I were talking about the election last month. Our current governor lost. I am from New Jersey.

I am a Democrat, but admitted that I didn't vote for him... When I told my two male coworkers that "he lost my vote the day he proposed I should pump my own gasoline." My two male coworkers thought I was nuts.

In New Jersey, there is a sign on every gas pump that states it is unlawful for patrons to pump their own gas. (only New Jersey and Oregon have this law) New Jersey has had consistantly amongst the lowest prices for gas in the country despite full service only. The governor proposed that I would save $.06/gallon or $.60 per week pumping my own . (yeah, right) This in a state where property taxes average 6000k for a modest detached home.

If I want to save $.60 , I'll clip coupons. Gas is nasty, stinky stuff. He proposed that I get out of my car, leaving my children in their car seats, possibly dressed in heels,stocking and a dress in 10 degree weather. Yeah , right.

I am not the only New Jersyean who feels this way. No other issue received such a pubic outcry as this. Woman's groups, and groups for the elderly and disabled came out against Corzine's proposal to change to self service at gas stations.

If you are from New Jersey or Oregon, do you like the law?

If you are not from New Jersey or Oregon, do you wish you had this law or do you think that it's just nuts to not want to pump your own gas?

I just had this conversation with my Mom about the governor getting ousted because he suggested such a thing. So I have to share my 2 NJ gas station stories with you. My family is originally from MI, where we girls do pump our own gas, but about 5 years ago my Dad got transferred to NJ.

The first year (right after they moved) I drove DD and I to visit and help Mom get settled. I needed to get gas as we crossed into NJ. So I pull into a station, get out, slide my card in and grab the handle...this guy comes running out of the station yelling, seriously yelling, at me to stop what I was doing. I'm thinking something is majorly wrong, like my car is about to burst into flames with my child trapped inside that's how he came flying out of the building. He comes uo to me and says "What are YOU doing?" "Um...getting gas?" Then he asked me if he should call the cops and have me ticketed for pumping my self.

Second story involves my Mom and happened last summer. Her and a bunch of her Jersey friends decided to go to the outlet mall in PA. One of the other women drove, but she forgot to get gas before they left NJ, so they had to stop in PA, where you pump your own gas. So they pull into a gas station and the driver says "Now what?" No one else in the car knows how to pump gas. So my Mom says she knows what to do since she pumps it in MI and her and Dad use the gaspumps themselves when they drive home. Then she made the fatal mistake...she offered to show the other ladies how to work the pumps. They all stared at her with great disgust that she would even suggest teaching them how to do it.

One of the other lady's in the car later got my Mom a shirt as a gift, it says..."Jersey Girls Don't Pump Gas."

 

[mjkacmom]

You guys still don't get it.

Doing away with the law that requires all gas stations to be full serv will not require them to all be self serv. If, as you argue, people still want full serv, there will still be a full serv option.

As a PP mentioned, there are big company gas stations that don't count on their service stations as the primary income - instead, volume, such as rest stops on the GSP or turnpike. If the law was taken off the books, those stations would most likely retrofit their pumps, since they employ so many people. They would then probably lower their prices, and people would go out of their way to gas up there. Isn't this what happened to the rest of the country? The result being that it's rare to find a full service station.

What boggles my mind is why someone would care about laws in other states? Laws that residents of the state want to remain, because if eliminated, it wouldn't be in their best interest.