It's official, Oregon will let drivers pump their own gas. Here are the details
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2023
- In the state's 16 most populous counties, gas stations are still required to have attendants on hand to handle customers who prefer not to pump their own gas. But in 20 rural counties, gas stations can make all pumps self-serve.
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Remember Oregonians, the gas goes into your vehicle. YOU DO NOT DRINK IT!
I'm curious if the Oregonians who can't figure out how to pump their own gas just...have never been to WA, CA, or Idaho, or what...? Like, figure it out, people.
Except if you are in Portland.
@@Bane97659 Most of the people in Portland think everyone else is entitled and privileged. It would seem they have lived in an elitist bubble where men and women were forced to do menial tasks they couldn't be bothered with by law. It explains a lot.
What I don't understand is why it's called 'full service'. Full service used to mean the attendant pumping your gas, checking tire pressure, oil level, cleaning your windshield. I've NEVER experienced that within the last 15 years.
Full Service now apparently means having to run into the station, pre-pay for gas, being given a ticket to hand to the attendant outside so he/she could pump the gas - basically everything BUT full service. At least it was that way when I'd go to an Arco. Pretty pointless "full service" to me.
you are really showing your age. i vaguely remember that kind of service as a toddler, but i'm early gen x. i'm pretty sure few still alive now remember that.
@skip123davis Not much older than you, here. I grew up in the early 80s and that service was routine all over the place.
I'm almost 60 and remember that..
Green Stamps and sometimes a cup of coffee.😮
@@jamesbrown8873 oh! i forgot about the green stamps! my mom used to collect those. i'm 61.
@@skip123davis HATE TO POP YOU CHILDISSH GEN X BUBBLE, BUT IN CANADA AND MOST STATES, FULL SEVICE MEANS THEY PUMP YOUR GAS. MAYBE NEXT TIME USE GOOGLE BEFORE LOOKING LIKE A MORON . AMERICANS
It’s sad that they have to state “no obscenities” about calling the station to share thoughts. So far our country has fallen into this disrespect and hateful rhetoric. People just don’t have manners anymore.
agreed. my mother said the 40's were idyllic: men wore suits and hats, and folks were far more polite. i think the boomers screwed it all up for us. i'm gen x, and feel like there was a beach party and i'm walking by, and get cited for littering.
OH SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!!
just kiddin'
😝
Respect is earned. Hateful rhetoric is a ridiculous political term for people using their freedom of speech to say things I don't like.
This issue should have been left to the voters, not the lawmakers. The law should have been the same for the entire state, not divided into urban and rural. What would have been wrong with mandating ALL gas stations to have both self-serve and attendant served pumps. What's next for lawmakers? Due to shortages are they going to legislate self-serve in hospitals too?
Well for more populated areas its not bad income, especially if its your first job. People tip nicely but its not as needed in rural towns. Plus its an easy job for older people as long as they can walk a lot. There's layers to everything my friend :)
Naw, China going to clean us out way before that.
File a petition and get it on a future ballot!
@@jamesbrown8873 Been thinking about it.
@@ConcernedCitizenPDX wow, you tip for gas? Our culture has turned into tip haven instead of having business owners give their workers decent salaries, along with hours. If anything, the stations along the I-5 corridor and other major roads should be 1/2 and 1/2.
Oregon is being dragged kicking and screaming into the '70s
Thank God, we are finally going to have self-service gas pumps in Oregon, so a gas stop at a busy filling station will now be 5~10 minutes instead of 20~30 minutes.
How does the NO topping off law apply to this new law? You know many people are going to want to get every last drop in the tank. A problem in doing this is of you have a pickup with dual tanks and you top off, drive home and the temperature goes up the fuel will expand and the totally full tank will push fuel out of the tank.
Yet another corporate sellout. Kotek better at least put her name on this. We are paying close to top dollar nationwide and they want to lie about how they can’t find staff.
Ever wonder where the money is going?
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Man I thought entitlement was bad in OR. You people are incompetent and lazy if pumping gas requires an attendant. Like it's basically automatic by design as it is. You are paying a person to put a hose in a bucket and turn it on. The hose turns itself off when it's full.
@@Infectd… Waaah, waaah, we’re stupid enough to do the work ourselves and still pay the same.
Waaah.
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@@jgcelliott1 I have never had to tip a person nor wait in a line at a gas station and my gas is actually cheaper. You do you though. Most of the issues people in places like Portland think are negatively impacting the whole country, are actually only affecting them and other people living in equally Democrat run areas.
This is reckless!!! What if an untrained non-professional gas pumper inadvertently hits the self destruct button??? 🙄
The fact that they are making such an issue out of this just goes to show how Oregon is one BIG short bus.
I love my gas station girls they really are such great people! Although I would love to be able to get gas later at night sometime
They wont be allowed to leave pumps on after hours for complete self service unless they keep an attendant on site at all hours for the non self service pumps. (in the larger counties). If the rural counties go to completely self service, those ones can leave their pumps on for self service at all hours.
@@lanceaineyfishingI love how people seem to not get this. It's really funny, honestly.
It's about time. Finally I will be able to 'top off' my tank to even money.
Have fun with your busted vapor canister that will make your fuel pump click off every 12 cents
I do cash only, at gas stations, all over the country
is that because of card readers?
Cash was $4.35 today compared to $4.45 card at Astro. Good deal!
This is so STUPID! All I can say is that all pumps should one person for the elders and people with needs..
My guess, is that Gov. Kotek just won't sign it? Like many, well, the 'best laid plans ..' I have a friend who lives in WA & says it all started out very similar to here, but it has so degenerated. She says there are almost NO Stations that serve anybody, including the Disabled, full stop. Its self-serve or bust & she hates it!!
I can't believe this is a controversy but it's got me seriously wondering...how have people with disabilities in the rest of the country been managing all this time? Did they all move to Oregon?
Glad to see both sides working together on something. If only they could do so on the issues that really matter, but hey this Hood River County resident is happy to be pumping my own gas.
That makes no sense... Stations will have to have someone available to pump gas for those with disabilities but he said at the beginning of the video that the rural counties can have stations open for pump your own with no attendant.. Did I miss something?
Other states have entirely unmanned stations, so maybe it's Oregon ADA that applies. The Feds aren't requiring manned stations
They will save money on employees. Gas should be cheaper...but it wont.
Gas attendants move customers faster so more people can use a gas station in a given time frame, increasing profits by volume by reducing customer wait times and keeping the lines short enough for more customers to queue up instead of keep driving in search of a less busy location
I am so disappointed. I have had so many times that I have been grateful for the gas attendants and not having to pump my own gas.
It will be 50/50. I'll have a full tank and halfway home and you'll still be waiting for Lil johhny to come fill your tank.
Hopefully the places where there's no way to set a limit on how much gas is pumped whether or not they prepay, won't have to allow customers to pump their own gas. I know where I have worked it's nearly impossible to get someone who is not a regular to be honest or just mindful when putting gas in their car after paying.
Huh? Almost every gas station in the Midwest requires prepay and the pump stop at the prepay, though 99% of people just pay at the pump with a card. The pump auto stops when you are full too. It would be impossible to over pump your gas. It's insane to me some places still make servants pump gas.
Devices can fail or be misused, overpumps are not that uncommon. Also, gas attendants are voluntarily employed and get paid for their work, are generally faster and cause less overpumps. Many stations are so busy that they would lose more business profit than what they would pay in wages to employees that keep the line moving
@@ncg8259 What kind of idiocy is this? I am in my 40s and have been driving my entire life. I have never once been to a gas station since the late 1990's that even allowed for over pump. Hell, I have not seen one that allowed you to pump before you pay/use a card at the pump before it will even turn on since the early 2000's. Add to that, you do not need a degree or even more than a simple talk to from your dad to know how to pump gas at an elite level. Why? Cause you have to be mentally broken if you are incapable of swiping a card, inserting a hose and turning it on. Then it turns itself off when you are full. THats in over 20yrs of driving I have never once experienced this "over pump" nor have I ever seen a line for gas outside the hours after the 9/11 attack when people lost their shit.
@Infectd I could roll up to your gas station with an empty volume in my tank equivalent to $10 worth of gasoline, and program the machine for $20. Some other places allow you a "limitless" (Typically these will pre-authorize $100, $200 or so and then run an actual charge for the correct amount after the nozzle is returned) fill when you use your card at the pump. It's great that you're personally capable of handling yourself at the gas station, but that isn't true for everyone. Some people are overtly obsessed with pumping to an exact dollar value. Some people park on the wrong side and instead of turning the car around try to stretch the hose over the car. Some people forget to remove the nozzle before they drive away. Some people want to fill illegal containers or even intentionally dispense gasoline onto the ground. It's not you that is the problem, it's them.
If you've never seen a line at the gas station you might just live in BFE, but if not check out your nearest Costco or other grocery stores that offer fuel rewards at 4pm on a business day.
@@ncg8259 The absolute worst part about what you just said is... all the people you described get to vote... FML.
I don't know what type of backwards gas stations you have but ours cut off when the tank is full. (Midwest) Exact dollar is what prepay is for, and the pump itself has this weird little invention called a digital screen literally telling you how much you have pumped. You can even squeeze a little less tight to go slower for exact value. Now the stretched hose one over the car is just an IQ test. Now hold on, I'm about to blow your mind. If you look at your gas gauge... 99% of cars have this little arrow on the gauge in the dashboard itself that tells you which side of the car your tank is on.
Lines don't form at gas station pumps around me because the people of the Midwest have always pumped their own gas and it is super basic. Like knowing how to use a toaster.
But lowkey, if you see someone stretching the hose across their car... You are looking at a drunk/drugged driver or a future Darwin award winner.
So
When we moved to Oregon in 1979 we thought No Self-Serve was almost as cool as the Bottle Bill. Now, the gas will be just as expensive, the oil companies will make more money, fewer people will be employed, and the service will be worse. At (e.g.) Seven Feathers (which already has both kinds of pumps), you have to wait so long for an attendant that you give up and pump it yourself, even if you don't like self-serve. That will be the new normal.
HOW WOULD HAVING A CUSTOMER PUMP THEIR OWN GAS, WHICH IS DONE IN ALL OTHER 49 STATES AND CANADA, AND EUROPE, EFFECT GAS PRICES? YOU PEOPLE WERE SPECIAL ED FOR NOT HAVING TO PUMP GAS. MAKES ONE WONDER THE STATE IQ LEVEL
@@spacecowboy_1962You can not pump in NJ
@@timnawrocki3590That makes sense, NJ is the short bus of the east coast, kind of like Oregon is for the west coast.
@@RarebitFiends You mean you ride the short bus. We Have some of the wealthiest Intelligent people living here, which means. not only do we not pump our own gas, but we pay less for it. Maybe you should reevaluate your position.
@@timnawrocki3590 🤣 Typical Jersey, not even clever enough to come up with your own insults, so stupid you have to reuse the one just applied to you.
For the love of god lmao
I hate this. My attendants will now lose their jobs! 😢
And how does one communicate to the lone, one attendant, that they’d like their service?
Say I appreciate the work you do at the end and to keep it up.
Try smoke signals
Attendants will not lose their jobs.
Use your mouth? Get over it. Learn some self-reliance.
What are the penalties for gas stations who are required to have attendants, but refuse to have them? Who should we be reporting stations that do not follow the law to?
I'm sure the self serve pumps open all night, will be a favorite for card skimmer scams.
It’s a very good thing that we will be able to get gas 24/7.
Gas stations will now pay their attendants even less so that hardly anyone will want to be an attendant. Then, the line for full - serve will become tremendous with the one teenager who took the minimum pay job. Stations will then open lots of self- -serve pumps, claiming its that or nothing. That will be against the law, but who is going to enforce it ? Bye-bye full-service in Oregon, just like it is in other states.
Good!
This will cause gas prices to increase, stations will have higher insurance rates, I had a friend ask his insurance company if self service would increase his rates and was told most definitely. People damaging pumps,gas spills, higher risk of fire.
I've had attendants "click off" to the nearest dollar, when I was paying with a card, while I yelled at him to stop because there was gas flowing down my car. My car triggers the pump to stop pretty accurately. I know because I've pumped my own gas. Attendant acted like I needed to chill out and of course had no way to take off the cost of the gas evaporating from the pavement.
Thank god we can pump gas!! People in Oregon need to calm down. First of all no one is losing a job, when gas stations have been struggling to find workers. And who the hell wants to pump gas! Work on your own skills and go for a better job!! I’m born and raised in Oregon and so tired of the people not knowing what they are talking about. You want to go after someone, go after refineries. They are the ones that control what gas cost! Go online and see how much a drum of oil cost, that’s the price they pay and then they have to make it. So how many of you Portlanders know the cost of making gas is? The cost of equipment and employees and all the systems that are put in place at the facility. I seriously shake my head at people that live in the metro area that believe in this fairytale
On the news this morning they said refineries are set up to make gasoline between 32 degrees f and 95 degrees f so that is another excuse they are using for high gas prices. Funny, I thought makes petroleum/gas product involves outside heat source and pressure to crack the petroleum into various products.
3 years ago when I was in Oregon I pumped my own fuel at every fuel up. It was 20 years earlier since I was through that state. I didn’t know I thought they only had that law so no one made gas runs. I figured since we use cc to fuel up I was ok. Whoops
Depends where you were, maybe. Some smaller towns allow it.
How is no attendant required not forcing people to pump your own gas.
GREAT!! It is about time. The car lines will move faster.
I’ve never waited in line to fill up my gas tank, not once. Try to think for once in your life and go fill up when it’s not busy.
Wow people really don’t pump there gas in Oregon what the heck
New Jersey too
No, they don’t know how to here in Oregon.
@@heatherkaye8653Being grouped in with Jersey is not something to be proud of.
@@MasterPourKnowP 🤣
we didn't but there are people who don't manage time well and seem to think that the time they save pumping gas will help them lol while they pay some of the highest gas prices in the nation.
unemployment will go up, and gas pumps may need to be changed and thats going to cost a lot.
Why would pumps need changed?
No it won't, and many of the pumps have already been changed out.
simeticone sales 📈
kotek is surprising me. she seems pretty reasonable. i'm on the wa side of the river, but i do travel to orygun, so i keep an eye on things.
Goodbye gas attendant Jobs. THe Safeway I go to employs like 3 or 4 people at once!. Why are they not considereing this?Like, people are in a hurry anyway to get gas, why not have someone to be there to do it for you?
Because they’re understaffed which leads to SUPER long wait times. You must not live in Oregon or you would know this
I would venture to say they feel the right to pump their own gas is a freedom they are missing out on lol probably started on one of the crackpot sites warning them the country is going to hell and it's every man for himself.
@@Elephunky215I have never waited in line one time to fill up my tank. Maybe you go at the wrong time lol. You’re not very bright lol. Must be a Portlander 😂
@@Hat65 You must not be one, if you've never had to wait. Of course you would never have to if you lived out in eastern OR
People lose jobs🤔 no thx
Bout damn time..
Kotek became even more unpopular. There will be a coalition of disabled organizations organizing to take her out. Starting in the Democratic primary. She disenfranchised most of us at the pump. Now we get to pay more than the able bodied people. Again!
you guys finally killed the logger hope your proud
Fewer jobs is such a wonderful idea. Well done.
THE FACT THE INBREDS DIDNT PUMP THEIR OWN GAS IS ASTOUNDING. I HAD NEVBER HEARD OF APLCE THAT DIDNT ALLOW YOU TO PUMP YOUR OWN GAS. UNTIL NOW AND ONLY IN AMERICA
EVERY OTHER STATE IN AMERICA YOU PUMP YOUR GAS UNLESS GOING TO A FULL SERVICE GAS STATION OR GAS PUMP. EVERY PROVINCE IN CANADA IS THE SAME WAY. THE FACT THEY NEVER PUMPED THEIR OWN GAS MAKES ONE WONDER IF IT S BECAUSE OF LOW IQ
@@spacecowboy_1962 Not New Jersey
@@timnawrocki3590We are just copy-pasting replies? Okay then: That makes sense, NJ is the short bus of the east coast, kind of like Oregon is for the west coast.
Just remember 49 states is not all. There are 50.