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NJ resident. Being able to refuel your car without stepping outside is really nice, especially in winter. There has been attempts to repeal that law to no avai

NJ resident. Being able to refuel your car without stepping outside is really nice, especially in winter. There has been attempts to repeal that law to no avail. The only drawback is if there aren't enough employees you may need to wait a while. This is especially annoying at Costco where there's always a line.

mdavis6890 5y ago
Yes, sure is nice to have the option to offer or use full-service, isn't it.
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- hamandcheese 5y ago
  I have never had the option in states where it isn’t mandated. There is no choice for the consumer regardless.
  - Hamuko 5y ago
    We have some amount of pump attendants in Finland despite the fact that we can actually fill up our own cars. https://www.shell.fi/motorists/inside-our-stations/palvelumestari.html https://www.shell.fi/motorists/inside-our-stations/palvelume... Personally I prefer to use a "cold station", as in, an unmanned station. Pre-pay with my phone, get out, grab a pump, stand around for a couple of minutes, get back in the car and drive off. No need to faff with people.
gattilorenz 5y ago
> Being able to refuel your car without stepping outside is really nice, especially in winter. There has been attempts to repeal that law to no avail. In most tank stations I've seen in Italy you have the served and self lines, the latter sparing you some cents/liter while in the former they will wash your windshield while the tank is getting filled up. Isn't there a serviced lane in other US states?
- cafard 5y ago
  I think gas stations are required to pump gas for those physically unable to do so. In the Washington, DC, area most do not offer a served line. (I think--I don't drive a lot.) I can think of just one that would routinely pump the gas, and I haven't been there in years.
  - aidenn0 5y ago
    There are completely unattended gas stations in California. Also, I remember full-service lines going away around the same time as "Regular" gasoline went away.
- mikestew 5y ago
  Not anymore. I'm actually old enough to have worked the "serviced lane", or "full service" as it was called in the U. S. If you are disabled, there is still the option to have an attendant come out an pump it for you (I have never even seen this, let alone experienced it). Otherwise, I haven't seen a full service lane in probably twenty years, save Oregon and New Jersey, where it self-service is illegal (unless you're on a motorcycle). As a side note, barely-above minimum wage though it was, I loved that job. Kinda sucked in the Indiana winters, but otherwise stand outside all day and talk to people. Side-side note: as a former "professional", I'll admit I got bored after 1976, so I have no score to post.
  - mynameisvlad 5y ago
    Self-serve is now available at some Oregon gas stations, on a per-county basis: https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=fe6b92d4da52481483898a871928588c https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=fe6b9...
  - jdashg 5y ago
    They exist still! It's just so rare, because it's up to the station. I know of at least one near downtown San Jose that has a full service lane.
- lotsofpulp 5y ago
HyperRational 5y ago
aidenn0 5y ago
Non NJ resident who drives through the entire state periodically. It's also annoying if you're driving down the turnpike right after a snow-storm. The turnpike is clear but the attendants are snowed-in. Once waited for over an hour for the only attendant to pump, but we weren't going to make it to CT on that tank.
- fsckboy 5y ago
  > Once waited for over an hour for the only attendant to pump, but we weren't going to make it to CT on that tank. CT? so you could have gone ahead and bought in NYS but you wanted that cheap cheap NJ gas, didn't you!?
  - aidenn0 5y ago
    I guess there's a bit of NYS between NYC and CT, but not much unless you dump onto the parkways

mdavis6890 5y ago

Yes, sure is nice to have the option to offer or use full-service, isn't it.

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hamandcheese 5y ago
I have never had the option in states where it isn’t mandated. There is no choice for the consumer regardless.
- Hamuko 5y ago
  We have some amount of pump attendants in Finland despite the fact that we can actually fill up our own cars. https://www.shell.fi/motorists/inside-our-stations/palvelumestari.html https://www.shell.fi/motorists/inside-our-stations/palvelume... Personally I prefer to use a "cold station", as in, an unmanned station. Pre-pay with my phone, get out, grab a pump, stand around for a couple of minutes, get back in the car and drive off. No need to faff with people.

gattilorenz 5y ago

> Being able to refuel your car without stepping outside is really nice, especially in winter. There has been attempts to repeal that law to no avail. In most tank stations I've seen in Italy you have the served and self lines, the latter sparing you some cents/liter while in the former they will wash your windshield while the tank is getting filled up. Isn't there a serviced lane in other US states?

cafard 5y ago
I think gas stations are required to pump gas for those physically unable to do so. In the Washington, DC, area most do not offer a served line. (I think--I don't drive a lot.) I can think of just one that would routinely pump the gas, and I haven't been there in years.
- aidenn0 5y ago
  There are completely unattended gas stations in California. Also, I remember full-service lines going away around the same time as "Regular" gasoline went away.
mikestew 5y ago
Not anymore. I'm actually old enough to have worked the "serviced lane", or "full service" as it was called in the U. S. If you are disabled, there is still the option to have an attendant come out an pump it for you (I have never even seen this, let alone experienced it). Otherwise, I haven't seen a full service lane in probably twenty years, save Oregon and New Jersey, where it self-service is illegal (unless you're on a motorcycle). As a side note, barely-above minimum wage though it was, I loved that job. Kinda sucked in the Indiana winters, but otherwise stand outside all day and talk to people. Side-side note: as a former "professional", I'll admit I got bored after 1976, so I have no score to post.
- mynameisvlad 5y ago
  Self-serve is now available at some Oregon gas stations, on a per-county basis: https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=fe6b92d4da52481483898a871928588c https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=fe6b9...
- jdashg 5y ago
  They exist still! It's just so rare, because it's up to the station. I know of at least one near downtown San Jose that has a full service lane.
lotsofpulp 5y ago

HyperRational 5y ago

aidenn0 5y ago

Non NJ resident who drives through the entire state periodically. It's also annoying if you're driving down the turnpike right after a snow-storm. The turnpike is clear but the attendants are snowed-in. Once waited for over an hour for the only attendant to pump, but we weren't going to make it to CT on that tank.

fsckboy 5y ago
> Once waited for over an hour for the only attendant to pump, but we weren't going to make it to CT on that tank. CT? so you could have gone ahead and bought in NYS but you wanted that cheap cheap NJ gas, didn't you!?
- aidenn0 5y ago
  I guess there's a bit of NYS between NYC and CT, but not much unless you dump onto the parkways