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If it's a wash economically, then self-service is still the better choice because it eliminates the other less-insurable risks that come with having employees.
by rootusrootus 4y ago
If it's a wash economically, then self-service is still the better choice because it eliminates the other less-insurable risks that come with having employees.
Unfortunately there's no easy way to tell, because in the other 48 states, full service is considered a premium service and they charge extra for it because a certain segment of consumers will pay for it. That doesn't mean it's actually more expensive.
- lotsofpulp 4y ago>full service is considered a premium service and they charge extra for it because a certain segment of consumers will pay for it. This is disproven by the fact that in my 3+ decades of travel around many US states, I have never seen a gas station attendant outside of NJ and OR. No one is willing to pay the premium necessary to employ attendants, and so they will reward the gas station owner selling self serve for cheaper. There certainly exists a population of people who would like to have others pump their gas for them. If gas station attendant labor costs made no effect on bottom line gas prices, then gas station owners would try to court these people by selling full service gas at the same price as self service. Since it does not happen, the premise of negligible labor costs must be false.