New Jersey gas summed up in 3 pictures

"Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras" (jegoingout) 12/16/2015 at 16:32 • Filed to: Gas

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dogisbadob > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 16:36

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nice hat

DrJohannVegas > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 16:39

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I spent the first 21 years of my life in the Garden State. A good 13 of them were spent waiting for gas attendants to get around to pumping the gas or concluding the transaction.

Never again.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 16:41

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I’ve never quite understood the not being allowed to pump your own gas.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 16:41

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Truth. I lived my whole life 6 miles from Philly, and I had never pumped my own gas until senior year of college.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 12/16/2015 at 16:43

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There was a law brought up earlier this year to allow self service, it got no where. Im assuming they cited “jobs” being the reason

Party-vi > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 16:43

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I remember working at Sunoco (formerly Mobile) and looking out the booth window at a woman staring in amazement at our gas pumps. She seemed so utterly perplexed and helpless to pump her own gas, and she came in the store and asked me how to go about doing so. I could hardly believe she was serious until I saw the New Jersey license plates on her Explorer. It never occurred to me that someone who drives a vehicle would not know how to operate a gas pump.

EL_ULY > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 16:44

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huevones

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Party-vi 12/16/2015 at 16:44

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The first time i went to North Carolina we stopped in Virgina and I swear there were at least 3 people just starring at the pumps as if it was rocket science

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 16:45

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What was the original reason to require a gas station assistant?

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 16:45

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Last time I was in Oregon they had a similar law. Kind of freaked me out when the guy yelled at me for pumping my own gas.

samssun > DrJohannVegas 12/16/2015 at 16:45

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Yeah, that first picture has never happened in all of NJ. Every stop I’ve had there meant waiting on a disgruntled attendant to finish texting his cousins, pull the idle pumps out of cars waiting to leave, and then come scowling over to my car, hopefully not spilling too much gas on the paint.

It’s nothing but politicians who don’t understand the difference between a productive job and an unnecessary one, trying to pander to another voting block.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 12/16/2015 at 16:48

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According to the internet, it is “too dangerous”...basically my states law makers are as dumb as they look

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 12/16/2015 at 16:49

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I’m a bad person and usually pump my own gas if the place is busy. I’ll take the guy yelling at me over waiting 30 minutes

Frenchlicker > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 16:51

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Well that’s why one of Elon Musk’s proposed supercharging stations has to have attendants. So when the stuff is new it kind of makes sense but laws need to keep up with safety technology.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 16:52

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I swear I’m the only one in NJ that grew up knowing how to pump gas.

My parents owned a gas station so from the age of 12 anytime an employee didn’t show up/got fired (frequently btw) guess who was in to work that day?

Me.

BTW pumping gas as a job - fucking sucks.

And if it makes you guys feel better, at least I hustled my ass off unlike a large number of gas pumpers from NJ. I move so quick with gas pumps that it STILL pisses me off how slow Michigan pumps are, I’ve got the grade selected, the nozzle in the car and the trigger pulled before the pump is ready, every freaking time.

That’s what happens when you’re responsible for filling 4 cars and keeping track of 4 credit cards/cash at once.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 16:52

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This reminds me that I have to drive borrow lots of 1950s cars with hidden caps and under-seat gas tanks to drive to Jersey for reasons. Preferably one target gas station over a period of weeks and months, kind of reasons. “Oh, fuck, it’s The Asshole again”

HEY GUYS: GUESS WHERE IT IS THIS TIME!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 16:53

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Our law codes are outdated.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Frenchlicker 12/16/2015 at 16:55

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I agree. The internet has told me that law was passed in 1949...so

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 12/16/2015 at 16:55

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I learned from watching people do it, first time i pumped gas I was 14 down in Virgina

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/16/2015 at 16:55

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You brilliant evil man you

dogisbadob > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 16:56

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I HATE when they top off to round to the next dollar because they don’t want to make change.When it stops, it means the tank is FULL

Also, diesel is exempt from the self-serve ban.

DrJohannVegas > dogisbadob 12/16/2015 at 16:59

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Yep. Because diesel is non-flammable in normal gas-station circumstances, and the fun way the law is written classifies gasoline as a hazardous substance for flammability. So, it’s technically a public safety law, not a jobs law.

Sure.

Stevo777 > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 17:00

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I live in jersey and I usually pump my own gas regardless. I use credit for gas ( dem reward points ) and usually no one bothers me. I just give the simple “ I got it buddy, thanks !” and continue.

One time this guy refused to let me pump myself, I then proceeded to another station down the street.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Stevo777 12/16/2015 at 17:02

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I go to an Exxon about 10 minutes from me because the guy there is NEVER around so i can get away with it.

dogisbadob > DrJohannVegas 12/16/2015 at 17:03

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still can’t star

DrJohannVegas > dogisbadob 12/16/2015 at 17:06

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Well, stars are technically gravitational fusion, which I guess is kinda like flammability. So, it’s for your own safety.

dogisbadob > DrJohannVegas 12/16/2015 at 17:07

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So does that mean NJ’s gas pumps re kinja’d?

DrJohannVegas > dogisbadob 12/16/2015 at 17:09

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You never saw the logos? The little “Powered by Kinja” on the bottom?

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 17:10

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I just pretened not to speak English....I thought I would make it awkward for both of us.

1111111111111111111111 > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 17:12

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As an Oregonian I like it. But the attendants are fast, I rarely wait more than 30 seconds.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > 1111111111111111111111 12/16/2015 at 17:13

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You’re lucky....

1111111111111111111111 > Party-vi 12/16/2015 at 17:14

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The first time I left Oregon as a driver I waited for 10 minutes for someone to pump the shit. The next time I was ready for it but didn’t think about putting cig out.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 17:15

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Since I’m a Jersey native, I know far too many people who can’t pump their own gas. My wife is one of them. She’s never really had to learn, and honestly going out of state to buy gas and teach her would be dumb because gas is cheaper here.

You can pump your own on a military base too. I always used to get gas when I was younger (pre 9/11) on Fort Dix. Provided you had a military ID you were good to go (had dependent card as my father was in the USAF Reserves).

dogisbadob > DrJohannVegas 12/16/2015 at 17:16

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Those old pumps’ stickers are peeled off and faded—oh wait, kinja’d :p

Tekamul > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 18:06

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Someone pumping your gas for you is such a foreign concept to me. My go-to gas station doesn’t even have employees, just a kiosk, 2 pumps, and non-ethanol 91.

SubiSanchez > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 12/16/2015 at 18:07

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Also applicable here in Oregon. It never ceases to amaze me how many people dont know how to work a fuel pump because they have never wandered out of the state and needed gas.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/16/2015 at 19:34

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Are you kidding? That was the most fun I EVER HAD as a gas pumper in NJ