EmbracedByLeaves t1_ix6rfyn wrote on November 21, 2022 at 4:12 AM

Reply to comment by michaelfiber in We need self service as an option. by jskis23

It's more insulting than anything, assuming NJ thinks we can't pump gas without dying. I mean, i like not having to get out of my car, but it's not like we explode the second we leave the state and need gas.

I get that going self serve would eliminate jobs, but I'd rather pump my own gas simply out of convenience.

I don't get the hardline stance against it. I get it, Jersey whatever, go fuck your self, porkroll, taylorham, etc. But I pump my own gas and have no issues. I just really don't understand the abject hatred towards pumping you own gas.

michaelfiber t1_ix6x9ax wrote on November 21, 2022 at 5:08 AM

It's a hard line stance against switching it to cost the exact same or more, while also being shittier. I don't see what's so great about a worse way of pumping gas. Self serve makes gas stations slower. It makes lines longer. It sucks. Everybody has to do it themselves including the people that can never figure out how it works and the people that can barely get out of their car let alone start playing gas attendant without taking forever.

I've spent many years in places where you pump your own gas and my experience was that it was objectively worse in every way I can imagine. I just don't see what's so great about this much shittier way of doing things.

Call me crazy but I'd rather the experience of getting gas be quicker, easier, more affordable, and more comfortable. I know that's a really dramatic hardline stance to take but I guess I'm just a rebel.