Robots taking more jobs away...fuel stations this time

[petek]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

you all still have station attendants? I haven't seen on of those is almost 20 years.

Unfortunately, yes. The NJ gas station owners lobbied the state to outlaw self-service ostensibly because of safety concerns. A station can be fined or worse if caught letting a customer pump their own. I usually stop at one particular station because they don't stop me. I've grown quite tired of waiting for five minutes for a pump jockey to get around to spilling gas on the side of my car! There is a silver lining, however: NJ has the second-lowest average gas prices in the nation.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by petek

Unfortunately, yes. The NJ gas station owners lobbied the state to outlaw self-service ostensibly because of safety concerns. A station can be fined or worse if caught letting a customer pump their own. I usually stop at one particular station because they don't stop me. I've grown quite tired of waiting for five minutes for a pump jockey to get around to spilling gas on the side of my car!

I always thought that law was to benefit the attendants, not the station owners. Oregon has a similar law, as I recall - the only two states which prohibit self-serve.

There is a silver lining, however: NJ has the second-lowest average gas prices in the nation.

That's because NJ has one of the lowest gas taxes.