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

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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.