I live in Texas but a while back I was visiting friends in New Jersey and when my friend needed gas we got service like this. When I remarked on it I learned it was against the law to pump your own gas. I guess the service station industry had a very powerful lobby in the state capital.
Briefly in the late ‘90s there was a gas station outside of Fairbanks, Alaska that employed pump jockeys, but they only pumped gas. By the mid ’00s when I went back for a visit there were a couple of other stations in Fairbanks doing it. Don’t know if it’s still a thing up there now or not, but they’re paying a dollar more per gallon than the national average these days.
Sherlock Watson over 8 years ago
I believe Bob and Bing can tell them how to get there.
Retired Dude over 8 years ago
I do but I was just a lad at the time.
I live in Texas but a while back I was visiting friends in New Jersey and when my friend needed gas we got service like this. When I remarked on it I learned it was against the law to pump your own gas. I guess the service station industry had a very powerful lobby in the state capital.
McGehee over 8 years ago
Briefly in the late ‘90s there was a gas station outside of Fairbanks, Alaska that employed pump jockeys, but they only pumped gas. By the mid ’00s when I went back for a visit there were a couple of other stations in Fairbanks doing it. Don’t know if it’s still a thing up there now or not, but they’re paying a dollar more per gallon than the national average these days.
McGehee over 8 years ago
…though, still less than California, from what I’ve heard.
brklnbern over 8 years ago
Yes, actually was a time when all that was done without asking or charge, except for the kiss.