Why do out of staters get so pissed off about not being able to pump their own gas?

Re: Why do out of staters get so pissed off about not being able to pump their own ga

Californian here. Like other people have said, I associate it with higher costs and feel the need to tip. But its kind of like tipping a bar tender for pouring me a beer; I would pour it myself if I was allowed, and I would pour it better than the bar tender does. Similar to the bartender analogy, you've gotta wait longer (unecessarily), and in CA you're programmed to get in and GTFO of people's way. If you're in your car, you've probably got somewhere to be, no reason to be waiting for no fucking reason. Lastly I don't usually fill my tank all the way when I get gas and I usually freeball it as far as determining how much to put in.

At least we can pump gas without getting it all over ourselves. Never heard of anyone smelling like gas otherwise.

 

Re: Why do out of staters get so pissed off about not being able to pump their own ga

I tip about half the time. Depends on the person pumping the gas. They learn who you are and wash your windshield. I like that.

 

Re: Why do out of staters get so pissed off about not being able to pump their own ga

I lived in Vegas for a few years and when I first got back to Oregon I hated it... I think for me personally it was a time issue, it annoyed me to have to wait for the attendant when there pumping multiple other cars at the same time.... but I got used to it fairly quickly... sometimes i wish I could pump my own gas still but it doesnt really bother me much.

 

Re: Why do out of staters get so pissed off about not being able to pump their own ga

The bartender analogy is a good one, hadn't thought of that.

For me, it's a matter of just not being used to it, and not needing/wanting that "convenience". Same with baggers at the grocery stores on base: I still tip them (b/c I know they only work for tips), but it's easier/faster for me to take my own cart out to the parking lot and load it up. I don't want a retiree/widow pushing all my groceries when I can do it myself easier/faster/better.

Now at some places here in FL you don't have the locks on the handles, so that you can set the pump and go buy food/wash the windshield/bathroom/whatever while it pumps, and that's kind of a pain. But the places I've been to in OR, the attendant doesn't have to stand there the whole time anyway, just sets up the nozzle and goes back to wherever it's warm/dry. If I don't have to wait, no big deal...but waiting (and/or paying more) isn't worth it, to me. Maybe to an elderly person or a mom taking care of 3 kids in the backseat or whatever.

Not that it makes me "pissed off", but it's not a convenience.