Oregon allows limited self service gas ... people lose their s--t.

[Zundfolge]

Apparently a new law went into effect on the 1st allowing for Self Service gas in rural counties (counties with population under 40k). In Oregon, Self Service gas had been illegal, along with New Jersey.

Local station up there posted about it on their facebook and the comments are hillarious (both from Oregonian snowflakes afraid to pump their own gas to everyone else piling on them).

https://www.facebook.com/KTVLNews10/photos/a.249976140322.291712.180780400322/10159918052175323/

[ROFL1]

Oregon today:

http://media.riffsy.com/images/8a137d078736c11bdae83db389acfb7d/tenor.gif


This is tangentially related to firearms as the liberals are so afraid of pumping their own gas you can see how they'd be super afraid of people defending themselves with firearms.

[Gman]

All one has to do in Oregon for self defense is carry a lighter.

[Martinjmpr]

Yes, this was the funniest thing on the internet yesterday.

Oregon's idiotic law actually caused me to run out of gas on a trip back in 2012. I had planned to fill up at a station in a small town but by the time we got there, the station was closed (it closed at 5:00pm.) With nobody to pump the gas I couldn't fill up. Tried to make it to the next city (Prineville) but ran out of gas about 6 miles short.

The funniest thing about this is that the purported reason to keep the "no self service" law in place is to "protect jobs." Yes, that's right, they want to protect the job of "gas pumper", a job title that has become shorthand for every low paying, no-skill, no-future, job.

Here's a great sample response:


FEAR NOT OREGON!!!!

I've decided to move to Oregon to open a school to teach people how to pump their own gas. Short term business you say? HA! I will simply branch out and offer classes on such complicated things as:
1. Tying your own shoes.
2. Dressing yourself.
3. Operating a self checkout machine.
4. Dial your own phone.
5. Mow your own lawn.
6. Split your own firewood.
7. How to feed yourself.
8. Make your own dinner.
9. Wash, dry and fold your own laundry. (Extra charge as these are three classes taught separately)
10. Operating a can opener, manual and electric.
11. Counting past 10.
12. Wiping your own butt.

I understand Oregon, adulting is hard and sometimes you someone to show you how. I'm here for you.

[hurley842002]

Oregon today:

http://media.riffsy.com/images/8a137d078736c11bdae83db389acfb7d/tenor.gif.

Ha! Zoolander was on last night, I love that Bronco!

[Martinjmpr]

Oregon Trail can be brutal:

73022

[Martinjmpr]

Another gem:


One time, my dad came to Oregon and pumped his own gas. The street immediately lit on fire and he caused massive recession countrywide because he took away 20 billion jobs by pumping his own gas. I was in the back seat when brother was nabbed through the locked door by a transient creeper who raised him to be his human ottoman. My dad then tried wiping his windshield but the stuff he used turned out to be sulfuric acid. The car exploded with me in it and I died. My dad lost 3 parenting points because he was 2 feet away fueling his car when he could have had someone else do this very simple task for him.

[Little Dutch]

The comments are comedy gold!

[Martinjmpr]

In case you are wondering who in their right mind could oppose this law, here are some representative samples: WARNING: SPEW ALERT! [ROFL1]


No! Disabled, seniors, people with young children in the car need help. Not to mention getting out of your car with transients around and not feeling safe too. This is a very bad idea. Grrr


Yep so because my mom can not pump her gas she will have to pay more. Good solution to people on a very fixed income. You obviously do not live here. It's dark at 5 and when I choose to get my gas has no bearing on whether or not I should be forced to pump my gas. I loved the fact that I didn't have to get out in the wind and rain to pump my gas. Thanks to all you idiots who have now put seniors in the position of having to pay more for gas and making it inconvenient for us who have lived in Oregon and enjoyed that little service.


You all who want to pump your own gas had no business moving to Oregon. Go back to California. We were doing fine here without you.


Not a good idea, there are lots of reason to have an attendant helping, one is they need a job too. Many people are not capable of knowing how to pump gas and the hazards of not doing it correctly. Besides I don't want to go to work smelling of gas when I get it on my hands or clothes. I agree Very bad idea.

[SouthPaw]

My boss just moved here from Oregon and was blown away when he had to put fuel in his truck. He said he sat outside a fuel station for 15 min and finally walked in asking why it was taking so long and they just looked at him and laughed.

[BladesNBarrels]

My boss just moved here from Oregon and was blown away when he had to put fuel in his truck. He said he sat outside a fuel station for 15 min and finally walked in asking why it was taking so long and they just looked at him and laughed.

That is why he is the boss!

[Coffee]

[Monky]

Wait.. so this is a real thing.. you can't pump your own gas in Oregon?

...thank god they're in range of North Korean nukes..

[Martinjmpr]

New Jersey, too.

[.455_Hunter]

I rolled into a small Oregon costal town with the family rental car and needed gas. I got out, did my thing, and was pumping gas when the attendant came running out all apoplectic. It has to be about the stupidest law on the books anywhere.

[Martinjmpr]

OMG, if you have the time you have to go over to the KTVL CBS 10 Facebook page.

People are posting "gas pumping" comments in every article.

Examples: The article entitled "Russian army demonstrates latest weapon: Cuddly puppies. The Russian Armed Forces has unveiled its latest cutting-edge weapon in a New Year greetings video: cuddly puppies."

Comment:
They won't be cute when they become targets for transients because their owners are too busy being distracted from having to pump their own gas.


Article entitled: "Vandals target local neighborhood mulitple times"


Comment:
If the fucktards where not out pumping their own gas they could be watching over their Plastic Walmart chairs.


Article entitled: "New Oregon workplace, consumer protection laws in effect as of January 1"


Comment:
Will these laws protect the fine people of the great state of Oregon from the horrific side effects of pumping their own gas? I pumped gas once, my wife packed up the kids and left me. She couldn't imagine being married to a man who would stoop so low as to pump his own gas. Also I caught Chlamydia from a gas pump back in 1998. #PrayForOregon #OregonStrong


Article entitled: "Caught on camera: Texas police officer nearly hit by sliding car"

Comment:
He later went on to pump a full 15 gallons of gas. Incident free.

It's killing me.....[ROFL3]

[Skip]

In case you are wondering who in their right mind could oppose this law, here are some representative samples: WARNING: SPEW ALERT! [ROFL1]


You all who want to pump your own gas had no business moving to Oregon. Go back to California. We were doing fine here without you.



[ROFL3]

I. Can't. Even.

[StagLefty]

OMG the comments are hilarious. Made my day !!!

[Gman]

I lived in Oregon when they tried to get the law changed back in the '80s. You wouldn't believe the propaganda commercials. A woman pumping gas in a dress while it's raining and the filler backs up on her.

Having moved there from TX where we pumped our own gas, it was bizarre. One of the arguments that they made is that Oregon had one of the lowest gas prices in the country at the time. Not sure how that's related.

My uncles would come up to visit from California and they would naturally start pumping their own gas, only to have someone running from the station office waving their arms and yelling "You can't do that! You can't do that!" Really? I'm quite capable.

[wctriumph]

I think the self serve gas stations are the best thing that ever happened, especially to girl watchers.

I know: sexist attitude but I was 17 when they started doing that in a limited way after the first gas shortage.

[Ronin13]

Wait.. so this is a real thing.. you can't pump your own gas in Oregon?

...thank god they're in range of North Korean nukes..

I thought the same thing when I heard about this. I thought it was satire until I realized that actual news organizations were posting this story. Coming back from being stationed in Northern NY, I stopped for gas in Gary, IN, didn't realize it until I went in to get something to drink that I may have stopped in a not so great part of town (I was the only white person within 10 miles). I filled up with no incident. If a whiteboy can get gas in the hood, these whiny dumbnuts can pump their own in Oregon. [LOL]

[crays]

Sounds to me like the issue they need to be focusing on is the problem with the unruly transient population, and not how their fuel get delivered to their vehicles. [beatdeadhorse]

But try telling them that... [Flower]

[hollohas]

Wait, so people claim it's going to cost MORE to pump your own gas?!?! Even when the station won't have to pay an attendant? That doesn't make sense at all. I'm not that old, but even I remember the days when gas station signs had two prices...full service and self service. And self service was less.

I lived in NJ for a summer. Every gas station, no matter how many pumps, had ONE attendant. One. After waiting time and again for someone to fill my tank for 10 or 15 minutes, I started just doing it myself. No one ever said anything. F their stupid socialist BS.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Maybe Oregon can pay all the pumpers to dig holes all day and fill them back up the next.

[KevDen2005]

Man I didn't know there were places like this. I told my wife a while back that I remember the "Full Service" line when I was a kid at some gas stations. I said I'm sure nothing like that exists anymore. Then this article came out. The comments....GOLD! I can't believe how ridiculously entitled and incompetent people are. I'm blown away daily by this.

[Circuits]

Sounds to me like the issue they need to be focusing on is the problem with the unruly transient population, and not how their fuel get delivered to their vehicles. [beatdeadhorse]

But try telling them that... [Flower]

Portland has turned that entire state to shit, more or less.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

BTW, I try to stay off the bookface b/c the stupidity is impossible to take.
However, the first two, I mean very first two stories in my feed, were from two separate but both VERY liberal friends on this story and the one in this thread: https://www.ar-15.co/threads/166472-Danger-in-the-Forest

On the one hand, I want to laugh with a deep gut laugh.
On the other, it is truly saddening that their politics have largely caused these issues. They get what they want and then they still aren’t happy and decide they don’t want it.

[Zundfolge]

Portland has turned that entire state to shit, more or less.

shortly (if not already) people will be saying "Denver has turned that entire state to shit, more or less."

[Circuits]

shortly (if not already) people will be saying "Denver has turned that entire state to shit, more or less."
already :( (though Boulder had a lot to do with it, too...)

[.455_Hunter]

already :( (though Boulder had a lot to do with it, too...)

Yes- All 110,000 people who live in Boulder caused the whole state of 5.5 million to take a dump...

[68Charger]

shortly (if not already) people will be saying "Denver has turned that entire state to shit, more or less."

Oohhh, oohhh![pick-me]

[Circuits]

Yes- All 110,000 people who live in Boulder caused the whole state of 5.5 million to take a dump...

I said a lot to do with it - not the sole cause. Major cause was Californians moving here, IMO. Maybe Cali selling legal weed now will help undo some of it.

[brutal]

New Jersey, too.


I rolled into a small Oregon costal town with the family rental car and needed gas. I got out, did my thing, and was pumping gas when the attendant came running out all apoplectic. It has to be about the stupidest law on the books anywhere.

Same thing happened to me the first time I tried to refill a rental car in NJ. Good thing they don't let them have guns there.

[wyome]

This ain't helping...


I'm in Colorado where we are forced to pump our own gas. Because I'm worried about my children being left in the car while I stand outside of it in my skirt, I just pay the transients to pump it for me. This way we're all safe and the transients are distracted from bothering those who are pumping their own gas.

MOD: FIFY (put the quote in quotes). Luckily I'd read that comment and realized you were quoting it or I'd have raised an eyebrow as well.

[68Charger]

This ain't helping...

I'm in Colorado where we are forced to pump our own gas. Because I'm worried about my children being left in the car while I stand outside of it in my skirt, I just pay the transients to pump it for me. This way we're all safe and the transients are distracted from bothering those who are pumping their own gas.

you wear skirts?

[brutal]

ROFL

I assume you need bookface to see this.

https://scontent.fapa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26195450_281694159023434_8848517193510211536_n.jpg ?oh=9e1a974ff020f5148076cd0c0f350b85&oe=5AECE98A

[wyome]

you wear skirts?

Don't judge

[mattiooo]

I grew up in New Jersey. Now that I have lived out here for so long, when I go back to visit, I have gotten screamed at and the oddest looks when I went to fill up. I keep forgetting you're not allowed to - we go back only once a year, sometimes every other year.

[brutal]

Oregon Trail can be brutal:

73022

Not sure if you posted or found that there, but I copied it.

[68Charger]

Don't judge

Who said I was judging? Maybe I thought it was bold of you to admit it in such a public forum. [handbags]

[roberth]

https://gabfiles.blob.core.windows.net/image/5a4d7c5803a30.jpeg

[MrPrena]

https://gabfiles.blob.core.windows.net/image/5a4d7c5803a30.jpeg

She look like the boyband looking dude in John Wick2. :)

[Martinjmpr]

Who said I was judging? Maybe I thought it was bold of you to admit it in such a public forum. [handbags]

So you were hitting on him.


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[ben4372]

Does this new self service apply to electric vehicles too? When I go back to Portland to visit, I drive to Vancouver to fill up. Alcohol laws are silly in Oregon too. Way mo trouble buying spirits than it should be.

Was reading about other laws taking effect this year. Funny place. http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/12/oregon_new_laws_2016.html

[68Charger]

So you were hitting on him.



I didn't hit him, I high-fived his face...

[Rucker61]

"I won't do it. I pumped my own gas one time on a trip to Washington. 3 days later my hand hurt. I went to the the Dr office when I got back to Oregon. The Dr told me I had a case of entitled twat.

Never again"

[Mercula]

Just read that one too ! The comments made my night

[Irving]

Wait, the law only even applies in rural countries, and only between the hours of 6pm and 6am. So I'd guess that 99% of the people complaining won't even be affected.

[OtterbatHellcat]

My boss just moved here from Oregon and was blown away when he had to put fuel in his truck. He said he sat outside a fuel station for 15 min and finally walked in asking why it was taking so long and they just looked at him and laughed.

I gut laughed at this....thank you.

[.455_Hunter]

https://gabfiles.blob.core.windows.net/image/5a4d7c5803a30.jpeg

Now that's funny!

[brutal]

https://gabfiles.blob.core.windows.net/image/5a4d7c5803a30.jpeg

That's funny, but the sad fact is they use several different color nozzle covers in different states/regions and fuel station brands.

Some diesel pumps have a yellow handle, with green being E85 fuel.

You really gotta pay attention...

[rondog]

Stupid hippies.....

[roberth]

That's funny, but the sad fact is they use several different color nozzle covers in different states/regions and fuel station brands.

Some diesel pumps have a yellow handle, with green being E85 fuel.

You really gotta pay attention...

I did not know the nozzle colors weren't standard. Learn something every day.

[Fmedges]

I lived there for 5 years. A truck I used to own had a problem where you had to constantly hold the gas handle or else the pump would not work. After repeated attempts to set the handle and walk away the attendant finally told me I could get out and hold the handle down, so I did. You wouldn't believe the autistic screeching going on. One women was yelling to an attendant while pointing at me. Oregon is pretty, but for the most part filled with morons. One time my wife and I were walking in downtown Portland and a homeless guy on something was having a screaming conversation with an ATM machine. WHile across the street other homeless people were fist fighting for a doughnut. This is considered normal in Oregon, but pumping your own gas is not. Idiotic.

[BladesNBarrels]

Yes- All 110,000 people who live in Boulder caused the whole state of 5.5 million to take a dump...

Yep, just goes to show that the minority can rule!

[Coffee]

[Aloha_Shooter]

"I won't do it. I pumped my own gas one time on a trip to Washington. 3 days later my hand hurt. I went to the the Dr office when I got back to Oregon. The Dr told me I had a case of entitled twat.

Never again"

To be fair, I suspect a large number of the funnier (to us) comments are trolls pretending to be Oregonians. I would lay good odds that the vast majority of Oregonians don't know or care about this.

[SamuraiCO]

My last family visit I used a credit card to pay for the gas in my rental. By the time I got back to Colorado my account had an alert for a charge. I remember the guy taking the card for the transaction then asking again to rerun. Didn't think anything of it but now will pay in cash.

Maybe there is hope for Oregon then maybe not. The comments against pretty much sum up the entitlement mentality.

[Grant H.]

She look like the boyband looking dude in John Wick2. :)

That would be because it's her.

[blacklabel]

That would be because it's her.

She needs to eat a hamburger or two.

[Slugjunkie]

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity...Guess Oregon is gunning for first place..

[Great-Kazoo]

That would be because it's her.

Ruby Rose, too bad she's in a same gender relationship.

[Irving]

Ruby Rose, too bad she's in a same gender relationship.

You back on the market?! You dog you.

[Great-Kazoo]

You back on the market?! You dog you.

Fatten her up a bit and yeah. She's a crazy aussie

[Skip]

I did not know the nozzle colors weren't standard. Learn something every day.

Last time I was in FL the pump handle was green for regular. No diesel even offered at that station, but they were all green. At first I thought I was screwed this can't be a all diesel only station?!?

With all the laws you'd think that would be one thing that is consistent.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Last time I was in FL the pump handle was green for regular. No diesel even offered at that station, but they were all green. At first I thought I was screwed this can't be a all diesel only station?!?

With all the laws you'd think that would be one thing that is consistent.

Please don't put any more ideas in their heads. There is no authority under the Constitution for the federal government to regulate the colors of gas pump handles and I'd rather not deal with even more SJW inventions of new federal powers. I'd much rather gas pump users be required to think and actually look at the pump they're using.

[Skip]

Please don't put any more ideas in their heads. There is no authority under the Constitution for the federal government to regulate the colors of gas pump handles and I'd rather not deal with even more SJW inventions of new federal powers. I'd much rather gas pump users be required to think and actually look at the pump they're using.

Interstate commerce Seems to justify everything else. Every other aspect of production, refining, and delivery is heavily regulated.

We should also add braille to the handles for vision impaired drivers. Wouldn't want to be ablest!

[Martinjmpr]

Interstate commerce Seems to justify everything else. Every other aspect of production, refining, and delivery is heavily regulated.

We should also add braille to the handles for vision impaired drivers. Wouldn't want to be ablest!

Braille? [Mad] Wow, that's so discriminatory. Not every visually impaired person can read braille, you know!

No, clearly what they need to do is mandate that each grade of gasoline be infused with a different flavor, so for example, regular unleaded could be chocolate, mid-grade could be peppermint, premium could be pumpkin-spice and E-85 could be orange flavored.

That way when visually impaired people want to pump gas they can just taste each gas pump until they find the one with the right flavor.

Dang, am I the only one who thinks these things through? [Rant2]

[Skip]

Braille? [Mad] Wow, that's so discriminatory. Not every visually impaired person can read braille, you know!

No, clearly what they need to do is mandate that each grade of gasoline be infused with a different flavor, so for example, regular unleaded could be chocolate, mid-grade could be peppermint, premium could be pumpkin-spice and E-85 could be orange flavored.

That way when visually impaired people want to pump gas they can just taste each gas pump until they find the one with the right flavor.

Dang, am I the only one who thinks these things through? [Rant2]

I like the way you think!!!! And especially how diverse you were in the flavor choices.


You could just sniff it. If you can smell it you're probably good.

[Ronin13]

Fatten her up a bit and yeah. She's a HOT aussie
FTFY... IMHO.

[Great-Kazoo]

FTFY... IMHO.

Fatten her up a bit and yeah. She's a hot AND crazy aussie

[The Norseman]

shortly (if not already) people will be saying "Denver has turned that entire state to shit, more or less."

We pretty much say that everyday over here on the Westslope...


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[Alpha2]

It ain't just the Westslope...trust me.

[StagLefty]

What hose [ROFL1]
73054

[buffalobo]

We pretty much say that everyday over here on the Westslope...


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