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.





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