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Serious question: why? It seems worse in every way.
I don't understand anyone who says there's long waits, because I never have that problem, even when it's crowded. Conversely, when I lived in the midwest, I would have to wait for people to finish taking their sweet time paying inside before I could get to the pump.
Here we have an attendant who handles the pump and most people don't even get out of their car. They just drive away when it's done.
Anyhow, it's not a big deal to me either way. I don't mind that there's people being paid for that, because our gas prices don't seem higher for it compared to our neighbors. But I also wouldn't terribly mind getting out and pumping it myself either
How do you pay? Does the attendant carry cash and a contactless device for your card/phone?
There's a card reader on the pump. You hand them your card and say how much you want. Or hand them cash.
But wouldn't you have to give them your PIN for your card?
What are you talking about? Just use the credit option like a normal person.
Guess your card payments must work differently there, we have to put the PIN in whether it's a credit or debit card. Unless you're paying via contactless.
This is in America. The vast majority of credit cards there don't have pins.
You hand them your card or cash.
It depends on the station. Some are well staffed and you rarely wait more than a minute or two. Others, not so much. I know of one such station in Hillsboro. Many times I just get out and pump it myself rather than waiting the five or ten minutes it takes them to do it.
I love not having to get out of the car.
In what way is it worse?
Is it expected to tip the person who pumps your gas?
No... where do you get that idea? They are paid a wage.
Everyone you have tipped is also paid a wage
@Boxtifer @morphballganon
Yup. But I've worked pumping gas so do tip ... especially when it's -40C and/or during a snow storm.
I see it as an appreciation of the work they do for shit wages.
Just assumed, I get asked for tips basically everywhere at this point so I assumed that would be the case with someone pumping your gas for you.
Sounds pretty nice.
nope
No, but I will if the weather is fuck awful or if it is around the holidays.