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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a matter of personal independence and speed. If I'm at a gas station to fill up then I'm not making progress in getting where I want to be going. I know what grade of gas I want put in my car, I know how the pumps operate, and I can generally fuel my car faster than going through the back-and-forth process of dealing with an attendant. Of course, I've also only lived in places where self-service was the norm, so I'm very used to pumping my own gas. Whenever I drive down to visit my sister in Portland I always try to fill up across the river in Washington just so I don't have to deal with the mandatory full-service in Oregon.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean you can do like me and just pump your own gas... I've never been stopped in Oregon from doing it and in face the attendants usually thank me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've been yelled at by gas attendants in Oregon when I've tried to pump my own gas before. I find it just easier to just avoid refilling in the state if I can.