Assemblyman proposes to allow self-service gas stations in NJ (sales, unemployment benefits)

[CaptainNJ]

Originally Posted by PDD

At one time all gas stations were full service until the Oil companies figured , we can get those dummies to pump their own gas and don't even have to give them a discount.

I know everybody is in a hurry these days. Working 60 hrs+ a week doesn't leave much time for sitting in a gas station waiting for the jockey especially when you have to get home for the daily obligatory conference call with your work partners in India and China.

Suckers.

what is this guy talking about?

[jaymoney]

Originally Posted by Retriever

I want you to know that I really appreciate your sense of humor, Jay, but I'm not sure that everyone else..."gets it".

Well, you can't always pick your audience. Just put out the best work you can and let it find its home.

[jaymoney]

Originally Posted by CaptainNJ

what is this guy talking about?

Doesn't that pretty much sum up this entire thread?

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by jaymoney

Doesn't that pretty much sum up this entire thread?

I tried to "rep you" again, Jay, but the powers-that-be won't allow me to do it.

[G1..]

Ok , so I understand this ,you guys want to pump your own gas knowing that .........

1) Gas will not get cheaper or less expensive .

2) You will have to stand in the freezing cold and rain when you need gas .

3) Your wives and girlfriends and or mothers and daughters will also have to stand in the freezing rain if they need gas ,or you will do it .

4) Gas will not get cheaper by doing this and unemployment in the state will go up .

5) You will stink of the smell of gas .

Who the hell thought of this and why is he not in jail ?

[CaptainNJ]

Originally Posted by G1..

Ok , so I understand this ,you guys want to pump your own gas knowing that .........

I don't want wipe my own butt either. can government make a law banning wiping your own butt so I can keep an attendant in my bathroom to do it for me?

[HalfFull]

Originally Posted by CaptainNJ

I don't want wipe my own butt either. can government make a law banning wiping your own butt so I can keep an attendant in my bathroom to do it for me?

Tune into the next episode of Dirty Jobs, where host Mike Rowe takes on his nastiest job ever....

[JERSEY MAN]

Originally Posted by G1..

Ok , so I understand this ,you guys want to pump your own gas knowing that .........

1) Gas will not get cheaper or less expensive .

2) You will have to stand in the freezing cold and rain when you need gas .

3) Your wives and girlfriends and or mothers and daughters will also have to stand in the freezing rain if they need gas ,or you will do it .

4) Gas will not get cheaper by doing this and unemployment in the state will go up .

5) You will stink of the smell of gas .

Who the hell thought of this and why is he not in jail ?

Makes sense to me. The same people complaining about the govt. will be complaining about the 3,000 new people getting govt. assistance(unemployment).

[DamageInc]

Bill was crushed before it even got to the Senate and it seems it will not happen.

Self-Serve Fueling In New Jersey Already Runs Out of Gas | Chatham, NJ Patch

New Jersey drivers can pump up the radio, pump the brakes, or even pump their fists, but one thing’s for sure: They won’t be pumping their own gas.

Just days after state senator Declan O’Scanlon said he was sponsoring a bill that would allow the Garden State’s fueling stations to have self-serve and full-serve options, Senate President Stephen Sweeney is saying: No way.

Sweeney said that as long as he leads the state Senate, he won’t allow the bill to be posted for a vote, essentially making it dead, according to northjersey.com.

[bradykp]

Originally Posted by MX City visiting

NJ Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon Proposes Self-Service Gas Stations « CBS New York

I don't think his proposal will go anywhere, just like other previous proposals. Vast majority of New Jerseyans love full-service gas pump. This will also eliminate thousands of jobs = higher unemployment rate! Don't get fooled that gas will be cheaper because it won't.

I would love if this did progress through and become law. i don't buy that it would "eliminate thousands of jobs". you still need attendants at gas stations employed to take payment/monitor security. it would eliminate some jobs, but then, so does EZ PASS.