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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.
"some" is still plenty of people you are talking about. I guess I should work as gas attendant and hope I lose my job to collect unemployment benefits from NJ tax payers
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 ?
1. Where I grew up, self service is cheaper than full service.
2. Gas stations are covered so no rain. freezing cold? you're in and out in 2-3 minutes, you don't have to stand there to pump it.
3. So? My wife is a big girl and she knows how to pump gas too.
4. addressed in #1; and i disagree that minimum wage workers at a gas station that would unfortunately lose their jobs couldn't find jobs at equally low-skilled employers. gas stations would still need employees.
5. I pump my own gas in other states - new pumps don't leak like old ones do. so no, you don't stink of the smell of gas.
1. Where I grew up, self service is cheaper than full service.
2. Gas stations are covered so no rain. freezing cold? you're in and out in 2-3 minutes, you don't have to stand there to pump it.
3. So? My wife is a big girl and she knows how to pump gas too.
4. addressed in #1; and i disagree that minimum wage workers at a gas station that would unfortunately lose their jobs couldn't find jobs at equally low-skilled employers. gas stations would still need employees.
5. I pump my own gas in other states - new pumps don't leak like old ones do. so no, you don't stink of the smell of gas.
1. Self service in most other states cost the same or more than full service in NJ - full service in other states costs way more. The 5 cent savings for self service in NJ would last about a week.
2. Not all gas stations are covered and even when there is a roof, many pumps are not completely covered. When I am in other states many stations remove the clip that allows the pump to operate without holding the handle, so yes you do have to stand there holding the handle.
3. Why would you want the NJ to remove this benefit?
4. Many would go on unemployment.
5. Not true - not every pump and gas station is pristine, plus it seems there are many people in other states who have trouble operating the pumps as I watch people overfill their cars and leak gas (and diesel) around the pumps. Other states do not require the pumps to capture the vapors like NJ - another reason for spillage.
There will be zero benefit to those of us who buy fuel in NJ.
1. Self service in most other states cost the same or more than full service in NJ - full service in other states costs way more. The 5 cent savings for self service in NJ would last about a week.
2. Not all gas stations are covered and even when there is a roof, many pumps are not completely covered. When I am in other states many stations remove the clip that allows the pump to operate without holding the handle, so yes you do have to stand there holding the handle.
3. Why would you want the NJ to remove this benefit?
4. Many would go on unemployment.
5. Not true - not every pump and gas station is pristine, plus it seems there are many people in other states who have trouble operating the pumps as I watch people overfill their cars and leak gas (and diesel) around the pumps. Other states do not require the pumps to capture the vapors like NJ - another reason for spillage.
There will be zero benefit to those of us who buy fuel in NJ.
1. Self service in most other states cost the same or more than full service in NJ - full service in other states costs way more. The 5 cent savings for self service in NJ would last about a week.
2. Not all gas stations are covered and even when there is a roof, many pumps are not completely covered. When I am in other states many stations remove the clip that allows the pump to operate without holding the handle, so yes you do have to stand there holding the handle.
3. Why would you want the NJ to remove this benefit?
4. Many would go on unemployment.
5. Not true - not every pump and gas station is pristine, plus it seems there are many people in other states who have trouble operating the pumps as I watch people overfill their cars and leak gas (and diesel) around the pumps. Other states do not require the pumps to capture the vapors like NJ - another reason for spillage.
There will be zero benefit to those of us who buy fuel in NJ.
Re: #1 - the reason gas is cheaper in NJ is because of the low gas tax. Nothing to do with full/self serve.
dont you guys care at all about government overreach in mandating things that there is no legitimate NEED for government to be mandating? i like having my gas pumped by someone else and i like paying less than other states but i cant approve of government mandates for personal preferences.
dont you guys care at all about government overreach in mandating things that there is no legitimate NEED for government to be mandating? i like having my gas pumped by someone else and i like paying less than other states but i cant approve of government mandates for personal preferences.
You know that you drive on government-owned and run roads, walk around government-owned parks, probably attended public schools, protected by the police, etc. without realizing it.
You know that you drive on government-owned and run roads, walk around government-owned parks, probably attended public schools, protected by the police, etc. without realizing it.
so whats your point? government made the roads so they can tell me to do (or not do) anything they wish me to?
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