glock
"Don't grumble, give a whistle!"
STILL cheaper in NJ than here in NY. I time things to fill up when I visit the in-laws.
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glock
"Don't grumble, give a whistle!"
baymen
Footballguy
Lived in Huntington Village in the mid-90's, and I did not know about this. My memory is failing me.I'm in Centerport. (Town of Huntington)
Raging weasel
Footballguy
How many gas pumps do stations in NJ and Or usually have and do they need to have 1 attendant on duty for each pump?
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
An old idea that could make a comeback.
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urbanhack
Fight The Power!
same amount of pumps. usually only one person on duty...sometimes 2 depending on the area.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
When I've been in NJ, they never have enough attendants so some of the pumps are closed. Ridiculously stupid.
Are you sure the lack of attendants is why the pumps were closed?
At some larger stations that have multiple tanks underground, they'll close off pumps if they run out of certain types of gas.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
I don't know the reason. Regardless, for a gas station on the turnpike to have cars backed up with pumps not open is stupid.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Raging weasel
Footballguy
seahawk 17
Footballguy
That is true, starting in 2001. This took place in 1993. Probably took a gas station attendant getting their ### kicked to get the law changed.tommyboy said:
Mr. Ected
Footballguy
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Most of the ones around me have something like 1 attendant per 4 pumps.Raging weasel said:
What's hilarious is that both NJ and Oregon claim that the primary reason that they require attendants to pump gas is for safety purposes. And yet every single attendant I have ever seen in NJ (lived here 17 years now), puts the nozzle in, squeezes the handle, flips the catch to keep the gas flowing, and walks away.
There's no question in my mind that walking away from the hose while it's dispensing is much much much more dangerous than letting a car's owner stand there and pump their own gas.
My Elantra has a sharp angle in the gas line from the nozzle entry to the tank that trips the automatic sensors in a lot of newer gas pumps. So the attendant will put the nozzle in, walk away, and it will trip and stop dispensing within about 20 seconds. They'll wander back over a few minutes later and notice what happened, restart it, and walk away again. Again it will stop and I'll sit there yet another few minutes until they wander back over.
At this point, and intelligent person would realize what is going on, understand that the quickest and easiest thing to do at this point is to stand there and pump it, and would stand there and pump it. But 9 times out of 10, the attendant will spend the next 3 minutes looking around for a cap or something else small to wedge under the handle of the dispenser to prevent the safety from turning off, which they will proceed to wedge in, and then walk away, not only taking just as much time finding a cap as it would just to pump the gas, but creating a dangerous situation in the process. It's totally crazy.
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
come on we debunked that #### and bull storyGroveDiesel said:
comfortably numb
Footballguy
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