Dan Abel wrote:

> "Nancy Young" > wrote:

>> I haven't the vaguest idea why people knock us not having
>> self serve. You pull up, a nice person comes over and pumps
>> your gas. It's great!
>
> Self serve started gradually here. For a while, towards the end,
> there were token full serve pumps, but nobody used them.

That's what I've seen in my travels, they have full service
pumps to help people who need it, but good luck getting
someone to come help you.
>
> I don't remember the last time I interacted with an employee at a gas
> station. Probably in Oregon, which doesn't allow self serve. Here in
> California, I drive up to the pump, stick my credit card in, pump the
> gas, get my receipt from the pump and drive off.

I just hand my card over, they stick it in the machine and pump
my gas for me, too. I get my receipt and I drive off. And I
pay less that most of the country to boot. It's all good.

nancy