Well, back int he days he checked your oil, water, air pressure and cleaned your windshield, “Keep the change” was not uncommon. But hardly a “decent amount”.
Yes - it smells of “We feel the real reasons will not be well received. What can we say that people might find semi-palatable?”
My favorite line is “Oregons weather is uniquely adverse, causing wet pavement and reduced visibility”. I think we all understand that precipitation is rarely encountered in any of the other 49 states.
The joke answer from us Washingtonians: “Yes, but they’ll waive the training requirement if you’ve ever been to another state.”
Say, are you calling them Toluenies…?
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It is unusual but a guy at a station in my area (NJ) asked me for one. In this area most gas pumpers are adults just off the plane from another country, not teenage kids. Maybe some of them are surprised they don’t get tipped depending where they came from. That guy might have quit soon based on the generally puzzled looks he probably got, not just from me.
I agree there’s no particular reason one way or the other, as with plenty of other low wage jobs, even with customer contact, where there isn’t tipping. Why/why not, all comes down to custom. It’s not a matter of your concern for your fellow person. If you were concerned enough for your fellow humans you could easily impoverish yourself contributing to organizations which help people literally dying of want in poor countries.
Follow up question: What is the penalty for disobeying the law?
If some asshole is sitting on his crack, and you get out and pump your own gas, is it an affirmative defense to point out that they were taking too long to do a job you are perfectly capable of doing on your own?
(I don’t live in such a state, and I am so antisocial that I would probably lose my shit if someone told me I have to wait for them to do it for me)
$500 fine in Oregon … ORS 480.385
Especially number 7:
(7) Exposure to toxic fumes represents a health hazard to customers dispensing Class 1 flammable liquids;
Does no one care about the health hazard to the pump jockey? He’s doing it all day, whereas the customer is doing it once a week-ish. Do the PJs wear haz-mat suits and respirators while they work? And what if the PJ is pregnant?
(8) The hazard described in subsection (7) of this section is heightened when the customer is pregnant;
You never ask your butcher what he puts in his sausage … you don’t want to know …
Same with Oregon law … you really really don’t want to know …
Where the hell are you getting filled up? lol I’m in the Portland metro (barely) and most places I go to I just get my gas and that’s it. It’s actually surprising to have them ask if my window needs washed.
But honestly, I hate the law with a passion. It’s completely inconvenient. Especially if you’re in a hurry. Nothing worse than having to go somewhere and sitting in your car, waiting for an overworked attendant to come by and take the damn nozzle out.
I fill up in a small rural town along the Information Super Dirt Road … we actually have two traffic lights … thousands of residents … why, we’re so big we can support an Elementary School, a Middle School AND a High School.
Well hell…you’ve got me beat. We’ve got zero traffic lights and one school that houses K-12th lol We got our first (only) gas station two years ago and you’d think we’d get better service lol Oh well.
My mum lived in a small town in Eastern Oregon … 35 miles one way to the closest gas station …