Oregon’s Senate has repealed a 72-year prohibition against self-service gas, with new legislation requiring gas stations to staff half the available pumps, while allowing the rest to be self-service. The bill, responding to industry staffing shortages, also prohibits charging more for full-service than self-service, likely leading to the phasing out of full-service pumps.

  •  Dee   ( @Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org ) English
    15•1 year ago

    I live in Oregon and moved here from a self pump state, personally I love not getting out of my car to pump gas. Doubly so when it’s shitty out. I hope most places around here keep the gas pump people. They probably will tbh because native Oregonians would have a fit, especially old timers.

    •  CmdrShepard   ( @CmdrShepard@lemmy.one ) English
      2•1 year ago

      I also love not having to get out to pump and rarely ever have to wait in line. The longest I’ve ever waited for gas was in NorCal off I5 where every single person ahead of us wanted to spend 30 minutes inside the convenience store buying snacks while the pumps were running outside.

      I forsee stations cutting all their staffing as they have a financial benefit to do so. We should also expect card skimming to increase as nobody will be monitoring the pumps now.