[Shotimes] Re:OT: Self Serve Gas

[clubairth@bellsouth.net]

EXACTLY!
The problem is the lack of choice! If I don't want to pay for full service, 
do I have that choice in Oregon or N.J.? No. Because of the government.
 This is EXACTLY the problem with trying to solve ANYTHING with the 
government.
Government governs best when it governs the least! Do we really need the 
government to decide if we are allowed to pump gas? How many bureaucrats and 
agencies must be created and at what cost for something as trivial as 
pumping gas? Remember it is almost impossible to dismantle any government 
agency after it has been created. Just look at the taxes that were passed in 
WWII and are still on the books!! Battery and tire taxes come to mind. These 
were specifically passed during the war to help the war effort with scarce 
and strategic materials. That war has been over for 60 years and the 
"emergency taxes" are still in place!! Along with all the thousands of 
government employee's getting benefits,raises and health care!!

The latch is removed so people have to work at going over the $5 or $10 they 
want to put in. Anybody that ever has worked at a gas station/quick stop can 
tell you that with the latch you will have a never ending stream of people 
who "I didn't get the nozzle shut off in time and I don't have enough money 
to pay for the gas" excuses. It just helps cut down on problems.
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>
> Exactly!!!  Self-serve is for idiots....full-serve is for the 
> intelligent!!!
>
> Most places (if not all) remove that little latch on the pump handle, 
> most
> likely for liability reasons, so you have to stand there and squeeze the
> trigger for the entire time.  But, what if there's a blinding snowstorm, 
> or
> it's 20-deg below, or there's a thunderstorm with the "little bitty 
> stingin'
> rain" coming in sideways?  No Thanks.
>
> When you go out to a restaurant, do you go back to the kitchen and cook 
> your
> meal yourself?  No.  When you go out to a bar do you walk behind the bar 
> and
> pour the beer yourself?  No.  Why?  Because you're paying for the product
> and the service.
>
> A steak bought at the supermarket is much cheaper than a steak at a
> restaurant, and a 6-pack of beer costs alot less than 6 beers at a bar.
> But, the funny thing is, the gasoline here in NJ is the same or cheaper 
> than
> what some of you pay for self-serve - and I get the product AND the
> service!!