[Shotimes] Re:OT: Self Serve Gas

[Bill Murray]

True we don't have the option of not paying for full-service, but the gas in
NJ is still the cheapest here in the N. East.  I live 20 minutes from the PA
boarder, and gas there is easily .10 more per gallon.  All I did was cross a
river, why do I have to pay more, and pump it myself?!?!?!?  Forget about
fullserve in PA, the price is ridiculous.  Gas was 2.05 at the Hess Station
up the road from my office today.  I filled with Premium, but I forget what
the price was.

According to the AAA website the average gas price in NJ today was 2.070 for
regular.  PA was 2.229 and NY was 2.370.  Both of those states are much
bigger, and have more rural/low income areas where gas is generally cheaper
in theory.  I pay less then the surrounding states, yet I don't have to ever
get out of the car.  How is this a bad thing???

In all honesty though, I could really care less if I have to pump it myself
or have someone do it for me.  If the station is busy, I get out and pump it
myself(and break the law, oooohhhh).  As someone I work with says, "It's 6
of one, and a dozen of the other." LOL

Bill
Once again from the GREAT state of New Jersey!

-----Original Message-----
From: clubairth@bellsouth.net [mailto:clubairth@bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 9:11 AM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] Re:OT: Self Serve Gas

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.
.
.

>
> 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!!
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