<VV> Pump Your Own

[Frank DuVal]

If the pump attendant is not going to wash my windows and check my oil 
(like anybody does that anymore to their own car-reference discussion 
about no oil needed between changes or your car is defective), then I do 
not need them to pump my gas.

It has been years here we have had self service and I do not recall 
getting gas on my clothes. Maybe we're smarter here? Diesel pump is a 
different matter! That stuff does not evaporate, so the nozzle is always 
wet. I did perfect the use of windshield washing paper towels to keep my 
hands dry.

BTW, I thought NJ law made it illegal for you to handle the nozzle, 
collector car or not. Seems like over protecting consumers or union 
rules keeping pump jockeys jobs. Live free or die, you know.

Frank DuVal

On 1/7/2012 11:14 AM, Vairtec Corporation wrote:
> On 1/7/2012 10:58 AM, FrankCB at aol.com wrote:
>> And in New Jersey where we're not allowed to pump our own gas.
> And thank goodness.  I have no desire to be pumping my own gas in cold
> and/or wet weather, when I am wearing nice clothes, when I am en route
> to a meeting or appointment, and so on.  A person who has a job will do
> it for me.
>
> But here in NJ the gas jockeys are not dumb.  They recognize collector
> cars and will more often than not let the owner pump his or her own gas
> because they know the owner is fussy.  Typically they'll "supervise,"
> setting the pump, taking the nozzle off the hanger and handing it to
> you, and watching to ensure that you're not a total moron.
>
> Oftentimes today the pump jockey is a recent immigrant with limited
> English skills.  No problemo -- I simply raise my index finger in the
> universally-recognized "just a moment" gesture, and they will hand me
> the nozzle.  They can see that my Corvair is not a run-of-the-mill Corolla.
>
> It's a perfect arrangement.  They pump the gas into my modern car while
> I stay comfortable and dry, and they'll let me pump gas into the Corvairs.
>
> --Bob "neighbor of Frank" Marlow
>
>
>
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