BarterClub@sh.itjust.worksM to Oregon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoSelf-serve gas is officially coming to Oregonwww.opb.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkSelf-serve gas is officially coming to Oregonwww.opb.orgBarterClub@sh.itjust.worksM to Oregon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareVirkkunen@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI’m from s country that has never had self serving gas stations and I genuinely cannot understand why Americans are so obsessed with pumping their own gas
minus-squareMamertine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThere’s a labor shortage. If you pay a person to operate a gas pump the cost of gasoline is more. If you can let people pump their own gas that’s fewer workers at the gas station, which translates to lower prices.
minus-squareBarterClub@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoI’m lazy and I don’t get it either. What’s fun standing freezing weather pumping gas?
I’m from s country that has never had self serving gas stations and I genuinely cannot understand why Americans are so obsessed with pumping their own gas
There’s a labor shortage.
If you pay a person to operate a gas pump the cost of gasoline is more.
If you can let people pump their own gas that’s fewer workers at the gas station, which translates to lower prices.
I’m lazy and I don’t get it either. What’s fun standing freezing weather pumping gas?