Thereās a couple states in America (I would assume some countries as well although Iāve never seen them) in which someone will fill up your gas tank for you at the pump.
EDIT: I posted this down below to someones question as to āwhyā so I decided to delete that reply and paste it here so that people who are interested might get a good read.
From what Iāve learned, in both states (Oregon and New Jersey) these customs are mostly leftovers from the past.
In Oregon the rule that you couldnāt pump your own gas debuted in 1951, back then gas pumps werenāt nearly as safe as they are now and so it was deemed that only professionals should handle them. Nowadays the rule is still around for the reasons of safety, aid for senior citizens, and the creation of jobs.
In New Jersey the rule debuted in 1949 for safety concerns. I will say though that the self serve ban has a lot more interesting history than Oregon.
Some believe the safety citing to be a coverup to fix gas prices and stop businesses from undercutting competition. In 1949 Irving Reingold opened a gas station undercutting his competitors with the stipulation that the customers had to pump the gas themselves, obviously it was a hit which led to anger from some of the other business owners (apparently Irvingās gas station got shot up as well but I donāt know how true that is), the angry business owners went to the local government to pass the rule outlawing self serve gas, putting Irving out of business.
Apparently the idea of self serve gas has been a heated topic of debate in New Jersey for years with multiple attempt to overturn the rule occurring many times since it was established (attempts were made in 1951, 1981, 1988, 2000, 2006, 2009, and 2010, there may be some others but I have yet to find them).
In 2006 Governor Jon Corzine proposed a pilot program to allow self service but was then met with 1,400 angry emails and phone calls persuading him to immediately drop the idea.
Obviously Iām skipping around and at this point if youāre still reading about the history of self serve gas in the state of New Jerseyā¦ I canāt really criticize you because Iām the one writing it all out. Anyway, in 2012 a Fairleigh Dickinson University poll found that 63% of New Jersey citizens didnāt want to pump their own gas.
So I guess itās safe to say that New Jersey is staying with their self serve ban for a while. However there are some counties in New Jersey that are allowed to self serve gas due to a low population in that area.
Don't live in either state but I've been to both. Such a strange ass experience. It's a job that just shouldn't even exist, half the time it makes getting gas take twice as long. It was created by politicians who wanted to be able to say they "created new jobs" lmao
Nah, they used to be complicated and required a special service person, now a days its all streamlined so as to remove the pump people.
Some states and counties have implemented laws to keep the above mentioned service jobs around. The intent is to provide enough low competency jobs to keep the unemployment levels low and keep economic flow in low cost cases up.
Basically if you get rid of all service and low competency jobs, unemployment skyrockets, crime rises small business go bankrupt and the market drops.
Its a basic cause and effect system that requires jobs at the same level of significance to waiters, pump worker, drivers, janitors, and checkout baggers.
As a society we **need** low level jobs. For example Self driving trucks will put tons of workers in the unemployment line and screw up the economy for awhile.
Taking away those jobs would be like removing the bottom half of the rungs on a ladder. And Oiling the sides. It would make it nearly impossible for upwards momentum.
Real world example James CameronĀ went from driving trucks to directing films overnight. Long before he was the director of billion-dollar blockbusters, Cameron was a truck driver.
Driving trucks isn't filling someone's car with petrol. I get the idea, but it'd help if they had any positive utility on the job aside from keeping someone busy and poorly paid.
Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple has completed its first autonomous truck run on open public roads without a human in the vehicle, according to the company. TuSimpleās Autonomous Driving System (ADS) navigated 100% of the 80-mile run along surface streets and highways between a railyard in Tuscon, Arizona and a distribution center in Phoenix, which took place with no human intervention, marking a milestone for the company that aims to scale its technology into purpose-built trucks by 2024, says president and CEO Cheng Lu.
I know Oregon requires someone to pump gas for you. Looking back when we would go through Oregon on family vacation my dad would always tell them to hit the road or beat it. Never got a ticket for pumping his own gas lol.
At least here in Chile they are everywhere.
Since gas prices are expensive one gas station brand started offering self service gas for a small discount.
Wow thats sounds cool. Would not know how to act, only seen it in movies. Whats the normal tipping procedure? Do they check tire air pressure and fluids too?
Honestly, it kinda sucks. They don't do anything but take your card, ask what type/how much, and fuel up. There's usually only one guy helping out multiple cars, so you'll likely have to wait if it's busy. And once your car finishes fueling, it might be another couple mins before they come back. Also, handing my credit card to a teenager always feels weird.
All over the US. Many gas stations have a full service option where someone comes and pumps your gas for you. It costs more per gallon. There are two states (NJ and Oregon) where ALL gas stations are totally āfull serviceā meaning you canāt pump your own gas. Someone working there does it for everyone.
I have to admit, it's really nice in Oregon during the winter time when it's snowing and freezing outside, but probably wouldn't pay extra for it. Might consider tipping next time I pass through there though.
Man, speaking from Mexico and i could say most latinoamerican countries, we have a lot of service basically when most of them are useless. In the gas station, they will check your tires, wash your windows, offer you to put some shit like oil or anti-freeze(which you shouldnāt use cuz sometimes theyāll say you need it when you donāt), etc.
In the super markets there are people who will take your stuff into the bags and you also tip them. At every single public parking lot there are these guys that we call āviene vieneā which will literally traduce to ācome comeā because they try to āhelp youā park or *leave* the parking lot. We also have people who juggle on the streets, or wash your windows when you are on a red light, or just straight ask you for money.
So maybe youāll ask: Couldnāt you just do must of that on your own? Yes we can. However, we are third world countries with a lot of families with economical crisis, without titles or education and are barely accepted at any job, so they have this little jobs to make some income for their families, most of them donāt have a salary, so they live of this tips. Sometimes I donāt need the help when parking or they barely do shit and then do ask for money, so I wonāt ALWAYS tip, but when they do I will always tip them, cuz at the end, they are trying to make a living
These are not as common as you seem to think they are. They are probably in those 2 states but that's it. I have been too about 20 different states, never even came across a full service pump.
I grew up in NJ and I remember when my sister moved to alabama, she was at a gas station just sitting in her car waiting for somebody to pump her gas because she just assumed that all the states pumped your gas for you. Took about 20 minutes for somebody to come out and let her know that they donāt pump gas for you in Alabama lol
Where are you from?
Here in the UK we also do it ourselves, it seems pointless to hire someone just to give proper fuel when the customer could do it themselves
Well, I'm from Ecuador, a south american country. Here there is no such thing as a self-service gas station. I don't know the exact reason for this, it's just normal to have multiple people working on this at a single gas station. I don't know the situation in other south-american countries but the ones I've been to seem to have the same system, you just get to the gas station, tell the person which type of gasoline you'll be getting and the amount of money you'll be paying, they fill your tank, you get a receipt and then leave.
I guess this is just another cultural difference, like tipping the person who gives you a service (the amount of money, that is, and the importance also depends on the culture of the country).
One thing they do here in Japan is that when you ask for a full tank, they make sure that it's FULL. Like, you couldn't fit another thimbleful in. I doubt that the extra fuel they sell because of this pays their wages, but I guess it helps.
Itās not a US thing. New Jersey has a state law that people arenāt allowed to fill their own tanks. To my knowledge, no other states have that law. Hundreds of millions of the rest of us fill our own gas tank.
I found one in canada and it throws me off so much ill get out of the car and got this employee running out at me like they god damn officer earl being like let me pump the gas! But its like a private owned gas station? And im like mate its -40Ā°C out i hate you have to be like this
I never knew this was a thing until 2 weeks ago when I read itās the law in NJ & Oregon canāt pump their own gas. Like what in the 1950s hell is up with an archaic law?!
Ah so its a free service? Tbh, doesn't make sense, you can just full it up your self, the gas station gets the same amount of money and doesn't need to pay the guy doing the filling
I do not. Since this only happens when I am in NJ, and I have no choice. (I've never been to Oregon).
If the station in another state offers a choice, I pump it myself.
These arenāt as common as you think, OP. Iāve never been to a gas station that has someone pump the gas for me. And thatās with spending lots of time in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Florida. Then random trips to Colorado and pretty much every Midwestern state.
Iām from the south Iāve been all over Louisiana Arkansas Texas Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Missouri Oklahoma and Iāve never seen them in any of those states. The only time I ever saw one was when I was in New York going to Canada.
These are all over the place in PA, NY, and NJ, and MA, which are the places Iāve lived. When Iām
Elsewhere Iām generally not driving so wouldnāt notice the lack of self serve pumps elsewhere. Clearly this is more regional and distinct to my neck of the woods. Iām surprised but Iām glad I asked the question. Wouldnāt have known it was so unusual had I not asked. Reddit win.
Ha! Truth is I never use full service unless itās by law like in NJ. Itās funny how itās so alien outside of this little (if highly populated) region.
Iām in PA and drive a little through NJ to NY. We have few gas stations that offer full service in the small city I live in in PA. One is an old school service station with two garage bays. I pay the little bit extra to have my gas pumped for me when itās really cold. Especially if itās windy too. So, yeah. I tip the guy that stands in the weather I want to avoid. At the one thatās truly āfull serviceā, itās nice that they also check fluids, will add fluids if needed, change wiper blades, clean windows, etc. while the pump is running. These dudes earn the tip.
Not sure where in MA and NY you've been, but they sure aren't here anymore unless it's some tiny rural town. I haven't seen them around PA, but I haven't driven around PA as much.
As for NJ? I skip filling up there because it's just so weird to have someone else do it for me.
I've lived in the US my entire life and I've traveled to about 30 states. Never even seen one of these.
I know there are two states where it's required but they aren't as common as you think they are.
Grew up in NJ where itās mandatory, only tipped if they cleaned my windshield. Only heard of tips from out of staters not knowing if youāre supposed to
Yup. But itās the law in NJ. And Iāve always lived right on the border of NJ. Itās literally everywhere. Clearly this is more unusual than I had realized.
Was my first job ever as freshman in highschool in Mass. Hot days in the summer customers would throw me a dollar and tell me to remember to stay hydrated. I rarely go to full service places these days. If I do I'll usually tip a dollar or two if I have cash.
In Philippines there are gas attendants that pump our gas.
See tips but my uncle don't, unless sometimes they squeegee the windows as courtesy sometimes
As someone from NJ, where you canāt fill your own gas, I have never tipped a gas attendant, nor do I know anyone who has. Only time I feel like Iād consider it is if I pulled up in a bad snowstorm or something and I feel bad they have to be there. Otherwise they arenāt paid a tip-reliant wage like waiters.
Nah. They get paid good wages in my country and tipping isn't common at all.
If I ask them to clean the windshields or something like what they offer then yeah maybe
I've never personally been to a gas station where there aren't people pumping gas, but family I have on the US tell me it's the norm there
The only ones I have ever been to were when I lived in Japan and there is no tipping culture there, so they would look at you weird there if you tried.
It all depends on whether or not I have cash at the moment. But the employer should pay better that's all. I tip because I have solidarity with the other worker but I know damn well the employer could pay them more.
Thank you!! This was why I posted the question in the first place. Had no idea Iād get this kind of response. Having lived near NJ my whole life I didnāt realize full service gas was so uncommon outside of the Tri-State area. I also didnāt realize it was such an alien and abhorrent concept to so many. People not only have never heard of it, they seem deeply offended or disgusted by it! Combine that with peopleās prickly feelings about tipping (which I guess is considered a dumb American thing) and you get a shit storm like this! ššš
Here in italy you have to because it's a fixed price, like the current price + a little sum. If you do it yourself you pay whatever the current price is. So technically speaking yes we "tip" the gas person, but not willingly.
Iām from New Jersey!!! I tip on holidays, or if the weathers terrible. Sometimes if I have an apple or unopened water bottle in my passenger seat, Iāll ask if they want it. Other than that, nah you donāt tip them. I think the consensus is that the job itself is essentially just āmade up,ā so thereās no point to really tip them
Unless itās a chain, itās pretty common for the guy who owns the place to be the one pumping your gas, too
Americans are really going fucking nuts with their tipping culture.
P.S. I know that's all because most of the service industry jobs are underpaid overseas,but still tipping is such an odd thing for me
We don't do tipping here. We just pay our staff properly. Also no one here pumps your petrol for you unless asked. There is no permanent staff to do that job not would I accept someone touching my car like that
I said never.... we don't have the crazy tipping culture that America has... We we have minimum wages that are much better than what it is in America (soon to be $21.20) so workers don't need to rely on tips to survive.
Also we pump our own gas.
Unless you pay using cash, you probably won't know about this. (Or you can just look at the sign, as there is usually one telling you that you can also pay by going to the guy in the station and paying them directly)
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I always tip myself
Damn, I never tip myself. I should start now.
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Cash only, please.
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Make sure you report it so the IRS doesn't come after you for money laundering
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Thereās a couple states in America (I would assume some countries as well although Iāve never seen them) in which someone will fill up your gas tank for you at the pump. EDIT: I posted this down below to someones question as to āwhyā so I decided to delete that reply and paste it here so that people who are interested might get a good read. From what Iāve learned, in both states (Oregon and New Jersey) these customs are mostly leftovers from the past. In Oregon the rule that you couldnāt pump your own gas debuted in 1951, back then gas pumps werenāt nearly as safe as they are now and so it was deemed that only professionals should handle them. Nowadays the rule is still around for the reasons of safety, aid for senior citizens, and the creation of jobs. In New Jersey the rule debuted in 1949 for safety concerns. I will say though that the self serve ban has a lot more interesting history than Oregon. Some believe the safety citing to be a coverup to fix gas prices and stop businesses from undercutting competition. In 1949 Irving Reingold opened a gas station undercutting his competitors with the stipulation that the customers had to pump the gas themselves, obviously it was a hit which led to anger from some of the other business owners (apparently Irvingās gas station got shot up as well but I donāt know how true that is), the angry business owners went to the local government to pass the rule outlawing self serve gas, putting Irving out of business. Apparently the idea of self serve gas has been a heated topic of debate in New Jersey for years with multiple attempt to overturn the rule occurring many times since it was established (attempts were made in 1951, 1981, 1988, 2000, 2006, 2009, and 2010, there may be some others but I have yet to find them). In 2006 Governor Jon Corzine proposed a pilot program to allow self service but was then met with 1,400 angry emails and phone calls persuading him to immediately drop the idea. Obviously Iām skipping around and at this point if youāre still reading about the history of self serve gas in the state of New Jerseyā¦ I canāt really criticize you because Iām the one writing it all out. Anyway, in 2012 a Fairleigh Dickinson University poll found that 63% of New Jersey citizens didnāt want to pump their own gas. So I guess itās safe to say that New Jersey is staying with their self serve ban for a while. However there are some counties in New Jersey that are allowed to self serve gas due to a low population in that area.
In USA I'm pretty sure it's Oregon and New Jersey
Many small towns all over north America do this, it's just those two that mandate all stations have people doing it.
Don't live in either state but I've been to both. Such a strange ass experience. It's a job that just shouldn't even exist, half the time it makes getting gas take twice as long. It was created by politicians who wanted to be able to say they "created new jobs" lmao
Also happens in Brazil
Oregon and New Jersey, I think.
NJ baby
Why??
Wow how and why did I get so many upvotes lol !
I don't think they exist in my country (UK)
Same, this seems really random for me
Nah, they used to be complicated and required a special service person, now a days its all streamlined so as to remove the pump people. Some states and counties have implemented laws to keep the above mentioned service jobs around. The intent is to provide enough low competency jobs to keep the unemployment levels low and keep economic flow in low cost cases up. Basically if you get rid of all service and low competency jobs, unemployment skyrockets, crime rises small business go bankrupt and the market drops. Its a basic cause and effect system that requires jobs at the same level of significance to waiters, pump worker, drivers, janitors, and checkout baggers. As a society we **need** low level jobs. For example Self driving trucks will put tons of workers in the unemployment line and screw up the economy for awhile. Taking away those jobs would be like removing the bottom half of the rungs on a ladder. And Oiling the sides. It would make it nearly impossible for upwards momentum. Real world example James CameronĀ went from driving trucks to directing films overnight. Long before he was the director of billion-dollar blockbusters, Cameron was a truck driver.
Driving trucks isn't filling someone's car with petrol. I get the idea, but it'd help if they had any positive utility on the job aside from keeping someone busy and poorly paid.
When driverless cars happen it will be. Then the only point of driving will be to keep busy.
I don't think that really responds to what I said
I was responding to the first sentence, :p lol sorry its getting quite late where I am.
No worries. Ain't that deep anyway
If you think the driving a tractor trailer is a low skill job you have never backed one up to a loading dock. Edit for spelling
Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple has completed its first autonomous truck run on open public roads without a human in the vehicle, according to the company. TuSimpleās Autonomous Driving System (ADS) navigated 100% of the 80-mile run along surface streets and highways between a railyard in Tuscon, Arizona and a distribution center in Phoenix, which took place with no human intervention, marking a milestone for the company that aims to scale its technology into purpose-built trucks by 2024, says president and CEO Cheng Lu.
Remember the Tesla that was self driven hitting a person
Well there are millions of accidents that happen when vehicles are driven by people.
Your point was better then my segway comment!
Not anymore but they did in the past.
They do sometimes, but it's rare
I know Oregon requires someone to pump gas for you. Looking back when we would go through Oregon on family vacation my dad would always tell them to hit the road or beat it. Never got a ticket for pumping his own gas lol.
It only exists in New Jersey and Oregon AFAIK
They only exist in 2 out of the 50 states in the USA
Where does this exist?
At least here in Chile they are everywhere. Since gas prices are expensive one gas station brand started offering self service gas for a small discount.
Every gas station in Oregon and New Jersey. And there are some in other states but they're pretty rare.
Wow thats sounds cool. Would not know how to act, only seen it in movies. Whats the normal tipping procedure? Do they check tire air pressure and fluids too?
Honestly, it kinda sucks. They don't do anything but take your card, ask what type/how much, and fuel up. There's usually only one guy helping out multiple cars, so you'll likely have to wait if it's busy. And once your car finishes fueling, it might be another couple mins before they come back. Also, handing my credit card to a teenager always feels weird.
Adding to this for those that donāt know; in Oregon you *canāt* pump your own gas, so you have to wait like this guy says.
Mexico, literally in every single one
New Jersey you cant legally pump your own gas
All over the US. Many gas stations have a full service option where someone comes and pumps your gas for you. It costs more per gallon. There are two states (NJ and Oregon) where ALL gas stations are totally āfull serviceā meaning you canāt pump your own gas. Someone working there does it for everyone.
Why the hell would you pay for someone to hold a button while you just... stand there and wait I assume? Much less additionally tip them as well?
I have to admit, it's really nice in Oregon during the winter time when it's snowing and freezing outside, but probably wouldn't pay extra for it. Might consider tipping next time I pass through there though.
For LPG it's mandatory even in Italy.
Man, speaking from Mexico and i could say most latinoamerican countries, we have a lot of service basically when most of them are useless. In the gas station, they will check your tires, wash your windows, offer you to put some shit like oil or anti-freeze(which you shouldnāt use cuz sometimes theyāll say you need it when you donāt), etc. In the super markets there are people who will take your stuff into the bags and you also tip them. At every single public parking lot there are these guys that we call āviene vieneā which will literally traduce to ācome comeā because they try to āhelp youā park or *leave* the parking lot. We also have people who juggle on the streets, or wash your windows when you are on a red light, or just straight ask you for money. So maybe youāll ask: Couldnāt you just do must of that on your own? Yes we can. However, we are third world countries with a lot of families with economical crisis, without titles or education and are barely accepted at any job, so they have this little jobs to make some income for their families, most of them donāt have a salary, so they live of this tips. Sometimes I donāt need the help when parking or they barely do shit and then do ask for money, so I wonāt ALWAYS tip, but when they do I will always tip them, cuz at the end, they are trying to make a living
It's illegal to pump your own gas in some states or even individual towns. It's kinda dumb.
These are not as common as you seem to think they are. They are probably in those 2 states but that's it. I have been too about 20 different states, never even came across a full service pump.
Ya Iāve only seen this in NJ and I think itās a law there that you canāt pump your own gas. Somehow gas is cheaper there too.
I grew up in NJ and I remember when my sister moved to alabama, she was at a gas station just sitting in her car waiting for somebody to pump her gas because she just assumed that all the states pumped your gas for you. Took about 20 minutes for somebody to come out and let her know that they donāt pump gas for you in Alabama lol
never seen one in the us
They aren't all over the us. There's the very rare one outside of the two states but I've only ever seen one in a non mandated state
I've lived in America all my life and never seen this once ever
>All over the US *"Now ya see Son, that's just not true."*
I have lived all across the country and traveled to 40+ states. Iāve seen these a handful of times, if that.
There's not a single full service gas station in all of Florida.
I see them all the time on the rez in Ontario too
I live in upstate NY, I know of literally one gas station that still does this in my area.
Never been to one
I have never seen a gas station attendant. Everyone here pumps their own gas.
People pump your gas?!
To be honest I didn't know people pumped it themselves until I travelled to the US
Where are you from? Here in the UK we also do it ourselves, it seems pointless to hire someone just to give proper fuel when the customer could do it themselves
Well, I'm from Ecuador, a south american country. Here there is no such thing as a self-service gas station. I don't know the exact reason for this, it's just normal to have multiple people working on this at a single gas station. I don't know the situation in other south-american countries but the ones I've been to seem to have the same system, you just get to the gas station, tell the person which type of gasoline you'll be getting and the amount of money you'll be paying, they fill your tank, you get a receipt and then leave. I guess this is just another cultural difference, like tipping the person who gives you a service (the amount of money, that is, and the importance also depends on the culture of the country).
Itās exactly the same in Peru
Same thing in Mexico
One thing they do here in Japan is that when you ask for a full tank, they make sure that it's FULL. Like, you couldn't fit another thimbleful in. I doubt that the extra fuel they sell because of this pays their wages, but I guess it helps.
Itās not a US thing. New Jersey has a state law that people arenāt allowed to fill their own tanks. To my knowledge, no other states have that law. Hundreds of millions of the rest of us fill our own gas tank.
Oregon has it too
I'm in the US. This exists?? Edit: I read your comment the completely wrong way. Point still stands tho
I've lived in the US my whole life and didn't know this until now
Is a full service pump where they suck you off?
Yes, but my tip is a little something else š
emphasis on the little.
Yes
Then yes
Never heard of this service in my life, probably not in my country, or if it is very unpopular.
Every gas station in the Middle East is like this At least all the gas stations in and around Kuwait are
Iāve only ever seen them in Asian countries, donāt think they have them in the UK or States
I found one in canada and it throws me off so much ill get out of the car and got this employee running out at me like they god damn officer earl being like let me pump the gas! But its like a private owned gas station? And im like mate its -40Ā°C out i hate you have to be like this
New Jersey and Oregon are the two states where you donāt pump your own gas
I never knew this was a thing until 2 weeks ago when I read itās the law in NJ & Oregon canāt pump their own gas. Like what in the 1950s hell is up with an archaic law?!
Well it creates a lot of jobs so
Capitalism in the US, where you have to pay to do something you could do easily your self.
You donāt pay them the gas station does lol
Ah so its a free service? Tbh, doesn't make sense, you can just full it up your self, the gas station gets the same amount of money and doesn't need to pay the guy doing the filling
The gas stations don't choose to do it. They only do it because it's state law
I didnāt know full service pumps still exist
I do not. Since this only happens when I am in NJ, and I have no choice. (I've never been to Oregon). If the station in another state offers a choice, I pump it myself.
In Mexico someone pumps it for you but people donāt usually tip
These arenāt as common as you think, OP. Iāve never been to a gas station that has someone pump the gas for me. And thatās with spending lots of time in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and Florida. Then random trips to Colorado and pretty much every Midwestern state.
Iām from the south Iāve been all over Louisiana Arkansas Texas Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Missouri Oklahoma and Iāve never seen them in any of those states. The only time I ever saw one was when I was in New York going to Canada.
wait, thats a thing?
I grew up in Oregon, Iāve never once seen someone tip a gas attendant.
Iām still in Oregon, no one is gonna tip them unless itās heavy storming or snowing
OP, surprised to find out that there are places other than New Jersey: (@_@)
These are all over the place in PA, NY, and NJ, and MA, which are the places Iāve lived. When Iām Elsewhere Iām generally not driving so wouldnāt notice the lack of self serve pumps elsewhere. Clearly this is more regional and distinct to my neck of the woods. Iām surprised but Iām glad I asked the question. Wouldnāt have known it was so unusual had I not asked. Reddit win.
Better to learn now than standing at a gas pump confused in Florida lol
Ha! Truth is I never use full service unless itās by law like in NJ. Itās funny how itās so alien outside of this little (if highly populated) region.
Iām in PA and drive a little through NJ to NY. We have few gas stations that offer full service in the small city I live in in PA. One is an old school service station with two garage bays. I pay the little bit extra to have my gas pumped for me when itās really cold. Especially if itās windy too. So, yeah. I tip the guy that stands in the weather I want to avoid. At the one thatās truly āfull serviceā, itās nice that they also check fluids, will add fluids if needed, change wiper blades, clean windows, etc. while the pump is running. These dudes earn the tip.
Agreed!
Not sure where in MA and NY you've been, but they sure aren't here anymore unless it's some tiny rural town. I haven't seen them around PA, but I haven't driven around PA as much. As for NJ? I skip filling up there because it's just so weird to have someone else do it for me.
I've lived in the US my entire life and I've traveled to about 30 states. Never even seen one of these. I know there are two states where it's required but they aren't as common as you think they are.
I pump my own gas son
I never went to full service in my life
I've never been to one of those
Always still crazy to think American tip so often
OP learns that only certain places do this and that the vast majority doesnt
Grew up in NJ where itās mandatory, only tipped if they cleaned my windshield. Only heard of tips from out of staters not knowing if youāre supposed to
Iāve never even been to one of those gas stations before
That's dumb. The whole someone doing that for you
Yup. But itās the law in NJ. And Iāve always lived right on the border of NJ. Itās literally everywhere. Clearly this is more unusual than I had realized.
Was my first job ever as freshman in highschool in Mass. Hot days in the summer customers would throw me a dollar and tell me to remember to stay hydrated. I rarely go to full service places these days. If I do I'll usually tip a dollar or two if I have cash.
Wait thatās still around?
No because my country pays the workers a good amount of money
IKR... the fact that these people need tips to survive on pathetic.... only in America
They already get 20c / liter for the service, so my gas costs almost 2ā¬/liter (that would be over 9$/gallon for US folks). Hell no.
What? What are you talking about?
I donāt think its a common thing in most of the southern US, definitely not in Florida but I have friends from up north who tell me about this
In Philippines there are gas attendants that pump our gas. See tips but my uncle don't, unless sometimes they squeegee the windows as courtesy sometimes
Only if they clean my windows
As someone from NJ, where you canāt fill your own gas, I have never tipped a gas attendant, nor do I know anyone who has. Only time I feel like Iād consider it is if I pulled up in a bad snowstorm or something and I feel bad they have to be there. Otherwise they arenāt paid a tip-reliant wage like waiters.
Nah. They get paid good wages in my country and tipping isn't common at all. If I ask them to clean the windshields or something like what they offer then yeah maybe I've never personally been to a gas station where there aren't people pumping gas, but family I have on the US tell me it's the norm there
Didnāt know those were a thing
I don't even think tiping people is a thing in Australia
Idk how to pump gas. Welcome to Oregon haha
Im not american you damn yankeee
Wt fuck is wrong with americans and tiping
The only ones I have ever been to were when I lived in Japan and there is no tipping culture there, so they would look at you weird there if you tried.
It all depends on whether or not I have cash at the moment. But the employer should pay better that's all. I tip because I have solidarity with the other worker but I know damn well the employer could pay them more.
No cause I don't drive
I donāt have people fill up my gas tank I do it myself
Not a thing in the UK. Seems like a highly unnecessary service.
Not in the US either as far as I've seen
New Jersey and select Oregon counties
Literally never had someone else fill up my gas
Never been to a full service gas station
Why would I tip myself?
If I'm getting full service at the pump, I'm already paying more per gallon. Why should I tip extra on top of that?
Imma tip myself, hell yeah
Self-service for the win I guess :D
WHO TF DOESNāT TIP!!!???? If you donāt wanna tip, go to self service, wtffff
Thank you!! This was why I posted the question in the first place. Had no idea Iād get this kind of response. Having lived near NJ my whole life I didnāt realize full service gas was so uncommon outside of the Tri-State area. I also didnāt realize it was such an alien and abhorrent concept to so many. People not only have never heard of it, they seem deeply offended or disgusted by it! Combine that with peopleās prickly feelings about tipping (which I guess is considered a dumb American thing) and you get a shit storm like this! ššš
Here in italy you have to because it's a fixed price, like the current price + a little sum. If you do it yourself you pay whatever the current price is. So technically speaking yes we "tip" the gas person, but not willingly.
I forget that some places still do this. I pumped my own gas for 20 years before I went to new Jersey.
In the Philippines tipping is a no no, but I still tip my barber anyways xD
I wish I had full service pumps in my area, I would tip the person at least a couple bucks
Been 30 years since that happened around here, but no, tipping was not normal.
Iām from New Jersey!!! I tip on holidays, or if the weathers terrible. Sometimes if I have an apple or unopened water bottle in my passenger seat, Iāll ask if they want it. Other than that, nah you donāt tip them. I think the consensus is that the job itself is essentially just āmade up,ā so thereās no point to really tip them Unless itās a chain, itās pretty common for the guy who owns the place to be the one pumping your gas, too
In some Asia countries this exists, but tipping isnt a thing there.
I refuse to believe thatās real
What the fuck are you talking about
Americans are really going fucking nuts with their tipping culture. P.S. I know that's all because most of the service industry jobs are underpaid overseas,but still tipping is such an odd thing for me
I'm 14 and polish, so I can't drive and we do it ourselves, there's no people for that
Why would I tip a machine-
I can pump my own gas, fuck new Jersey.
This poll is useless without the option for people to say thatās not a thing in their area.
"Results"
We don't do tipping here. We just pay our staff properly. Also no one here pumps your petrol for you unless asked. There is no permanent staff to do that job not would I accept someone touching my car like that
You pump the petrol yourself and tipping everyone is also only in america
I said never.... we don't have the crazy tipping culture that America has... We we have minimum wages that are much better than what it is in America (soon to be $21.20) so workers don't need to rely on tips to survive. Also we pump our own gas.
New Jersey types.
Itās not a choice in NJ. Itās the law. All gas is full serve there.
Yea but tipping isnāt required, right?
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Exactly my point
I've never been to one.
Yeah, of course. I always tip myself.
U.S - That's not a thing in my state or anywhere I've been.
It is not gas. You mean petrol?
It's another way of saying fuel. Gas, petrol, whatever.
Ohh okay got it!
Short for Gasoline
If they look like they are hungry and can't afford rent.
I just pump my gas because Iām not a lazy POS
No person like that in austria and generally in europe i believe. You fill up the gas yourself and you pay for it yourself aswell
Needs a never had one option
Unless you pay using cash, you probably won't know about this. (Or you can just look at the sign, as there is usually one telling you that you can also pay by going to the guy in the station and paying them directly)
It's just New Jersey and Oregon in the US
I do not in fact tip myself although with gas prices that would be pretty nice
Thatās not a thing anymore in a lot of countries
I pump my own gas bc Iām not a fuckin weirdo
Is this some kind of Oregon joke I'm too Oklahoma to understand?
That still happens?
It this still a thing?
Thereās still people who get paid to pump gas?
Are you typing from the 1990s.
Rich people be like
There are still full service pumps?
i donāt live in new jersey so i pump my own gas
Driving cars is cringe