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For the first time in more than seven decades, drivers in Oregon are allowed to pump their own gas.

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[–] [email protected] 100 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I can't see myself headed back to Oregon any time soon, but good. It was so frustrating trying to get gas behind a line of twenty five cars being "served" by a single slack jawed yokel taking smoke breaks between each car and God help you if you needed gas at night when everybody was closed.

New Jersey gas attendants can be surly, but my experiences driving there at least moved the cars through getting gas efficiently.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone from NJ I agree 100% with surly. Also you can get someone weird or the guy who just wants to talk the entire time. I really do hope this changes one day.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Or the guy who tries to wash your windows then asks for a tip. I'm still annoyed at that, and it was at least 15 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having lived in NJ most of my life, and recently driving almost cross country to FL, the only benefits of living in FL is that there are like never any lines waiting for gas, and I don't have to wait for a guy to come out. I just pull up, fill up, and GTFO.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Moved from Florida to New Jersey. You can keep Florida and I'll keep my gas attendants! 😉

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I fucking hate this state. I've been here for 9 months, and hate every part of it. The water is fucking disgusting, the heat is absurd, the traffic is ridiculous, the roads are shit, the beaches are shit, the people are.... mentally handicapped is the nicest way to put it, the food is meh at best unless you want Cuban or something fried. There are absolutely no cultural things, like museums or anything that's not hick crap. Went to a ship museum in Tampa with my kids, and it was a rusted out hulk of a boat.

Enjoy the cultural overload of the excess of museums, including the Nimitz, the amazing and huge variety of food, the cooler weather, really good pizza, and amazing pizza if you get closer to NYC, water that doesn't smell like sewage until it's ran for a minute or 2, water that doesn't destroy your pots pans, and basically rust everything, you lucky bastard.

Oh yeah, and go fruit picking other than oranges, because you can just hit up dozens and dozens of orchards for all kinds of fruit picking, without sweating your balls off, pretty much any time of year.

Also, it's called pork roll. Anyone that tells you it's Taylor Ham is a monster, because Taylor Ham is the company that makes pork roll. Pork Roll with egg and cheese is a cure-all. Hangover, depression, snacky, quick breakfast, hungry, and dying? Yeah pork roll with egg and cheese on a roll will solve all your problems. If you have extra problems, add bacon and double meat. Pork roll with bacon, egg, and cheese on a hard roll will cure all your problems.