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[Martian Mermaid]

WTF?

When I'm filling up and people ask me if they want me to do it, I'm like, "Get the fuck away from my car!"

Especially at home with my GOOD car or bike.

So you never let them stick it in?  I'm always taken aback the first time I get out and start to fill my tank on a trip to Oregon.  I think the policy makes some sense.  People need jobs.  Socialism for the win.

It's illegal to let them put the pump in their cars themselves. We absolutely cannot, under any circumstances, let them do it. Unless it's diesel and not gasoline, the laws don't apply to diesel. 
I think it's dumb because we are trying to go very fast to get to the next customers, and of course we are careful, but us being as fast as possible sometimes looks like we're not being careful with their cars. Some people would rather do it themselves in order to feel like their cars are better taken care of. In fact, I have had a few customers tell me this. 
That's not even the worst part. They have to wait for me, and sometimes I'm the only one on a side, and other customers are sometimes slow. So they have to wait for a few minutes, and that's lame. 
However, I am still in support of this law, I just wish it wasn't so strict. 
I don't know how many of you have noticed, but people are idiots when they go to the gas station. Every person has times when they are thoughtful, and times when they just don't care to think very much. Most people which I have seen are having their stupid moments when getting gas. The gas pumpers have enough fuel spills as it is, and at least we are trained in how to handle a fuel spill. I bet there are a hell of a lot more fuel spills in other states.
And also, it is much easier to prevent people from smoking at the pump or putting gas in the wrong containers this way. 

And I bet this law is, in fact, in place for the jobs. I think that's silly, but whatever, the reduced amount of fuel spills protects the environment and keeps our forests healthy(Until some idiot with a firework burns the forests down, of course.   )