Comments on: Me? Pump Gas? But I’m From Jersey!

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:51:38 +0000

Woohoo, personally I hate bothering to get out of the car and pump my own gas. I guess it’s because us fellow jersey-ians have been brought up to sit back and relax while the gas guy does all the work. And congrats on not ending up like the guys from Zoolander!

By: freakgirl

freakgirl — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:02:22 +0000

That sounds reasonable to me.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:01:08 +0000

I always tip if I’m too much of a bonehead to fill up before a holiday and I need gas on a day that someone should have off. I also have tipped in extreme weather, like in the middle of a snow storm or if it is really frigid.

By: freakgirl

freakgirl — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:01:59 +0000

Word.

By: Yeti

Yeti — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:17:18 +0000

I’d happily exchange gas pumping privileges if I could buy a bottle of scotch on a Sunday! Why did I ever leave Jersey?

By: Tricia

Tricia — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:14:34 +0000

Every time we drive to or through Oregon (from Washington), we always make a point to buy gas before crossing the boarder to avoid the expense? awkwardness? to tip or not to tip? of having someone else pump the gas. It’s probably very silly, especially as I think gas was cheaper there than it is here on our last road trip…

By: Maggie

Maggie — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:07:20 +0000

I used to pump gas for my dad when I was a kid, I thought it was so cool! Then I started driving and winter came and it was so cold!

By: maddie

maddie — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:58:04 +0000

I always bragged about that to my friends in college in PA, coming from NJ, enjoyed watching the shock on my out-of-state friends faces when we had to get gas on road trips to NJ. I had to have someone from PA give me gas pumping lessons. Pay inside and then pump? What? Too confusing! Now karma being what it is, I haven’t lived in NJ since then…and now resent the fact that it is cheaper and you don’t have to pump it.

By: freakgirl

freakgirl — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:49:48 +0000

“Trained from infancy to pump gas” - that’s awesome.

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:54:07 +0000

Did you guys ever see this Daily Show piece?
http://www.thedailyshow.com/vi.....mp-my-ride