Don't know about Oregon but in most of NJ the petroleum distributing
engineer is either from the Asian sub-continent or parts of Asia
minor.  Same goes for the full service stations in the New York City metro
area.  It looks like a tough way to make a buck.  Outside in all sorts of
weather, constantly running back and forth dealing with the public.  also,
in the Northeast tipping is just unheard of.   People will sit there and
wait for their penny change.
KB

At 01:22 AM 7/8/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>UK perspective - unheard of here these days, labours just tooooooooo
>expensivo, out of da question..
>Last time I had a pump attendant fill was on holiday in Tenerife, I'd got
>the nozzle in the tank before he nearly bit my hand off - Ooops, what's
>Spanish for '...Sorree, force of habit'
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 2:29 AM
>Subject: Re: Full Sevice Gas Pumping
>
>
> > On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, John P. Flaherty wrote:
> >
> > > Last time I stopped for gas on a visit to my home state of NJ, I stopped
>the
> > > attendant as he was unscrewing the oil filler cap to put gas in. Close
>call.
> > > Never take your eyes off these guys.
> >
> > Yikes.  I can see how that could happen, though.  Some Ford and GM cars
> > used to have the gas filler behind the license plate.
> >
> >              _ _
> >   __ _ _   _| | |  | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE)              Ypsilanti, MI
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> >  |___/             has a system for bothering people." -- Sholomo Dror,
> >                    when asked about U.S. airport security.

                                                         Kevin Barry
                                                 mailto:krbarry@bellatlantic.net

For that run down feeling, try jay-walking.
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