>I'm curious, is there a local "culture" in the full-service states
>for tipping the attendant after he/she pumps the gas?  One time, when
>driving in Oregon, I remember the attendant just kind of standing
>there after I paid.  Didn't occur to me until later that he may have
>been waiting for a tip, at least until realizing I was from
>California.

The whole thing is asinine. Here in NZ it's hard to find a
pump-jockey who will voluntarily fill your tank. I almost inevitably
do so myself.

Glad tipping here is illegal!
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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