Being able to refuel your car without stepping outside is really nice, especially in winter. There has been attempts to repeal that law to no avail.
The only drawback is if there aren't enough employees you may need to wait a while. This is especially annoying at Costco where there's always a line.
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Personally I prefer to use a "cold station", as in, an unmanned station. Pre-pay with my phone, get out, grab a pump, stand around for a couple of minutes, get back in the car and drive off. No need to faff with people.
It's also annoying if you're driving down the turnpike right after a snow-storm. The turnpike is clear but the attendants are snowed-in. Once waited for over an hour for the only attendant to pump, but we weren't going to make it to CT on that tank.
CT? so you could have gone ahead and bought in NYS but you wanted that cheap cheap NJ gas, didn't you!?
In most tank stations I've seen in Italy you have the served and self lines, the latter sparing you some cents/liter while in the former they will wash your windshield while the tank is getting filled up.
Isn't there a serviced lane in other US states?
Also, I remember full-service lines going away around the same time as "Regular" gasoline went away.
As a side note, barely-above minimum wage though it was, I loved that job. Kinda sucked in the Indiana winters, but otherwise stand outside all day and talk to people.
Side-side note: as a former "professional", I'll admit I got bored after 1976, so I have no score to post.
No, because there is no demand for full service at the extra amount it would cost to hire someone. I actually would not pay any extra for someone else to fill it, as I would prefer to not have someone else touch my credit card and risk overfill my fuel tank.
Maybe it changed in previous years, I have not been there in a while.
Since it costs slightly more, there's basically not a market for it outside the places where it's required.