Some motorists in Oregon, for the first time ever, may be allowed to pump their own gas. And it seems the liberation is a bit much.
According to various reports in recent days, both gas stations and customers are reluctant to embrace the newfangled freedom and great responsibility inherent in operating a pump dispensing a flammable liquid. Drivers have admitted not knowing how to pump their own gas?even though a law has allowed some nighttime self-service pumping in the state since 2015 and, well, 48 other states in the nation do just fine pumping their own.
Of course, the internet has exploded with comments in the vein of: Will my hands smell like gasoline all day" Will I have to make small talk by the pump" Do I need to get my kids/pets out of the car while fueling" What if my chest hair melts" What if, like in Zoolander, a glee-filled, gas-spraying fun time turns into an inferno"  Indeed, the worried comments and sarcastic replies to a post on the Facebook page of Medford, Oregon, TV station KTVL make for good reading:

The state is one of just two?New Jersey is the other?that require full-service gas stations. In Oregon up until now, where the state has at least in the past pointed to the jobs the requirement provides, getting out and pumping your own gas can make you subject to a fine. (Unless you have a car you care about and can convince the attendant to stay out of the transaction?but you didn?t hear that from our Portland burea...