The Pump Jockey Employment Mandate

Guest Post by Eric Peters

One of the silliest and most obnoxious make-work laws on the books may soon be the law in Illinois. Maybe soon in your state, too.

It is already the law in New Jersey and Oregon  . . . where motorists aren’t allowed to pump their own gas. For saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaafety!

And for other things, too.

The proposed Gas Station Attendant Act – yes, really – reads as follows:

“No gas may be pumped at a gas station in this state unless it is pumped by a gas station attendant employed at the gas station.”   

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A HELPLESS MILLENNIAL

After my normal 1 hour and 15 minute commute home from work last night, I had to stop for gas. I pulled up to the pump, swiped my credit card and started to fill up my tank.

A car pulled in behind me at the next pump. As I was minding my own business, freezing my ass off, a female voice said “excuse me”. It was a twenty something girl trying to get my attention. I turned around and she proceeded to tell me she was from New Jersey and didn’t know how to put gas in her car.

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