Oregon's clinging to the law also had to do with preserving entry-level jobs that said, in an economy that is enjoying near-full employment, stations have had a hard time filling these jobs, causing motorists longer waits as a few attendants flit between several pumps. (In those days, the attendant might do more than pump the gas he would wash your windshield, check your oil, maybe even inflate a tire.) Pumping a flammable liquid was thought to be a bit dangerous for the average motorist. Having pump attendants at the ready is a vestige of the days in which most gas stations offered the option of 'full service,' even if there was another line of pumps offering self-service. The Oregonian newspaper says this leaves New Jersey as the only state remaining to require gas station attendants. The change will take affect ASAP after Gov. Oregon lawmakers last week gave final approval to a bill that ends the state's ban on self-service gas pumps, a prohibition that has been in place since 1951. If you've visited Oregon (as I am currently), you have likely had the moment of cognitive dissonance in which you hop out of your vehicle at a gas station to fill your tank just as you do anywhere else, then discover (or remember) that you must yield the pump handle to an earnest or sometimes surly gas station attendant who intercepts you and really doesn't want you stealing their job. Seattle Sounders FC fans taunt the Portland Timbers during a 2011 MLS match in Seattle in 2011.

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