I believe in Jersey, you aren't allowed to pump your own gas.
Oregon recently started allowing customers to pump their own gas (but only in very rural counties). Here are some of the responses from the displeased anti-pumping Oregonians (thanks to Forbes Magazine):
“Many people are not capable of knowing how to pump gas and the hazards of not doing it correctly. Besides I don't want to go to work smelling of gas when I get it on my hands or clothes. I agree Very bad idea.”
“I don't even know HOW to pump gas and I am 62, native Oregonian.....I say NO THANKS! I don't want to smell like gasoline!”
“I've lived in this state all my life and I REFUSE to pump my own gas. I had to do it once in California while visiting my brother and almost died doing it. This a service only qualified people should perform. I will literally park at the pump and wait until someone pumps my gas. I can't even”
I know a visiting Jerseyite in California who used the nice green hose rather than the black one on the pump. The engine was not happy.