If I want the paint chipped on my vehicle, or gas spilled down the side, or have the attendant need to lean their body on my vehicle to rest their weary uneducated bones, let me pull up to that pump. If I want to get in and out in the shortest time possible, let me pull up to the self-serve pump. The dropouts can always get a job pumping gas thanks to the government of Oregon. Pumping gas is an honorable, low-skill occupation. We need technology-based employment, but our society also needs those 'starter' jobs that encourage honesty, work ethic, and can give people a reference.
Many people supplement income by pumping gas.
Also, I don't want to pump my own. It's worth it to me to pay someone for the service. I think the business about lower prices with self-service is a bunch of hooey. Besides, when and if prices ever come back down, we could end up kicking ourselves for being so stupid as to put people out of work so that we can stand out in the rain and snow and pump our own gas. I like having someone else do the dirty work.