If a place is really busy and they have a credit card reader on the pump, just start pumping it yourself. What the hell are they going to do, arrest you? Siphon the gas back out of your car? Let the kid finish it up and you're set. I've done it before, and then said that I just got back from college and forgot about the self serve thing. There's also a pump at the Arco in Troutdale where you used to be able to pump your own gas. I haven't done it in a couple of years, but I think it's still there. Boycotting Oregon gas sure teaches us a lesson .