I used to love having an attendant pump the gas for me. Now I'm used to doing it myself and I don't mind.

I read that one of the main reasons behind the change is concern over the health of the attendants. (And maybe fear of getting sued.) It seems that attendants pumping gas all day were breathing in a lot of gasoline fumes. All that ends up in the bloodstream and getting filtered by the liver. Not good.

When I'm pumping gas, I walk away, upwind of the pump, to where I can't smell it. I figure that's healthier.