Some local hero around here has been stabbing ball point pens into the speakers on them.
'Murica
Hey, leave New Jersey out of this, I don’t pump my own gas!
Ads for gambling should be prohibited, just like those for tobacco and alcohol.
Are you saying ads for tobacco and alcohol are prohibited on gas pumps? Because ads for alcohol are all over every advertising medium in existence.
Depends on where you are.
Where I am, alcohol, tobacco and gambling were all prohibited in advertisement, then gambling had a pass (because those making the laws are most likely in the pockets of gambling execs), but it looks like it will get prohibited again.
I bet they won’t be.
I actively avoid any gas station that uses these.
An air can turned upside down will freeze and destroy a speaker cone while leaving zero evidence.
Video evidence?
Yea definitely wear a hat and stuff.
You can afford canned air in this economy?
I actually use a rechargeable air blower at home because it’s so much cheaper lol.
All the pumps near me disabled the mute button years ago.
Bummerrrr
You must have a really small tank. Last time I filled up (less than a week) it was over 120€ (50 liters)
I’ve started blasting death metal as load as possible when this happens. If my ears are going to be assaulted I’ll just double down with the noise i want to hear. Luckily the pump i go to has never done this so i try and go there everytime.
They… they have ads in the gas pumps? Do you have to watch the ads before you are allowed to pump?
It’s during.
I have legit punched the screens, and pressed all the buttons so hard in, I’m suprised nothing broke.
When it’s obvious from the start you can just drive to a different station (for now), but when it sneaks up on me is when I get angry.
No because then you might realize what’s about to happen and go somewhere else. They wait until you start dispensing so you’re a captive audience, then they blast ads.
Sheetz plays ada for their food on the pump screens, which, fair enough. I’m okay with “We have sandwiches if you want one.”
Chalk up another one for those gay, librul pansy ass effeminate electric cars…or something like that.
Let me be clear…obviously this is not an option for everyone…but a big schadenfreude filled fuck you to anyone who fell for the obvious propaganda about climate change and electric cars 10+ years ago (edit: *and still chooses to feel entitled to cheap gas). I hope it really hurts when you fill up your F-350s
My favourite thing about EVs is when you get a clown with a noisy car who thinks they’re fast and then you just pull away from a stop much faster than them with barely any noise.
I’m glad I was able to get an EV. Its great for my anxiety never having to wrangle busy gas stations, and the vast majority of my trips are short enough that the home charger is all I need.
I mean it hurts to fill up my 2010 Yaris. Ain’t no F350 drivers here bro we poor poor.
Hey another reason I’m glad I don’t drive anymore.
We need more public transit, washability (*walkability), and protected bike lanes.
ETA: hah, great autocorrect, keeping it!
I’m fairly washable.
Hmm, I would hope so! Also added a correction.
You could have stopped at “ads”.
What a stupid fucking world to live in. Just break the speaker with a knife and pay it forward
And font forget!!! Your 75 dollars go to an Arab that works with isrealis to kill other Arab. Oh and they fuck little kids…
The pump at my regular gas station used to have a hidden mute button. Hold down the top right button next to the screen and voila no annoying ad noise.
After a a year of this they replaced the pumps and now I cant mute the ads anymore. Sad face.
A well places screwdriver can break the speaker, “oh no I tripped”
