Drink a verification can of Mountain Dew to continue pumping gas.
Goddamn 2023. The tip screen embarrasses me at work, where I make a normal hourly wage.
“Just hit the skip button bro”
I find myself apologizing for my company’s systems all the time.
Our POS doesn’t display the amount you’re about to pay. I read it to you, but it doesn’t display. It’s disrespectful to the customer IMO.
Don’t give them anymore ideas. Mine is already already playing non stop 60 decibel ads
I love when they boost the volume so much it’s clipped to the point I can’t understand it :)
Second button from the top on the right is mute on most of them.
Drilling a hole mutes it for all time!
60 decibels would be an improvement at the corner station for me.
I’m surprised people haven’t poked the speakers out yet
This is clearly fake. Tip screens all now start at 20 or 25% .
I should be legally allowed to smash those screens if they play ads while I’m pumping my gas.
You used to be able to mute them by pressing one of the side buttons but now that just cancels your transaction and stops the pump.
I don’t need advertisements shoved in my face every second of every day.
Standing there pumping gas is one of the last vestiges of just stopping and being there.
Last time I discovered a machine’s ads couldn’t be muted, I stopped the pumps and I’ll never go back to that gas station.
The level of disrespect is mind boggling.
Second button down on the right didn’t work?
They seem to have learned that everyone knows this feature and now they’re disabling it. I think I’ll just start stabbing the speakers until they get the message to stop this shit
Nope
You used to be able to mute them by pressing one of the side buttons
That only mutes the shit that plays constantly from the pump even when nobody is there using it. Once you start pumping, they start playing different shit that can’t be muted.
Depends on the station. I am still able to mute at most of the stations I’ve used recently.
I think we can agree that they all fucking suck.
I try to keep track of ones that can’t be turned off so I know to never visit that gas station ever again
Alright I haven’t been to a gas pump in a few months, but when did they start playing ads??? Shit is crazy. Maybe I just never noticed, come to think of it I’ve never been the one pumping the gas before
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Here in the Inland empire some stations dont have speaking ads and the ones that do are still largely mutable luckily.
They’ve been playing ads for at least a decade… though in the early days, some of the gas stations near me played some cringy jimmy kimmel shit instead of ads (somehow, i preferred having my ears violated by the ads)
Yet one more thing that makes me thankful to have gotten rid of my car completely… not being dependent on gas stations is super liberating.
Some have been playing ads for years.
What is this world coming to?? That’s just nuts
I don’t drive much anymore, but when I did I would avoid gas stations with screens (aside from payment screens obviously). If I saw that an unfamiliar gas station had one, I’d get back in my car and get gas elsewhere even if it was a tad more expensive. Forced viewing of advertisements makes me violently angry, and I don’t need the stress of trying to repress that anger
You guys have ads on your gas pumps?
Ok the US is really the preview of the dystopian future companies imagine.
Yep - screens on every pump play ads the entire time you get gas.
We have them in France too :(
It’s annoying but I wouldn’t call it dystopian.
At least where I live, it’s an equal mix of “wear your seatbelt”, “don’t text and drive”, and weed dispensaries.It’s not exactly prime advertising space, so you really just get PSAs and weed.
Worst part is when you’re getting gas late at night, say after driving back from a family dinner in another city and so you’re tired and full, and you’re all alone at the pumps on an otherwise quiet night.
Something deep inside the pumps makes them decide to start playing their advertisments from all the pumps at once, but they’re not perfect, so they’re just a little out of sync.
So it’s dark and you’re tired, relaxed, and almost home. When out of nowhere, from all around you, comes the stereophonic cacophonous cry of “B-B-B-BONGS! B-B-B-BLUNTS! AND MORE, AT THE HOUSE OF DDDDANKKKKK!”It’s definitely annoying, but I wouldn’t call it a dystopia.
It’s hell
It’s actually one of the few places I’m fine with ads. I’m just standing there and I can’t look at my phone so why not. Ads are only annoying when I’m trying to do something else like watch a video.
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So since you’re the one providing the labour in the transaction, this means you’re getting a tip FROM the gas station, right? R… Right?
Yes, you just have to pay it yourself since you are also the customer
In which case I’ll choose the 200% tip
FOAD
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Say psych right now
Let’s move away from a car-centric society, please.
I would leave them the tip of my penis
Is this real?! 🤯
It’s because the POS (point of sale) software isn’t customized for the application correctly. Either through laziness, ignorance, indifference, or a level of greed that only insane troll logic could make sense of
