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These pumps with “Gas Station TV” are so annoying that I go out of my way to get my gas at a different station. I’ve wondered if it actively drives other custo
by technothrasher 5y ago
These pumps with “Gas Station TV” are so annoying that I go out of my way to get my gas at a different station. I’ve wondered if it actively drives other customers away too or if I’m just very sensitive to it.
- mvkvvk 5y agoI also avoid area gas stations with gas station tv. So theres at least two of us.
- hsdropout 5y agoThree.
- noahbradley 5y agoI've found you can often mute those screens if you press one of the buttons beside the screen. Apparently it's different depending on the machine, so just mash them all I guess.
- jtbayly 5y agoI avoid them too, and I’ve never found one where pressing any buttons mutes it.
- pessimizer 5y agoI've seen this too. I don't think you can find the option unless you keep swatting at the screen like a crazy person, so irritated at the ad that you're barely paying attention to the slightly dangerous act of fueling your vehicle. I think I've found it on every one I've used. I recall one having a mute that wasn't a proper mute, but instead would unmute itself after about 30 seconds, causing you to have to remute it. I think I screamed.
- timw4mail 5y agoWhere are these gas stations without them? They are everywhere!
- DarylZero 5y agoYep, me too. A new gas station was beng built and I drove by it many times. When I noticed it opened, I got gas there, and they had ads on the pump! Shocking at the time. I decided never to go there again.
- bestnameever 5y agoThe gas station tv has never bothered me but I'm also able to tune it out completely. As I think about it, I struggle to even know which gas stations use it around me.
- throwawayboise 5y agoIt is annoying, but I ignore it. The convenience of buying gas where I buy it (it's on the way home, etc.) outweighs the annoyance.