Some local hero around here has been stabbing ball point pens into the speakers on them.
Theyre smart to that already, most of the ad pumps I've run into have speakers hidden inside the housing that you can't access anymore, and the "bottom left button on the screen mutes the ad" trick is disabled.
At this stage I just boycott those stations, leave a 2 star review on Google and deal with paying an extra 15c a gallon a couple blocks away.
Edit: Jesus Christ y'all are way too quick to jump straight to felony vandalism over fucking advertisements
Edit: Jesus Christ y'all are way too quick to jump straight to felony vandalism over fucking advertisements
Why do you have to do me like that dawg. Instant tears.
Why not walk on some railroad tracks until you find a railroad spike lying around?
Then you could take that spike and stab the screen. 8 screens taken out, and the gas station can't pump gas anymore. You'd think they get the message before they get to the 8th. If not? Oh well. Their loss.
Two stars? That's generous
Why not just build your own dirty nuke from parts you got on the dark web and use it to wipe the city block containing the offending gas station off the map completely?
EDIT: Sorry, got to this discussion a little late
It’s called civil disobedience??? Felony vandalism sounds like something a narc would say.
Spray foam in any openings lol
Edit: Jesus Christ y'all are way too quick to jump straight to felony vandalism over fucking advertisements
i wouldn't go as far as prison for it, but fuck that brainwashing garbage.
just set the gas stations on fire huehue
Why not 1 star?
Most people don't care about 1 star reviews, because they're often really fucking stupid.
'Murica
some of us charge our BYD electric cars from solar panels on our roof and ride our ebikes charged similarly.
but hey, at least you don't have that one trans kid playing in the girls soccer team /s
I don’t have $50,000 to drop on solar, byd and bice either.
I just got a 2023 id.4 for 20k, and I charge off the grid.
I actively avoid any gas station that uses these.
Which don't? My whole, small, rural county has them at every pump.
Read that as "country" and was confused, because this is a very 'Murican thing. Not saying it doesn't exist at all elsewhere, just that it seems to be extremely common in the US and not so anywhere else. There would be riots in a lot of countries if they even tried this.
they are bitching about prices that are still 75% or so of eu prices
Ads for gambling should be prohibited, just like those for tobacco and alcohol.
Ads ~~for gambling~~ should be prohibited, ~~just like those for tobacco and alcohol~~.
But without ads, our children and grandchildren will have no idea what to do when they have a structured settlement and they need cash now.
Yeah, I'm with you on that one, but I'm also realistic.
I never saw such thing in canada. But let me guess, you see ads but the gas price is not any cheaper than other gas stations without it?
Correct. Loud, half blown speakers, usually three adds in a cycle. If we just avoid stations that have them.
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
All the pumps near me disabled the mute button years ago.
I try this every time and I've never had it work :(
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.
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
About time people in the us pay what the rest of us have for decades
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.
Yet another EV win 😎😎😎
At least I've never seen blaring ads on an EV charger. Nor paid anywhere near $75 at one
give it time... give it time
I just get back in my car and stare at ads on my mobile ad displaying device (“smart” phone).
They... they have ads in the gas pumps? Do you have to watch the ads before you are allowed to pump?
Drink verification jerry can to continue.
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.
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