Start harassing them any way you can that is not illegal. How long can you 'park' at a gas station pump ? What happens if you accidentally spill gas all over the screen/speaker/system ? Accidents happen and it was their fault for not making a foolproof system..
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Super glue in the speaker holes seems like a good solution
Time to get an EV you can charge at home 😎
Think of this fact the next time people list off all the “downsides” of owning an EV… like never going to the gas station.
Ads in my EV!
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Most of them the second button down on the right is mute, though I've been running into some recently that disabled the mute.
Anyway, I sharpie a "mute" next to the button on stations where it isn't labeled for other people. It's one bit of graffiti that I'm not at all conflicted about.
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I just start pumping then go clean out my car. Sometimes I catch a little of the front or end of the ad. It doesn't really bother me as I'm not paying attention and I still have my car music on
I avoid those stations i know have ads, and if surprised... i'm happy to know of the hidden mute button.
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Wow, in Europe we haven't reached that gas station modernization stage yet.
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I sit in my car.
You aren’t supposed to do that, assuming you’re the one pumping gas. Gas stations are a bad place to generate static electricity, lol.
There was a whole Mythbusters episode where they tried TONS of stuff to get a gas station to go up in flames (they couldn't, not even smoking a cigarette -- under near ideal conditions for an ignition of nearby vapors -- per my recollection).
So yeah, I'm sitting in my car (especially if it's cold outside).
"Static electricity" isn't somehow more of a concern sitting in your car than standing outside one in a fuzzy jacket.
They need some signs, ‘No pumping gas in fuzzy jackets’
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I forgot about the epidemic of gas station explosions due to people sitting in their cars.
I mean, it does happen.
If it is of concern for you, you're going to lose your shit when you find out the risks involved when you actually drive your car.
I mitigate risks when it’s reasonable. Not getting in my car while pumping gas is an easy step to take in order to mitigate a risk. Like buckling my seatbelt.
Can you perhaps share some statistics of explosions caused by getting in a car? No? How about an article of someone blown to smithereens by getting in there car? Not that either?
What you're feeling better about is the theater of inferred safe practices. The fact that in spite of driving being the top cause of accidental death, you're ok with but although there is no factual info backing up your fear of getting into your car should give you pause.
Wait do you deny these even happen? Are you serious right now? There’s multiple videos and articles. Like this one:
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I actually don't care here lol. It scares me when it makes noise but I just play with my phone anyways.
I wouldn't condone vandalism or anything like that here.
We need to start a movement to show people different ways to vandalize them without being caught, and print stickers to stick on them to show the reasoning behind the vandalosm
Finally a good use of the "I did that" Biden stickers.
lol!
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I don't think I have ever been to a gas station with ads obnoxious enough to notice. If I start noticing them (ie extremely loud) I stop getting my gas there.
Jokes on them, I start the pump and walk inside to get a drink/snack. By the time I get back I'm done pumping.
thats what they want you to do...
i love paying $5 for a small bag of combos that isnt as big as it used to be
