One of the buttons around the screen mutes them, in case you weren’t aware. I’ve found that it’s usually one of the ones on the top right, but it can vary.
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vegeta@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m already sick of ads at gas station pumps, and will just sit in my car in order to avoid them.
Telorand@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I swear I’m going to break one of those pumps with how hard I push the buttons on the fucking thing that starts talking to me. I’ll never choose to go to a fuel station with those.
LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not always. I’ve been to a couple pumps where none of the buttons did anything. At that point I’m tempted to get a squirt gun to spray into the speakers, hope it does something useful to the speakers.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Most of Arco/BPs new pumps don’t allow mute as far as I’ve found, I just layer electrical tape on the speaker
Kaboom@reddthat.com 1 month ago
It’s mostly valero pulling this shit. Everyone else seems to have gotten the memo
Askundilras@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Ads at the pump? What do you live? Luckily I haven’t seen them in Germany yet. Guess it’s only a matter of time…
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Oh just wait. They are motivating me further to go electric. Very widespread across the US and very loud. Despite what people love to say about mute buttons on forums, many do not have a mute option.
vegeta@lemmy.world 1 month ago
USA - Washington DC Metro Area
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah we got those. You come back from work or a late road trip, maybe listening to quiet jazz to temper things down, suddenly at the pump this over powering buzzing noise “the all new slushy! Get them today! It’s inside! One free on every 50 fill ups! See inside for details!”.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 month ago
I’ve seem them in France, but they are rare.