Any gas pump that starts playing an ad when you start pumping gas should be set on fire with the manager who approved the decision standing within the blast radius.
I just wanna say that as someone who designs user interfaces for a living, I always do whatever I can to play with UI/UX in my normal life.
At a gas station, playing ads, I always start tapping and holding the little buttons near the screen. Almost always holding 2 across from each other goes into a mode where it shuts up, and continues pumping. Plus it’s like a fun little arms race of a game for me.
Then put them next to it. Whoever is responsible for signing off on that deal.
It shouldn’t be considered a “no brainier”. We’re there to purchase gasoline in exchange for money. Our mere presence somewhere doesn’t grant people the right to shove shit into our eyes and ears. It’s an attack on our personal solace, and I fucking hate it. It should be illegal. It seriously diminishes our happiness and sense of peace. “It’s just business” is a poor fucking excuse for making people’s lives worse in exchange for a little money for you personally. It’s amoral, and we need to start punishing that attitude. It has gone way too far already, and it will continue going deeper into the realms of intrusion until society’s attitudes about it begin to change.
Any gas pump that starts playing an ad when you start pumping gas should be set on fire with the manager who approved the decision standing within the blast radius.
I just wanna say that as someone who designs user interfaces for a living, I always do whatever I can to play with UI/UX in my normal life.
At a gas station, playing ads, I always start tapping and holding the little buttons near the screen. Almost always holding 2 across from each other goes into a mode where it shuts up, and continues pumping. Plus it’s like a fun little arms race of a game for me.
The managers probably have zero say. The franchise owner probably gets a kickback so to them it’s a no brainer
Then put them next to it. Whoever is responsible for signing off on that deal.
It shouldn’t be considered a “no brainier”. We’re there to purchase gasoline in exchange for money. Our mere presence somewhere doesn’t grant people the right to shove shit into our eyes and ears. It’s an attack on our personal solace, and I fucking hate it. It should be illegal. It seriously diminishes our happiness and sense of peace. “It’s just business” is a poor fucking excuse for making people’s lives worse in exchange for a little money for you personally. It’s amoral, and we need to start punishing that attitude. It has gone way too far already, and it will continue going deeper into the realms of intrusion until society’s attitudes about it begin to change.
Your rage is justified and the phrase “It’s an attack on our personal space” absolutely nails it.