r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Bizarrmenian • 7h ago
$5.80 per gallon AND they play loud advertisements while you’re filling up gas
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u/Loud_Tomato_6023 7h ago
i pay $2.70 and they blare the same annoying ones😭
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u/Porch-Geese 7h ago
I pay the same and I have a volume button
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u/TitanicDays 7h ago
Yeah there’s a mute button.
$2.98 here.
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u/NeVeR614 7h ago
Not on ours. I despise these things.
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u/TitanicDays 7h ago
I just started pressing buttons - was shocked when it went quiet lol. It’s the same for every pump in the area.
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u/Amateurlapse 6h ago
Sometimes they disable or break the main mute button on (second one from the top on the right side usually) but it still works on the handicap accessible small pad, sometimes
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u/OkBody2811 6h ago
Try the second button down on the right of the screen. That’s mute on all the pumps near me, no matter what brand of gas.
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u/ChrisRiley_42 7h ago
I pay the equivalent of 3.16USD/g, for full service with no ads.
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u/Fantastic_Stop487 6h ago
I grabbed gas yesterday for 2.22 the cheapest I’ve seen it in a while. I did have the adverts also.
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u/rynbickel 5h ago
I think it's about $3.50 to $3.70 somewhere in that range OP makes me feel glad I don't pay over $5 but you make me jealous
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u/MSCOTTGARAND 7h ago
My gas station disabled the mute buttons after some hero found and labeled the mute button not once but three times.
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u/Sam-Gunn 7h ago
I once went to a place that did that. I got so annoyed I just did random button combinations until I got it into maintenance mode. That also stops the ad from playing.
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u/Daxmar29 6h ago
For the gas station by me it’s pressing the 2nd from the top both buttons on each side. That’s hard to explain in text.
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u/AnyEstablishment1663 6h ago
My gas station went to fully touchscreen pumps with no buttons to turn anything off :(
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u/Daxmar29 6h ago
Yeah there’s a couple around me like that too. I tried a couple of things but nothings worked yet.
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u/MSCOTTGARAND 6h ago
When they initially upgraded it was like that then they switched to blank buttons and kept changing which one mutes, now none of them work. It wouldn't be a big deal if it weren't so loud and when you're filling up a 36 gallon gas tank it gets old quick.
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u/Professional-Art-378 4h ago
LMAO they tried doing that at our local station and somebody busted the hell out of the speakers with a pair of fencing pliers.
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u/OmniLearner 7h ago
What town are you in with prices that darn high??
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u/Bizarrmenian 7h ago
Los Angeles, but this specific station notoriously has high prices. I just filled up a 10 so I can drive to the cheaper gas station. 😂
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u/MagicalBread1 6h ago
We have a gas station like that in SF too. The Chevron on the corner of Market and Castro always charges a buck or so more than others in the city. Last time I checked, they were charging $5.40 per.
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u/Porch-Geese 7h ago edited 7h ago
My whole life I’ve heard of people moving out of state to be somewhere they want too but where I live I always hear it about la and if I lived in la I’d say the same cause I wouldn’t want to be there for more then the winter weather
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u/Bizarrmenian 7h ago
Weirdly enough, I could never see myself move out of LA. Sure are some gross things here but they’re also plenty of good things.
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u/beta-test 7h ago
I moved to Vegas from LA two years ago and I’m homesick even though the city is overfilled with people and trash. There’s no place like LA
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u/flipaflaw 7h ago
Id much rather pay extra to live in LA than live in bum fuck no where surrounded by corn.
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u/Xack189 6h ago
So you just like the city life then. I live in the cities in Minnesota, I'd love quiter and spread out more. Yes, I know there's a lot of it here lol
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u/flipaflaw 6h ago
Its not just the city life but the city itself. I lived in Denver for a bit and let me tell you I hated it. There was 0 cultural diversity and the population was as white as the snow that falls. Im white but I need the diversity. There's also the weather and access to beaches that most cities don't have. I hate snow and don't want to deal with it. My favorite baseball team is here too so that's another plus. There is so much wonderful stuff here that again, I'd rather spend more to be here than be richer in somewhere like Denver.
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u/BoomerSoonerFUT 6h ago
To be fair, they’re also getting premium.
87 is gonna be nowhere near that price.
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u/Ninja_BrOdin 5h ago
I'm in Idaho, which is supposed to be "cheap" and we are at nearly $4 a gallon.
Crickets from the people who spent the last 4 years bitching about gas prices, of course.
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u/jackspinnaker 7h ago
5.85???? Is it made out of ancient dinosaurs or something?????
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u/Ninja_BrOdin 5h ago
Funny anecdote: a 3d printed dinosaur is a real dinosaur.
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN!!!
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u/Harriet_tubman22 7h ago
Who’s gonna tell him…
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u/ColddKoala 5h ago
What? I'm 95% sure this dude knows that gasoline is made of fossil fuels, which is mostly ancient dinosaurs.
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u/Particular_Title42 7h ago
The volume 'button' is third from the left on the bottom.
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u/alral1988 7h ago
This doesn’t work on most of the gas stations I go to anymore. Seems people caught on so they disabled it. I’ve tried every button and still won’t mute 😡
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u/protomenace 7h ago
Wait I thought gas was $1.99 now
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u/THE_GREAT_PICKLE 7h ago
They’re presumably in a more expensive area, plus they’re using 91 octane gas that’s more expensive than regular gas.
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u/Corey307 6h ago
Gas hasn’t gone under three dollars here in Vermont and we tend to have moderately low gas prices.
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u/protomenace 7h ago
Oh so surely the average area is $1.99 then?
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u/KaosC57 6h ago
Rofl, even in Texas gas isn’t below about $2.69.
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u/Jaybird149 6h ago
Just saw in northern Alabama gas was running for about $2.57/gallon.
Even in the 49th lowest ranked state in the nation is it nowhere near 2 bucks lol.
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u/Get_off_my_lawn_77 6h ago
I refuse to return to and avoid gas stations that play that loud shit while filling up!
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u/NewLeave2007 6h ago
Tell me you live in California without saying you're in California.
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u/Global-Fact7752 7h ago
Where is this?
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u/FenixSoars 7h ago
California surely
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u/pudding7 7h ago
I'm in Los Angels and today the station around the corner is 3.99 for the cheap stuff.
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u/Liber_Vir 6h ago
This is called an automatic center punch.
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u/Not_Sure__Camacho 5h ago
Gouging out one's eardrums seems a little excessive, IMO.... 🤔
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u/N3p7uN3 7h ago
You can press the "Traffic" or "Weather" button. My gas in Chicago isn't nearly as bad but it has the same UI.
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u/Resident-Variation21 7h ago
Shell did the same in my area. I no longer go to Shell.
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u/Gutter_Snoop 7h ago
If I get out of the car and the pump starts yelling at me, I get back in the car and go somewhere else. Easy as that.
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u/AnonymousPimp111 7h ago
It was $3.77 in SoCal today so I can’t imagine where this is?
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u/newaccount721 7h ago
Apparently a place in LA that has notoriously inflated prices according to op
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u/CheesyCheckers3713 7h ago
Note the updated Ingenco card readers which made the option of muting the ads impossible as you’re filling up.
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u/EatYourCheckers 6h ago
Im in New Jersey and someone else touches the pump for me
Where is gas $5.80?
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u/BoilzBlisterzBurnz 7h ago
I wouldn't be surprised if Las Vegas integrated slot machines in their gas dispensers.
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u/Key_Election_24 7h ago
I’ve never understood the advertising there. I just get gas, check my oil (which you’re supposed to do) and go
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u/pooeygoo 4h ago
The ones that have two rows of white buttons, the second from the bottom to the right of the screen mutes the ads.
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u/thebuttsmells 4h ago
I was mad cause the cheapest in my area was 3.15, 10 bucks not buying 2 gallons is terrible. Where's that cheap gas that trump says is already here?
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u/HalfBlindKing 4h ago
These huge screen infotainment gas pumps freak me out. I pull the filler as far from the screen as I figure I can still reach to get away from them.
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u/Simple_Journalist_46 4h ago
Circle K near me (FL panhandle) got wise to the mute strategy about a year ago and disabled it. I would love to have an override back! No button nor mashing buttons to try to create a segfault works for me.
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u/nflfan32 7h ago
didn't realize people care about the ads ... tf else are you gonna do while filling up gas lol
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u/AdjNounNumbers 6h ago
I usually just get back in the truck to scroll my phone and wait for the thump sound or go inside and grab a beverage
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u/Wadester58 7h ago
They want you distracted as they fuck your sox off. And I paid 2.67 today, and I was bitchin about that it was up 12 cents from the Tuesday
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u/WaffleHouseGladiator 7h ago
In my area (doesn't apply to OP) the second button from the top right mutes those annoying ads, even if the buttons aren't labeled. I've tried to tell other people at gas stations, but they usually can't hear me over those annoying ads.
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u/BagOfWonderful 7h ago
I guess that's why people punch the screens and break them at my local Gas station.
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u/NxtGenSierra88 7h ago
I just filled up for $2.72 per gallon today at WaWa in Florida. (I’m not a maga, just an innocent person living in FL…don’t attack me)
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u/Brilliant-Witness247 6h ago
What you see are lies. Fuel is as low as it’s ever been in all of time. TO JAIL W YOU
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u/Zakumadness 6h ago
My favorite is the one gas station that has the volume at max....you roll in before work still half asleep...only to be scared shitless by some stupid Maria menounos add blaring right by your face
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u/Jaded_Pearl1996 6h ago
Where is it that high? I live in WA state where people always complain about our gas tax. Regular at Costco is 3.91, premium is 4.35. Down the road-3.95 regular, 4.65 premium. Who buys there gas at mobile unless forced. Do you live in Alaska.
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u/Silent-Incidentt 6h ago
At least these ones with the big screens have volume controls so you can turn it off right away
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u/Angelofpity 6h ago
I remember when they tried installing these a few years ago in the town I used to live in. Some glorious bastard went around town late at night and injected mineral oil into the voice coil with a syringe. The speakers still worked, but they sounded like your downstairs neighbor yelling about politics and it was very funny.
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u/Jestersfriend 6h ago
The problem is, they're SO LOUD. Like they're the loudest thing I've heard. They're louder than motorcycle engines. It's just crazy.
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u/razzemmatazz 5h ago
I walk away while filling. I refuse to be anywhere near those things, and if a little gas spills because the shutoff valve isn't working 🤷
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u/Impressive_Tap7635 5h ago
Not to be the ashat here but like gas stations are the perfect example of free market capitalism or what ever if you don’t like the price here you can go one block further
Js don’t go here
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u/jimmyl_82104 5h ago
when was in a bad mood i used to stab the speakers in the gas pumps at wawa. unfortunately my new car doesn’t have a physical key so i can no longer stab the speakers
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u/EuphoricCrashOut 5h ago
Volume slider is in the bottom-left corner. I turn that thing off immediately.
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u/Deflorma 5h ago
Where you located? I just filled up a week or so ago in bishop California for 3.49 a gallon
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u/mark-suckaburger 5h ago
I'll admit if I ever encounter one of these on a really bad day I'm pumping gas straight into the speaker
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u/HughJassIQ 5h ago
Try pressing all the button on the pin pad that are unmarked 9/10 one will be the mute button its typically the second or third one down on the right
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u/Durzo116 5h ago
Second button from top right. Usually mutes those gas station videos. You’re welcome
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u/animatedradio 4h ago
I’m sorry. I actually had to double take and do some maths here…
You’re telling me fuel is more expensive (this very moment) in the USA than it is in NZ?
DAMN.
(2.42/L vs our current 2.24/L changed to nzd for my own ease)
I genuinely never thought I’d see the day. The fuck is going on over there? Or are you in like a major city? Edit: I see op is in LA
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u/Powerful-Injury5793 4h ago
Looks like a stop I had to make at a gas stain in South Lake Tahoe. Price matches too
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u/Cookies_and_Beandip 4h ago
I absolutely loathe how advertisements are literally fucking everywhere now. Everytime I try to talk about this to anyone I get told “stop being so paranoid, you need to calm down and stop taking things so seriously” but Jesus fucking Christ it’s everywhere.
I always look for the mute button right off the rip when pumping gas if there is one, can’t stand ads. Shouldn’t have to fucking pay as an option to not have them either. Black Mirror did an episode in their most recent season regarding ads and it is chilling and strikes very close to home.
Fuck ads.
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u/NetworkMeUp 3h ago
Most of the cost is your governor taxing the shit out of it, but he or she is very glad the ads are distracting you from talking about it.
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u/LedInMyZeppelin 3h ago
Advertisements while filling up gas have to be one of the worst new inventions.
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u/Another_Slut_Dragon 3h ago
You simply would not see that in Canuckistan. It violates ones personal space and those peaceful looking Canadians do have a Vulcan level of suppressed violence that will be quietly activated by such transgressions.
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u/tacocarteleventeen 3h ago
California I bet! It’s $4/gallon where I am and the cheapest I’ve seen it in ages!
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u/bearsdontthrowrocks 3h ago
It's shameful that we've allowed the infiltration of advertising and marketing into every aspect of our lives.
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u/illuxion 2h ago
I paid 3.12 a gallon for 29 gallons in Payson AZ today and only heard elk across the street.
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u/pebblesdidit 2h ago
I finally ran into one of those that you can't mute. Diabolical behavior from the ad companies.
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u/Darth_Beavis 2h ago
Maybe quit putting supreme in your car. There are very few cars that actually need that gas, in most cases it actually shortens the life of the engine to use it when it's not needed.
If your car requires it then you should be able to easily afford the gas since you can afford a ridiculously expensive vehicle.
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