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Gas stations have also gotten unbearable. I loathe the screen that forces advertising content in front of me while I'm already paying for gas.
Oh yeah this has started happening here in central Illinois and I fucking hate it.
Is this a common practice? I don't have any of those in the US
Yes, I’m surprised out haven’t seen it. The screen that takes card information will start playing some insufferable advertisement while the gas pumps.
For those who don’t know: one of the physical unlabeled buttons on the side of the screen always mutes it, so just push all of them if some kind stranger hasn’t marked it for you.
That's all we have where I live (Ga), but I always press the second button down on the right side to mute it lol
Unfortunately the mute button has ceased to exist much of the time
I've seen one in the US, but it was in a small town with only one has station. No need to treat your customers nice if there is no competition, haha
They are all over California.
I've been seeing it for decades, I first remember bitching about it in like 2004 I think..
Above gas stations? About the only thing that annoys me about them is half the stuff not having a price listed. I guess I'd hate them more if they kept jacking up prices the longer I was a customer. 🤨
I wish non-evil convenience stores existed because nothing's better than the gas station when you're stoned to the bone
I wish non-evil anything existed. Unfortunately, the world is set up so that only the evil truly succeed.
Food Co-ops are the closest thing I think, or farmer’s markets but those aren’t particularly convenient
Also, the trees that freely offer blackberries in a public park near me.
Not sure why people would hate gas stations, I hate the gas companies setting the insane prices, but the stations themselves are often just local businesses.
ISPs on the other hand are like abusive partners, they do an awful job until you say you're going to leave. Then they start begging you to stay and promising to get better. Then they're good for about a week before starting to completely screw you again.
Yeah, I don't hate gas stations at all, but fuck ISPs: Greedy fucking thieves.
I hate gas stations because of the smell. That's not the fault of the business, just an inevitable thing that I do hate.
Thankfully, I never need to go to gas stations anymore so it doesn't really matter.
That said, ISPs are infinitely worse than gas stations.
National ISPs like Spectrum/Time Warner Cable, AT&T, and Comcast/Xfinity have an oligopoly. They have divided up America into their own markets and purposely avoid entering each other's markets to avoid competing with each other. With no competition, they are free to charge as much as possible, avoid providing good support, and can provide suboptimal service (ie, low and asymmetric download/upload speeds, terrible latency). [1] The problem worsens if you live in suburban or rural areas. Of course there are exceptions where coverage overlaps due to sharing infra, but that is rare and possibly priced in.
Those same ISPs compleatly ignored rural areas. 10 years ago I could only get internet through Dish network ( the worst ISP) today thanks to the government helping small ISPs I can choose from 2 companies offering high speed fiber.
Right now I'm on 200 up/down for $70.
I have the small town ISP also, it's great. I get 100Mb symmetrical fiber for $50/mo with no contract and no data caps. Very reliable, almost never goes down.
who.. what?
I've never heard any one really complain about gas stations. is the questioned and response worded poorly? I think people hate paying high prices for gas but I've never heard any one say they hate gas stations before.
ISP's tho, every one can agree that they can go gargle an entire warehouses of unwashed dicks
Nah, I just absolutely hate my ISP. But also loath gas stations whose pumps do advertising you can't turn off.
I hate ISP way more than any gas station. In fact I don’t hate gas stations at all. Weird.
Gas stations:
My ISP:
Don't forget the random charges for a few bucks that they stick on all the time banking on people not bothering to call and bitch about it because an hour on the phone isn't worth it for ~$5.
Literally the only broadband provider in my area is Comcast. If an avatar of Comcast appeared before me, I would shit on its head. Data cap bullshit assholes
Personally I've never had any problems with my isp. Here in Norway, I pay about $50 pr month for 10Gbps up and down. Isp doesn't care if I selfhost websites or other things with my connection. Just hassle free
This is a really strange comparison.
gas stations are not that bad!
At least I can sort of choose gas stations. I have no choice in (non-wireless) ISPs.
But don't you love paying twice as much for half the average speed that people in other cou tries are getting?
I don't exactly hate gas stations, though I do thoroughly hate gas companies continuing to pollute the planet and have the gall gouge us for it — no, I hate ISPs for taking a utility close to power, monopolize the entire industry, building regional cartels and deliver absolutely shite service. It's 2023 and there are still areas in the US that have less than 1Mbps symmetrical. That should be illegal.
I don't hate gas stations, but I do hate people who don't know how to pull up to a fucking gas pump without completely cocking it up for everyone else!
Having moved to Oregon from a state where I could pump my own gas, nothing could annoy me more than the gas station.
Well, good news on that front, the house and senate passed a bill to let us pump our own. As long as Kotek signs it, it would go into effect immediately.
I hated Gas stations so much, I bought a EV car.
Honestly, I've had Verizon Fios for a while and I actually don't mind it. Service only really dropped during serious storms and I've only ever experienced throttling a few times during my time with them.
My isp is fine. But it's a small local company. But yeah I hated Comcast and all their hidden fees. It's so nice to know that the bill I agreed to is what's coming. Sure price increases can, and likely will happen, but there's a difference between "your new bill is gonna be $xxx.xx." and the creeping inflatatory price Comcast charges.
