Because sometimes you just have to draw the line

[firecat]

There is a Shell gasoline station near my house and I go there when there is a line at the local independent station (which is frequently the case).

I won't be going there any more if I can help it, because they have installed new pumps with video screens in them, and the video screens run continuous ads while you pump your gas.

(Also the new pump kept shutting itself off when I tried to set it to pump automatically, but that wouldn't be a show stopper in itself.)

Comments

[firecat]

I don't hate stationary ads, although when they appear in new places (like the *floor* of the grocery store) I am bemused.

What I hate are noisy, moving ads in places where I am trying to concentrate on something else. It's hard for me not to be distracted by them.

I am annoyed by the ads at movie theaters for the reason you state, but it doesn't bother me as much, because they aren't distracting me from something else I want to do. Also, movie theaters are elective for me right now, but gas stations aren't.

[stitchinthyme.livejournal.com]

What I hate are noisy, moving ads in places where I am trying to concentrate on something else.

Oh, yes. I have several Firefox add-ons that allow me to block most of the distracting web ads -- I hate having something flashing at me while I'm trying to read an article. That's one reason why I like Google...at least the ads they have a) don't flash; and b) are actually relevant to whatever I happen to be looking for.

At gas stations I wouldn't care so much because it's not like filling up the car requires that much concentration, though.

[firecat]

Yeppers on the web browser stuff. NoScript rules.

It's true that filling the car doesn't require concentration, but I just have a general objection to noisy, moving ads unless they're on a screen I'm deliberately sitting in front of.

video ads at the pump

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

it's not about concentration for me, it's about the bloody noise pollution. i'd like less of it, please. less of moving, flickering ad stuff too; i can tune out still pictures, but not movement (which is why the a*holes do it, of course). there is quite enough for my visual cortex to do without ads tiring it out, thanks.

i'd stop buying gas from my station if they installed this sort of crap. fortunately they're a small backwoods independent, and are unlikely to do it. heck, we can't even pay with a card at the pump yet. :)

google text ads rule, if one must have ads (i am often willing to pay so i don't have to see any).

Re: video ads at the pump

[firecat]

Yes, exactly - attention pollution, peripheral vision pollution...