• BanMe@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      The mute button stopped working on every gas station I’ve been to. People were writing “mute” next to it, making it too obvious.

      Here’s a protip. If you have a long key on your keychain, you can jam it into the speaker slots at just the right angle - might take some fiddling to learn, but it’s the 10 o’clock position in towards the center - with a quick thrust you can disable the fucking thing permanently. If you do it right, it looks like you’re leaning against the pump, stretching.

      I started doing this at the stations I frequent, and AMAZINGLY they muted them ALL, doing away with the commercials and just throwing up a slideshow of ads instead. I will happily keep at it. Try it for yourself. Take a small flathead or a bowie knife if your keys aren’t long enough.

    • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz
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      2 months ago

      Ive heard you can mute them by pressing a magic combo of buttons. Like top 2 times bottom 3 times and it mutes. Ive never had luck with them though.

      • AxExRx@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I found the magic button on them- stick a saftey pin through the speaker grill and wiggle it around a bit till the noise stops.