So…if you’re in the mood for an energy drink and a Snicker’s then press the button, place your order, and they are there delivering your goods to you before you finish pumping.

Never really saw that many people using the service…but it did look tempting on those days when I didn’t feel like going in.

There is nothing more intrusive than audio advertising and whoever came up with the idea for gas stations should be shot.

We all wondered about the video advertising when Tim Hortons introduced video screens at the drive through and above the counter up with their product offerings/pricing, yet there is no audio. People watch, people don’t watch, and people don’t really care. There is no doubt that it has helped increase revenue (who can resist the sight of a freshly baked steaming muffin with butter melting down the face of it?), yet someone there decided that it would be a GOOD IDEA not to bombard their customers with audio from which they can’t escape from – this person should be commended!

Video you can look away – what the hell are you supposed to do with audio advertising blaring away?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/11/07/google.pump.ap/

I cringe when I have to wait through coming movies for my movie and have to listen to advertisements in public places when all I wanted was to get some gas, maybe watch some other people and GO.

I don’t like marketers intruding on my “free space” and I worry about the increasing trend in this direction.

I wish that I had a way of punishing companies that so intrude. Will someone please invent a way to punish these offending companies. I would gladly pay money to defend myself against these intrusions.

Down here in sunny AZ I’m starting to see video-equipped gas pumps. How long it will take to go to your ‘completely rational so no one will do it for years’ model is up for speculation.