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Internet Praises Texas Man Who Figures Out How to Mute Ads on Gas Pumps

If you’re ever annoyed by the loud advertisements that play as you’re filling up your rank at a local Valero gas station, you’re not alone.

Thankfully, one San Antonio resident is coming through to save the day.

Reddit user u/Collinnn7 took to the r/sanantonio subreddit to share a secret he discovered – on accident, no less – while pumping gas recently at a Valero.

“I was trying to press the button to bring up the ‘Print Receipt?’ screen and I hit the mute button by mistake,” u/Collinnn7 told MySA. “The volume on the ad shut off and I didn’t know if it was because I had pressed the [button] or because I was finished pumping.”

During his next visit to the gas station, he decided to figure out if the mute button truly exists.

“I pressed the same button to test it and it muted the advertisement!” u/Collinnn7 said excitedly. Since then, he’s made it a point to always mute the loud ads. Now, he’s sharing the fortunate discovery with other locals.

“I figured that [if] the ads startled or annoyed me, then I couldn’t be the only one who would make use of that hidden mute button,” u/Collinnn7 said.

He’s right. On Reddit, plenty of locals have thanked him for posting the information as well as sharing stories of their own annoyances with the booming advertisements.

“The hero we deserve,” praised u/R6J10.

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