Tipping culture is tipping culture out of control.

You should see the insane way it's worshipped in the USA, all as an obviously thin front to avoid paying wages and giving workers rights. It's wild.

I think it's shopped

Standing there pumping gas is one of the last vestiges of just stopping and being there.

Last time I discovered a machine’s ads couldn’t be muted, I stopped the pumps and I’ll never go back to that gas station.

The level of disrespect is mind boggling.

You guys have ads on your gas pumps?

Ok the US is really the preview of the dystopian future companies imagine.

I don't drive much anymore, but when I did I would avoid gas stations with screens (aside from payment screens obviously). If I saw that an unfamiliar gas station had one, I'd get back in my car and get gas elsewhere even if it was a tad more expensive. Forced viewing of advertisements makes me violently angry, and I don't need the stress of trying to repress that anger

Alright I haven't been to a gas pump in a few months, but when did they start playing ads??? Shit is crazy. Maybe I just never noticed, come to think of it I've never been the one pumping the gas before

Hey, don't be so cruel. These machines are paid below minimum wage, and if you don't tip, they won't be able to pay their rent and student loans.

Yeah haha definitely fake, these pumps don't have touch screens so this interface wouldn't work on them. Choices have to be aligned with the 4 buttons on the left and right. Second one from the top on the right side will mute the ads also.

Most states do (illegal to pump your own in New Jersey), but the joke is more about tipping culture in this country.

This meme isn't implying that it's unusual to pump your own gas. It's implying that tipping culture in the US is progressing to the point of asking you to tip when you didn't receive a service performed by anyone since you did it yourself.

Self service is the default for most of the US. New Jersey and (I think) Oregon require full service gas stations though.

And those people we call "suckers"

The cheapest gas station around me is the only full service one around. I hate it. I'll pay extra to not have to deal with the forced interaction. Tipping cancels out the discount anyways.

He isn’t complaining about having to pump his own gas. He is complaining about the gas station’s audacity to ask for a tip.