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pbmus

(13,141 posts) Fri Feb 18, 2022, 10:42 PM Feb 2022

I ask to turn the channel or I leave... [View all]

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I ask to turn the channel or I leave... [View all] pbmus Feb 2022 OP

Same as you. niyad Feb 2022 #1

I rarely am in a business with a TV that's turned on. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2022 #2

there are fucking tee vees on gas pumps now Kali Feb 2022 #10

I absolutely will not pump gas if I have to listen to crap coming from a teevee gristy Feb 2022 #18

Oh I totally agree. I hate those! cos dem Feb 2022 #39

This scene from 20 years ago truly disturbed me. Is it too late now? MichaelSoE Feb 2022 #43

Lots of 'Loglo' - GoneOffShore Feb 2022 #46

Yep. I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #3

First I'd ask that they change the channel, then leave if they don't. This why we have HGTV !!! Karadeniz Feb 2022 #4

no I wouldn't. but the business is 'pegged for future reference' stopdiggin Feb 2022 #5

Absofuckingloutely! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #6

A BRAND NEW WORD..............."Absofuckingloutely!" 10 POINTS FOR YOU!!!! Stuart G Feb 2022 #15

Oh... SheltieLover Feb 2022 #17

I use that word all the time... hippywife Feb 2022 #48

Yep. Have done it, will keep doing it. we can do it Feb 2022 #7

Yes, I would. LoisB Feb 2022 #8

I have done so. Staph Feb 2022 #9

I've done it three times... Enter stage left Feb 2022 #11

Always - but first I tell them WHY. alittlelark Feb 2022 #12

Sure have. tavernier Feb 2022 #13

Depends on my needs. Sometimes I have asked an employee if that is the only station they are ... Hekate Feb 2022 #14

I hardly go out BootinUp Feb 2022 #16

Yes! Mary in S. Carolina Feb 2022 #19

I once asked a cashier in a busy Wendy's if she could change the channel.... lastlib Feb 2022 #20

Dayum! lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #27

This just made my day! PittBlue Feb 2022 #47

yes Skittles Feb 2022 #21

Exactly. The most crooked car repair place in town has it on. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #29

Best $20 I ever spent.... albacore Feb 2022 #22

Seriously... MontanaMama Feb 2022 #25

It does. NullTuples Feb 2022 #32

Yup.... I just unobtrusively turn the TV off. Usually nobody cares, but if somebody albacore Feb 2022 #44

I'm nearly to suggest "Love's" truckstop change their name to "Hate's"... lambchopp59 Feb 2022 #23

I drive quite a lot... ret5hd Feb 2022 #50

I've walked TF out of places playing that sh*t. LowerManhattanite Feb 2022 #24

Yes. It tells me that business is untrustworthy. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #26

Have done so a few times. Duppers Feb 2022 #28

yes and I have never to return. nt yaesu Feb 2022 #30

In the eleven months I was boots-on-the-ground in Iraq majdrfrtim Feb 2022 #31

Back before Busterscruggs Feb 2022 #33

I have done it several times. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2022 #34

Fox News Slammer Feb 2022 #35

yup eom tiredtoo Feb 2022 #36

If I did that, I would be able to enter few restaurants in my county Orrex Feb 2022 #37

Only place I've encountered is the gym... Hulk Feb 2022 #38

Bring It On If They Show Fox I Am Allowed To Give Them My Opinion DanieRains Feb 2022 #40

You know, armed forces radio blares out right wing shit 24/7... Jack-o-Lantern Feb 2022 #41

I have walked out of businesses that had FFaux Noise on their TVs csziggy Feb 2022 #42

I heard there is a very small universal remote Emile Feb 2022 #45

Same. hippywife Feb 2022 #49