Could Pump Top TV Be MORE Annoying?
Pump Top TV, the company that seeks to bring us one step closer to a world in which television commercials occupy your every waking moment, just got a little bit more annoying. You've probably seen the video monitors atop gas station pumps, such as those at the Shell on the corner of San Fernando Mission and Balboa, blaring BUY MORE STUFF messages while you, a captive of the gas pump, are already, in fact, engaged in the process of buying something at that very moment. Pump Top TV's next move is to also blare DO MORE EXERCISE messages to helpless pump prisoners, in videos such as the one above. Hey, I'm all for exercise, but do they really think a 30-second burst while filling the tank is going to do anything but make people feel guilty, inadequate, frustrated, or just plain dorky? This afternoon, to kick off their campaign, Pump Top TV will be pulling the "funky, wacky stunt" of posting Body By Jake exercise instructors at a Shell Station in Burbank to enforce t