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Re: Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts

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Post by munk-a »

jimmaswell wrote: post #225
munk-a wrote: post #222

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am familiar with the expression "no publicity is bad publicity" but... honestly pushing your product in these sorts of swill advertising venues seems like it's in danger of building up customer distrust and anger.

Customer wouldn't have had to stop there if they had an EV, I think is the point.

Yea still... "Try our product because we're great and we'll annoy the crap out of you until you do" might be a good way to mind-worm the advertising into someone but it doesn't exactly engender good will.

It's like one of those companies that feels the right to force a full page ad on websites that needs to stay up for x seconds, or requires some special user interaction. It is (very unfortunately) effective and making people remember your brand but people hate you for it.

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Post by colejohnson66 »

TheChaplain wrote: post #215
krrrh wrote: post #209

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don’t see these in Canada but I am always flabberghasted by them while in the US. I noticed that holding my finger over the tiny speaker hole greatly reduced the volume, and I resolved to carry a roll of duct tape with me so I could do some public service next time I had to deal with them.

Don't. Otherwise you'll end up with a visit from law enforcement for tampering with the equipment.

Except he didn’t tamper with anything

Re: Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts

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Post by heegemcgee »

Synaesthesia wrote: post #67
bogidon wrote: post #65

An elementary school I attended from first to fourth grade would play Beethovan's Moonlight Sonata in the lunchroom as the song that signaled "quiet time," when we'd have to eat our food without talking. Occasionally we would get another song, something by Chopin I think, but in my memory 90% of the time it was Moonlight Sonata. Whenever I hear that song now, ten years later, I get teleported back to fourth grade qui…

The first movement is overplayed. The second and third are really awesome actually.

The third movement is a banger. Should sound familiar to anyone who played Earthworm Jim. I believe it also made an appearance in Looney Tunes in one form or another.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zucBfXpCA6s

Re: Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts

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Post by TheChaplain »

colejohnson66 wrote: post #232
TheChaplain wrote: post #215

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't. Otherwise you'll end up with a visit from law enforcement for tampering with the equipment.

Except he didn’t tamper with anything

Uhm, I know? But he did state the intent to do so, and I just said it would be a bad idea as they will likely call the cops on him.

At least in my country you'll get into trouble if you tear down billboards, alter advertisement panels/electronics and alike.

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Post by cjmoran »

jimmy1 wrote: post #220
rmason wrote: post #185

They modernized the gas pumps at our local Speedway by adding video players. Instead of news like I've seen in California they play endless commercials and the volume is loud. I remember stopping one time when it was twenty below zero this winter, no one was at the pumps and the same commercial was playing and not a single pump's sound was in sync with another. I felt like I was in a movie about a dystopian future.

The monitors have 8 buttons, 4 on each side, the top button on the right side is mute. source: learned by mashing all of those buttons in blind rage trying to get it to stop.

On all the pumps near me, the second from the top on the right side mutes the video. Some gas station attendants or kind customers thought to write "Mute" on the button in sharpie, and I encourage everyone to do the same.

Re: Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts

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Post by ryanmarsh »

One weekday morning I decided to take my wife and daughters (I was working from home, and we homeschool) out for breakfast at a new breakfast joint. The sun had just risen, they weather was perfect and they had a patio. We were seated outside and blasted by classic rock, really great songs actually, but not loud and at 8am. I asked the waitress what the deal was, she said it wasn't them, the property management company had them installed (it was in a strip with 4 other businesses). What benefit would it be to the property management company? I'll never know.

Re: Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts

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Post by jimmy1 »

cjmoran wrote: post #236
jimmy1 wrote: post #220

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The monitors have 8 buttons, 4 on each side, the top button on the right side is mute. source: learned by mashing all of those buttons in blind rage trying to get it to stop.

On all the pumps near me, the second from the top on the right side mutes the video. Some gas station attendants or kind customers thought to write "Mute" on the button in sharpie, and I encourage everyone to do the same.

I wouldn't condone vandalism -- despite however justified you may feel it is, plus it would have the opposite effect: I don't want whoever create those demon machines to know we know where the mute button is.

Re: Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts

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Post by fancyfish »

randcraw wrote: post #94
maxxxxx wrote: post #22

In general I don’t understand why people think that it’s ok to pollute every bit of space with noise of their choice (aka music). I view it as a big nuisance.

I think it's because the alternative is silence, which many merchants see as setting a scene that is low energy and makes people lonely -- the last thing a retailer wants. Most retailers want to set a mood that attracts their target demographic groups. In some clothing stores that serve women age 30-40, they play pop music that was in vogue 10-15 years ago, when these customers were in their teens or twenties and had…

Hence the litany of companies advising/streaming music for businesses based on the ideas from those PR/marketing types. Creating playlists for consumer-driven companies to match their brand image, target audience, etc. Such as MoodMusic[1]

[1] https://us.moodmedia.com/custom-music-business/

Re: Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts

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Post by [deleted] »

krrrh wrote: post #209
rmason wrote: post #185

They modernized the gas pumps at our local Speedway by adding video players. Instead of news like I've seen in California they play endless commercials and the volume is loud. I remember stopping one time when it was twenty below zero this winter, no one was at the pumps and the same commercial was playing and not a single pump's sound was in sync with another. I felt like I was in a movie about a dystopian future.

You don’t see these in Canada but I am always flabberghasted by them while in the US. I noticed that holding my finger over the tiny speaker hole greatly reduced the volume, and I resolved to carry a roll of duct tape with me so I could do some public service next time I had to deal with them.

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