This seems petty in comparison to what many store clerks in Japan have to put up with. Bic/Kojima Camera (perhaps comparable to Best Buy) normally has the same 10 second long jingle playing on auto-repeat all day everyday. That is the definition of real torture.
Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts
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#262Reminds me of Yellocabs in NYC. The screen can be muted but you're still staring at a lit blue screen while riding in the back of a cab and it's very unpleasant at night. Try relaxing if you can. I don't take yellow cabs anymore but last time I experienced this I was thinking of taping a a cloth as a curtain.
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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.
Heaven forbid one to employ civil disobedience, or even to take non-destructive steps, in order to tamp down offensive, irritating aspects of daily life.
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#264Earlier 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.
Reminds me of Col. Bat Guano refusing to shoot the Coca-Cola machine so Col. Mandrake can call the President.
"Okay. I'm gonna get your money for ya. But if you don't get the President of the United States on that phone, you know what's gonna happen to you? You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."
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#265I certainly have sympathy - I used to work with a woman who watched Gone With The Wind three times a day, every day. That’s twelve hours a day, eighty-four hours a week, every week. Best part of quittin’ time was not having to see or hear Gone With The Wind until the next day - weekends were never more appreciated. I quit listening to radio when a local recruiting agency bought every ad slot, day and night, for six w…
Let me guess, the US Marine Core?
FYI, that's the correct pronunciation, but it's spelled "Corps" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps
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#266I remember going to a mall once and being in an altered state of mind... [Mainstream] music felt like something used to get people in an almost hypnotic state of ignorance, an acoustic bubble to encourage shopping, mingling... I don't know how to quite put a finger on it. It wasn't anything particularly negative, but it was the thought of it being some sort of mood manipulator, setting a scene for those who were well off enough to be a part of it.
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Now that you've pointed out that this process exists, I'm super intrigued to hear the playlists of different stores and compare that with the brand image of said stores. Maybe if I like 'x' brand, I'll also enjoy their store playlist... could be the key to finding lots of great music.
Maybe if I like 'x' brand, I'll also enjoy their store playlist... could be the key to finding lots of great music. It actually is. My wife has the sort of job where she spends a lot of time in high-end retail stores, and at that level the music is very important so she's very aware of it. It's not just selecting the right music, but making sure your company isn't playing the same songs as the competition. CBS Sunday…
I stayed at the W hotel in Chicago on a business trip once years ago. The music sampler they provided was like listening to some mix made from my wife's playlist. So yeah, I don't plan to take her to the W, or that will be the only place suitable for the rest of my life. It's pricey and they have expensive stores all around it.
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I agree they are abhorrent and I'd prefer if they were banned. From a practical perspective, try pressing the second button down on the right. This will mute on most models.
At the gas station that I went to, I tried every single button and none of them muted it. I don't go to that gas station anymore.
One time I tried pressing all the buttons to mute it, and one of the silently called an attendant. None of them even muted it.
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#269They 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.
They seem to have themselves confused with the internet, which is free. If I have to listen to ads, that means the gas is free.
> They seem to have themselves confused with the internet, which is free.
"Free"
> If I have to listen to ads, that means the gas is free.
"Free"
Two subtly different but related (and debatable) definitions of the term.
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#270During my early Apple days, I worked in a lab with around 30 Macs engaged in automated restart testing. BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG