by Apex » Fri Jan 15, 2016 12:49 pm
I'd like to see supermarkets and malls cut the "music" stuff they pipe in. Hey, I wouldn't expect anyone to have to listen to Black Sabbath in public, why should I have to listen to "whoever" when I'm out there. I'm trying to shop, and y'know, sometimes you actually have to think about what your shopping for. Same goes for tech stores, names I won't mention. C'mon, I'm shopping around for a computer and have to listen to more "whoever" while trying to make a very important decision? That's why I go to Tech Store A, not Tech Store B. It's much, much quieter.
If I'm in a sports bar getting a burger, OK, I don't care, they've always got a dozen TV's on, but that's part of the "Sports Bar Experience". But @#%$ it, if I'm in a decent restaurant, especially if on a date and paying for me AND her, can I please be able to carry on a conversation without some stuff blasting away. It's happened before, more than once.
Having said all that, a popular mall close by recent re-did their food court and removed the awful video monitors that would really make your food court "experience" noisy and lousy.
Of course, as soon as I got my lunch and sat down, ready to eat in silence for a change, one of the food kiosks started blasting away with some real trash. Ya just can't win, can ya? I felt like going over there and saying, "Hey you, my Cousin Bruno's coming into town next week to get some 'sun on the beach', and you just might be the one he's looking for", but my pizza was getting cold, so I kept quiet.