On piped in music

I fully acknowledge that I sound like my grandmother (it's okay- she's a cool lady) but I have to vent-- I loathe piped in music. I think it's lame and unnecessary. Why can't there just be silence? Can we not just sit quietly or have conversation anymore? In the words of the Grinch, I am sick of the "noise, noise NOISE!"

I am starting to lose it at work. We play the same loop of music over and over. In a four hour shift, it's quite possible that I'm going to hear Elton John's "Philadelphia Freedom" four times. One more time, and I'm going to Philadelphia Freak out in the antibacterial hand soap section. I am going to be so pissy if they ruin Christmas music for me during the holidays.

Today my mom and I ate lunch at the Green Mill and I experienced what I can only call an audio assault or a war on my ears, if you will. We were seated and then forced to listen Christina Aguilera (Gag-uilera), followed by Usher (oh my god, make it stop), and then... Paris Hilton (Um, I enjoyed my food, do you want me to barf it up?) After that it was a techno remix of The Pussycat Dolls "beep" (no, I'm not kidding).

Not only did it suck it was all WAY TOO LOUD. Is this music anyone would choose to dine to? I don't think so!

It was at this point that I jokingly thought to myself, "Why not just play 'Scars' by Papa Roach?"

Those of you who know me well, know that if that song comes on the radio, I can't change it fast enough. Something about it makes me ill. Guess what the next song was? -- of course. Thank you Gods of Irony.

The pain only continued with uber-whiny punk like "Perfect" by Simple Plan. At this point, I didn't care how well they cooked my burger. I just wanted to get the hell outta there.

The point is, we shouldn't pipe in this stuff. Music is about personal taste and a restaraunts would be better served saving money on XM radio and just letting people sit comfortably and eat in peace. Really, do you know anyone who would go out to Applebees and leave in disgust saying, "Ugh, they don't have any music! You could hear a pin drop. This is disgusting, let's leave and head to Chuck E. Cheese!"

In Bismarck I often went to eat by myself and I didn't mind the quiet! Besides, if the silence had been awkward, do you think Paris Hilton moaning like a dying cat would help? NO!

People want to chat with their friends at lunch and it's totally possible that people can shop without noise. Our lives are noisy enough as it is. So I guess my point is....


SHHHHHH!