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It was a bright, frigid morning in Ann Arbor, Michigan, two weeks before the University of Michigan let out for winter break, and the college town's numerous coffee shops were abuzz with the gentle tapping of keyboards, the whooshing of espresso machines, the occasional chatter—and the tinny strains of 1980s and '90s pop hits.
It's that last element of the sonic landscape that drives Gina Choe and Libby Hunter crazy. Standing just inside a cavernous cafe where The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?" competed with a sizzling griddle, jostling coffee cups, and echoing voices, Choe said, "I came in here once, and [the music] was everywhere around me. Everyone was talking more loudly—I couldn't even hear my friend."
As Choe checked a decibel meter on her phone ("65, the level of loud conversation"), Hunter mentioned that the last time she was here, she had asked a counter worker if the music could be turned off. "The manager came over to my table, and she was really nice, but she said no, because of the 'atmosphere.' It's amazing how afraid they are to not have music."
Hunter, a retired middle-school music teacher, and Choe, a 2017 Michigan graduate who is working in a research lab while she prepares to apply to medical school, do not travel in the same circles, and might never have met at all had they not come together over a mutual love of quiet spaces—and a loathing for piped-in background music.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 26 2017, @04:38PM (3 children)
65 db the level of "white" pumped into my office. People just yells over it. I wear earplugs like guys on stamping machines to protect my hearing. Yes I am older but still have great hearing. I can even hear people talking 50 ft away in my office through the noise with the earplugs. I wish these places learn methods to improve the environment like tapestry on the wall to absorbe the sounds and blocks in the overhead to stop the spread of sounds.
I had show my doctor's office how bad it was in the offices. I informed them the what the doctor was telling the person in the room across the way. Also the Personal information of other people that I could read off the screens and were asked over the counter. It bad to have good memory and god vision and hearing.
(Score: 0, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 26 2017, @06:47PM (2 children)
All that goodness, but bad spelling and grammar
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday December 26 2017, @11:18PM (1 child)
All that spelling and grammar is nonsense. Just look at Donald Trump. Very good with words. Uses few words and gets his point across. He is the president. How could he have bad grammar and get that job? He couldn't if he were dumb. He is a billionaire. Billionaires are smart people. Believe me, I know. I've read up on them. They don't get all the money being bad with words. He is good with words. That is why people like him.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 27 2017, @12:59AM
Your comment is a good example of Trump's stream-of-consciousness(??) word salad.
Short sentences. No words longer than 3 syllables. Use the same words over and over.
Donald Trump Has The Vocabulary & Grammar Of A 4th Grader and He Hates Reading [alternet.org]
Former Wharton Professor William T. Kelley Says "Donald Trump Was The Dumbest Goddamn Student I Ever Had" [alternet.org]
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