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Vox presents an article about restaurant noise levels and why they've risen over the years.
When the Line Hotel opened in Washington, DC, last December, the cocktail bars, gourmet coffee shops, and restaurants that fill its cavernous lobby drew a lot of buzz. Housed in a century-old church, the space was also reputedly beautiful.
My first visit in February confirmed that the Line was indeed as sleek as my friends and restaurant critics had suggested. There was just one problem: I wanted to leave almost as soon as I walked in. My ears were invaded by a deafening din.
[...] In reckoning with this underappreciated health threat, I’ve been wondering how we got here and why any well-meaning restaurateur would inflict this pain on his or her patrons and staff. I learned that there are a number of reasons — and they mostly have to do with restaurant design trends. In exposing them, I hope restaurateurs will take note: You may be deafening your staff and patrons.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by edinlinux on Friday April 20 2018, @07:43AM (5 children)
Almost every restaurant / bar from Burger King to the classy wine bar down the street now has big flat panel TVs in every corner blaring away either basketball, #metoo, Syrian terrorists, Donald Trump and Mexicans or whatever.
Its just a bunch of noise chatter, and ruins the entire experience. If I go to a wine bar, or even the fast food joint, I don't want to hear about sports, terrorists or Donald Trump. Most of it is 'negative shock news', is depressing and if I want to see it, I can see all that in my living room already or even on my phone.
Its annoying and just adds to the din and noise all around..
blech, its one of the main reasons I don't go out to restaurants much anymore.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Friday April 20 2018, @01:43PM (3 children)
A couple years ago in the Tri-State area some of the gas stations started putting TVs on the gas pumps. You can't get away from the damn things. They're like that loud, obnoxious, unattractive person you hooked up with at a drunken blow-out years ago who keeps stalking you.
TV, I'm not into you and never was. That moment we had years ago was, well, a mistake that I regret. So, why doncha move on m'kay bye
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @05:19PM
That represents the region that Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated has targeted for conquest. I'm not sure if any specific plans employed gas pumps.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Osamabobama on Friday April 20 2018, @05:24PM
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(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday April 20 2018, @05:52PM
Phoenix666, you're quite the smooth operator.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by HiThere on Friday April 20 2018, @06:12PM
Even hospitals. I have gotten to the point where the thing I hate most about sitting around in a hospital waiting room is that you can't avoid the TV. But most people seem to like them. If I turn the thing off when the room is empty, someone will come in and turn it on. I've got a bad knee, but I still often end up standing around in the corridor outside the waiting room. It may be painful, but it's less annoying that that nlank-dashed TV.
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