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posted by Fnord666 on Monday March 04 2019, @01:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-just-employees dept.

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Starbucks' music is driving employees nuts. A writer says it's a workers' rights issue | CBC Radio

You may not give a second thought to the tunes spinning on a constant loop at your favourite café or coffee shop, but one writer and podcaster who had to listen to repetitive music for years while working in bars and restaurants argues it's a serious workers' rights issue.

"[It's] the same system that's used to ... flood people out of, you know, the Branch Davidian in Waco or was used on terror suspects in Guantanamo — they use the repetition of music," Adam Johnson told The Current's Anna Maria Tremonti.

"I'm not suggesting that working at Applebee's is the same as being at Guantanamo, but the principle's the same."

Earlier this year, irritated Starbucks employees took to Reddit to rage about how they had to listen to the same songs from the Broadway hit musical Hamilton on repeat while on the job. One user wrote that if they heard a Hamilton song one more time, "I'm getting a ladder and ripping out all of our speakers from the ceiling."

Johnson argues it wouldn't take years of research to understand that "yes, playing the same music over and over again has a deleterious effect on one's mental well-being."


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @04:05PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @04:05PM (#809815)

    and yet we all have to endure it.

    the important thing in life is however, never step out of character...

    once i worked as cleaning dude in a drugstore. the cashiers were instructed to keep asking everyone who came to pay for their thing of they want something more and are sure that they are not missing some painkillers. sounds normal, but they had to put on a big smile to the sick people buying medicine, and with pretended enthusiasm almost yell their mantra.
    eventually i got fired, cuz i had a fit of rage over this shit, and asked one of the cashiers to shut the fuck up while i am in the vicinity to do my job...

    IS THAT ALL? ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE NOT MISSING SOME ALVEDONS? THANK YOU HAVE ANICE DAY COME AGAIN!!1!!!1!!
    IS THAT ALL? ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE NOT MISSING SOME ALVEDONS? THANK YOU HAVE ANICE DAY COME AGAIN!!1!!!1!!
    IS THAT ALL? ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE NOT MISSING SOME ALVEDONS? THANK YOU HAVE ANICE DAY COME AGAIN!!1!!!1!!
    IS THAT ALL? ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE NOT MISSING SOME ALVEDONS? THANK YOU HAVE ANICE DAY COME AGAIN!!1!!!1!!
    IS THAT ALL? ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE NOT MISSING SOME ALVEDONS? THANK YOU HAVE ANICE DAY COME AGAIN!!1!!!1!!
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    shut the fuck up and let people pay... if they need somthing they come back...

  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday March 04 2019, @04:57PM (1 child)

    by Freeman (732) on Monday March 04 2019, @04:57PM (#809849) Journal

    While that kind of thing could get on people's nerves. Perhaps you needed more sleep or a job that doesn't deal with that kind of thing, or anger management courses.

    --
    Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
    • (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Monday March 04 2019, @05:18PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 04 2019, @05:18PM (#809868) Journal

      Or he simply needed some kind of drug that his employer could have provided.

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      People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @10:01PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @10:01PM (#810001)

    You are framing a demand as an observation.