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Noise Volumes Rising in Restaurants and Eateries

posted by mrpg on Friday April 20 2018, @06:14AM   
from the say-what-again dept.

Booga1 writes:

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.

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• Re:Too many frickin TVs on the walls.. Re:Too many frickin TVs on the walls.. (Score: 3, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Friday April 20 2018, @01:43PM (3 children)

  by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday April 20 2018, @01:43PM (#669629) Journal

  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

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• Re:Too many frickin TVs on the walls.. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @05:19PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @05:19PM (#669717)

  ...in the Tri-State area ...

  That represents the region that Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated has targeted for conquest. I'm not sure if any specific plans employed gas pumps.

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• Re:Too many frickin TVs on the walls.. (Score: 3, Informative) by Osamabobama on Friday April 20 2018, @05:24PM

  by Osamabobama (5842) on Friday April 20 2018, @05:24PM (#669720)

  There is a Lifehacker article [lifehacker.com] explaining which button to push to silence these things.

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• Re:Too many frickin TVs on the walls.. (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday April 20 2018, @05:52PM

  by khallow (3766) on Friday April 20 2018, @05:52PM (#669730) Journal

  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

  Phoenix666, you're quite the smooth operator.

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