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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 26 2018, @08:03AM
It definitely seemed they favor quantity over quality. I came there to hear someone talk about God.
What I got was an hour of either loud music or browbeating over tithes.
I now found two TV preachers that filled my need... Les Feldnick out of Kinta, Oklahoma, and Arnold/Dennis Murray out of Gravette, Arkansas.
Its been my experience that most TV preachers are predatory beggars and have little to do with spirituality.