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Starbucks' Music is Driving Employees Nuts

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: 3, Funny) by isostatic on Monday March 04 2019, @01:35PM (15 children)

    by isostatic (365) on Monday March 04 2019, @01:35PM (#809764) Journal

    Play songs like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlbsexTmT_I [youtube.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday March 04 2019, @05:41PM (3 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Monday March 04 2019, @05:41PM (#809875)

    Let's start the one-up game [youtube.com] ... gently.

    • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Monday March 04 2019, @05:58PM

      by isostatic (365) on Monday March 04 2019, @05:58PM (#809884) Journal

      Ahh, That brings back the memories

    • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Monday March 04 2019, @06:14PM

      by hemocyanin (186) on Monday March 04 2019, @06:14PM (#809889) Journal

      I put it on loop.

    • (Score: 2) by DeVilla on Friday March 08 2019, @06:37AM

      by DeVilla (5354) on Friday March 08 2019, @06:37AM (#811473)

      ok. I'll just leave this [youtube.com].

      Had a friend in college who would pick something like this to hum once or twice in the quiet office bay. Maybe just the first half of the phrase. It was fun to see how many more minutes of silence would pass before someone would complain about him putting it their head.

  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Monday March 04 2019, @06:19PM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Monday March 04 2019, @06:19PM (#809892) Journal

    My contribution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85mRPqvMbE [youtube.com]

  • (Score: 2) by SpockLogic on Monday March 04 2019, @06:25PM (2 children)

    by SpockLogic (2762) on Monday March 04 2019, @06:25PM (#809897)

    At Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, the gulag is the "it's a small world" ride.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @10:41PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @10:41PM (#810016)

      My wife got stuck in that ride for a couple hours. It was not pretty.

      • (Score: 2) by Webweasel on Tuesday March 05 2019, @10:46AM

        by Webweasel (567) on Tuesday March 05 2019, @10:46AM (#810201) Homepage Journal

        Were whalers on the moon!
        We carry a harpoon!
        Oh their aint no whales!
        So we tell tall tales!
        And sing our whaling tune!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @06:38PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @06:38PM (#809907)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNnWpeV--4Q [youtube.com]

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @06:42PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @06:42PM (#809908)

      OH! found 10 hour version with translation. Enjoy!

  • (Score: 2) by istartedi on Monday March 04 2019, @07:11PM

    by istartedi (123) on Monday March 04 2019, @07:11PM (#809928) Journal

    I figured it wouldn't be that, but I immediately thought of Wind Him Up [youtube.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Monday March 04 2019, @09:23PM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Monday March 04 2019, @09:23PM (#809981)

    And who could forget this classic [youtube.com]? Also make sure you watch this one [youtube.com] right after (or before) to cleanse your palate.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @09:37PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 04 2019, @09:37PM (#809988)

    I've got the ultimate ear worm for you yanks! and i'm not even american!

    Here goes:

    Celino and Barnes, injury attorneys....

    HAHAAA BUUUUURN IN PAIN!

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by RandomFactor on Tuesday March 05 2019, @12:47AM

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 05 2019, @12:47AM (#810068) Journal

    Yes, bit I know a song that gets on EVERYBODY's nerves [youtube.com]

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