Piped music :steam:

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I was in a school yesterday with a large flat-screen TV emitting a barrage of pop music. In another school it's much worse. The TVs are distributed around the school to such an extent that is really difficult to get away from it. What hope is there to persuade younger people to listen to music, when they have to spend so much time trying to filter it out? I've often considered joining Pipe-down, but this has finally convinced me of the need to support that organisation.

[James Wonnacott]

I agree whole-heartedly and I too have often considered Pipe-down.
As with so many things, if people don't speak up they'll think they've got it right.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

As with so many things, if people don't speak up they'll think they've got it right.

The attitude in M & S when they introduced piped music in th Scarborough store was "No-one else has complained; most of our customers say they like it." The implication is that they have actually done a thorough survey, which invariably they haven't. Also, if they do such surveys, it does not take the views of those who have walked out of the store to avoid the noise.

[James Wonnacott]

I can think of at least four, otherwise good, pubs I no longer frequent because of the "music".
I registered my feelings with the management and was told, in 3 cases, "it's company policy" and in the other (a free house) the landlord told me that if I didn't like it I should go elsewhere.
A bit like the BBC really

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Regarding music in pubs, their "live music" nights don't just affect customers, but everyone living within 200 yards of the establishments.