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What is the reply to asking to turn off/down music in a business (store)?
Sure. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
No. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
No. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I can turn it down. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I can't. 25%  25%  [ 1 ]
I can turn it down, but not off because of ads. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I can turn it down but not off because of the ads. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
We can turn it down, but we like noise in the background. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Corporate won't allow us to. 75%  75%  [ 3 ]
I can turn it down, but not off because of the ads. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I can turn it down. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
We can turn it down, but we like noise in the background. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
We can turn it down, but we like the noise in the background. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
We can turn it down, but we like noise in the background. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
People don't like other people overhearing their conversations. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
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21 Jun 2019, 9:57 pm

Mountain Goat wrote:
Some stores I don't like with music in them... I don't go in as the problem I get is apart from the noise I am very concious about looking odd and my walk tries to walk the same time as the music beat, and then I try to break this by walking on purpose to avoid walking to the beat and my walk then looks soo stupid, that I just want to stop and stay still until the music stops and I can leg it out of there!

Does anyone else get this or is it just me? Probably just me! :)

My brother brought up this concept to me once and I've never forgotten it. I saturate my thoughts either with details of the plans for my destination, or noises that clash with the rhythm. I think this effectively overrides the mental hijacking of the rhythmic influences. I wouldn't care at all if I didn't have anxious feelings that I'm being "observed" by others nearby if I rhythm-walk.



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21 Jun 2019, 10:32 pm

I'm glad it is not just me! :D


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21 Jun 2019, 11:25 pm

I also like to keep in mind that I can listen to whatever music I want when I leave the particular store or shopping centre and go home.


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