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If the background music bothers you, you might try CD disks with what they call "White Noise"(i.e. sounds of falling rain on a metal roof, running water, radio background static(( background noise when it's not on any station)) an air conditioner, etc) any steady unchanging sound just loud enough to drown out the distracting music. If you are in a position that requires very intense concentration get a CD player and a set of large comfortable earmuffs that plug into the CD. Hope this helps.

I work for a retailer that plays its own radio station. I learned through the employee publications that our music selections are based on the customers' purchases AND their age. For my store, it's mostly 70's music believe it or not, with an occasional 80's or 90's hit mixed in. But it doesn't really make sense to me, since we have people of all ages pretty much from 8am-10pm; overnight (some stores are open 24/7) is better because it's more my style -- Shawn Colvin, Savage Garden, et cetera.

I have grown to appreciate the daytime music and even began learning the words. However, I'm sick of hearing our own commercials after 2-3 songs. Ugh. The worst part was when Olivia Newton-John's new CD came out. Don't get me wrong, she's great. But the same song every hour ON the hour? We could set our watches to it! Ha ha.

Sorry, not trying to rant. As I said, I've grown to like the stuff they play, from some great artists of the times -- Air Supply, Temptations, Smokey Robinson, Beach Boys, Jon Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams...

I generally don't mind my employees listening to the radio or music while performing their job, but there's this one guy that loves to listen to rant radio. What I mean is political talk radio. It basically dominates the AM radio band which makes it all the worse because the fidelity is so bad, but these commentators complain and rant about everything that's bad in the world and try to lay the blame on someone else. One of my other co-workers said "That's inside the beltway thinking...always trying to lay the blame on someone else and trying to get the government to fix it!" I told him that I don't care whose fault it is, I just don't want to listen to it. The guy with the rant-radio going is a great worker and assembles equipment racks really nice...he's our best wiring tech yet. I don't see how he can maintain his concentration with all that distraction, but he somehow does it. I at least got him to wear headphones now when he wants to listen to that stuff.

Well, I guess I cannot complain...at least he's not listening to any of those stupid morning shows and other "shock jocks" that think that they are funny, but are just plain dumb and offensive.