Line Out - Comments on Work Stereo http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo At the place where I spend most of my evenings there is a stereo. My coworkers do not understand what a privilege this stereo is. They can’t see that the full control they wield of this stereo is a mighty... Copyright 2008 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:11:00 -0800 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:53:02 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by ndrwmtsn fuck, kirby: you are hilarious

]]> ndrwmtsn http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067582 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067582 Business Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:36:05 -0800 Comment by sir jorge you do not know the greatest of sins...

I worked at a funeral home, and we only had two channels on the company stereo...

Classical Music & Smooth Jazz

Anything else was grounds for dismissal. So you should just suck it up, and be a man, because you don't want to be surrounded by death and dead music.

]]> sir jorge http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067618 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067618 Business Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:10:51 -0800 Comment by meerkat the term you are looking for is "mall rock".
i loathe mall rock.

]]> meerkat http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067621 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067621 Business Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:12:30 -0800 Comment by Nick Better music critics made these same observations and complaints a few years ago.

"Pop punk is the ”Boy Band” of the 2000s."

Pretty sure that statement was first made at least two years go. Don't throw that shit in bold.

]]> Nick http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067631 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067631 Business Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:22:19 -0800 Comment by Levislade That was one of my favorite things about working in retail or coffee shops: getting to pick the music. Of course that was when we would actually throw a bunch of physical CDs in the player and either shuffle or not. Nowadays, with the ipods and whatnot, I bet it would be even more fun.

I am starting a new job, and it just occurred to me that I might be able to listen to music at work, which I haven't done in ages. Yay!

]]> Levislade http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067638 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067638 Business Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:32:57 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo I'm one of those cranky dudes who usually opts to not listen to anything at work if that option's available, because just about anything gets on my nerves eventually. At least the painfully familiar route is easier to ignore.

I remember being a kid and my dad complaining that us kids today had to have some form of media on at all times whether we were paying attention or not. Now I'm turning into my dad, because I've noticed the same thing. Music is wallpaper and TV viewing is mandatory.

Well, I'm off to yell at the neighbor kids who keep cutting across my lawn.

]]> flamingbanjo http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067647 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067647 Business Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:50:45 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes Is this a restaurant? If so, it makes sense. Nobody is there to hear the music and they just need something for noise. It's familiar and boring, thus easy to tune out but it still covers up the clank of the kitchen, other people's conversations, etc.

It could be worse -- back when I was broke I had to work a telemarketing job. In Bellevue. For a matchmaking company. Even worse, the radio was ALWAYS on 106.1. I snuck in a small radio and an earphone to block it out, but the memories live on.

]]> Jason Josephes http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067702 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067702 Business Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:38:54 -0800 Comment by Scottie Yahtzee mall rock = mallternative

]]> Scottie Yahtzee http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067716 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1067716 Business Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:46:31 -0800 Comment by donte when we aren't being burdened with the mountain, my office has an airtunes (allows you to stream itunes to a stereo), so we get the luxury of playing whatever we want. we try to keep the profanity down to a minimum, but that piece of gear changed the office atmosphere immensely, allowing us to play anything under the sun. jeff, i feel for you.

]]> donte http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1068022 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1068022 Business Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:49:58 -0800 Comment by bunnypuncher Today at work we listened to the new Melvins and Boris albums, and some Scratch Acid. And I work a customer service job.

Just rubbing it in a little.

]]> bunnypuncher http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1068323 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/07/work_stereo#c1068323 Business Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:53:02 -0800