Music at work

[PyroChamber]

Does anyone work at a place where music is being played nonstop through the speakers, and if so what kind of music is usually played?

 

[Knightsaber Priss]

Does anyone work at a place where music is being played nonstop through the speakers, and if so what kind of music is usually played?

At my job, there's a format. 12am - 4pm: music from 2000 to Now, 4pm - 7pm: 50s, 60s, Motown music, 7pm - 12am: 70s, 80s rock.

Sometimes during the morning hours you'd hear song you wouldn't expect. I remember hearing Stopstopper; 1, 2, Step; Beautiful Liar, White and Nerdy, and Pick of Destiny.

We don' really pipe in music from a speaker where I work, but for the sake of my sanity and to keep me awake I do listen to music on my CD player. I'll play things like 80's pop music to Goth/Symphonic Meal. I'll even sing along to some tunes I love as well.

 

[BizarroAids]

We don't have music going over our PA system all the time. But each classroom has CD players that always have music going. It's age appropriate of course, mainly alot of Top 40 stuff.

 

[Lemon]

At a place I used to work at (a cafe) we were only allowed to play jazzy surfer type stuff, like Jack Johnson and stuff. It would repeat all the time and was very annoying, I'm not my favourite type of music.

 

[BizarroAids]

I use to supervise a Detail shop in the city, and we had music going all the time. But, it was jazz, and it was the same jazz cd everyday.

My manager, burned the cd, and refused to take it out. And when I'd suggest turning on the just the radio, he'd scream "Listen you little punk, I don't want to hear that annoying crap so you better get use to my cd, you ***hole"

 

[Knightsaber Priss]

I use to supervise a Detail shop in the city, and we had music going all the time. But, it was jazz, and it was the same jazz cd everyday.

My manager, burned the cd, and refused to take it out. And when I'd suggest turning on the just the radio, he'd scream "Listen you little punk, I don't want to hear that annoying crap so you better get use to my cd, you ***hole"

I don't think i could work for a guy like that. I feel lucky to A.) Work in a Laundry. B.) Work the Graveyard Shift. This means I can basically listen to what I want with nobody complaining because, well there's nobody there anyways.

 

[BizarroAids]

I don't think i could work for a guy like that. I feel lucky to A.) Work in a Laundry. B.) Work the Graveyard Shift. This means I can basically listen to what I want with nobody complaining because, well there's nobody there anyways.

LOL yeah, he's a complete jerk. He use to make so many customers made at him because he was so rude to them, talked at them, and got a temper real easy. I'd love to shove that jazz cd right in his pee hole

Most places allow employees to listen to their Ipods. Anyone here get to do that??

 

[terry78]

Are you at Walgreens still, man?

 

[chaseter]

When I worked at a bank a couple years back...they played Christmas music the day after Thanksgiving until New Years day and I wanted to kill myself with a dull letter opener hearing the same songs day in and day out. Luckily I worked with large amounts of cash so that kept my mind off of XMas suicide.

 

[X-Ray]

I work in a big warehouse. On the east end it's rap. In the middle section it's Spanish music. The west end it's rock. The guys who head those section choose the music. And yah, it's a black guy on the east, a mexican in the middle & a white guy on the west.

 

[terry78]

I work in a big warehouse. On the east end it's rap. In the middle section it's Spanish music. The west end it's rock. The guys who head those section choose the music. And yah, it's a black guy on the east, a mexican in the middle & a white guy on the west.

It's like a little United Nations up in there, ain't it?

 

[The Batkilt]

When I worked at a bank a couple years back...they played Christmas music the day after Thanksgiving until New Years day and I wanted to kill myself with a dull letter opener hearing the same songs day in and day out. Luckily I worked with large amounts of cash so that kept my mind off of XMas suicide.

I know how you felt. In my last job one of the managers was a complete nut for Christmas, so for the 5 weeks leading up to Christmas it was all compliations of Christmas tunes. Which included some of the worst number ones in British pop music history.

 

[chaseter]

I know how you felt. In my last job one of the managers was a complete nut for Christmas, so for the 5 weeks leading up to Christmas it was all compliations of Christmas tunes. Which included some of the worst number ones in British pop music history.

She is a fifty something, single cat lady so I don't know if you had it as bad as me Besides the same Christmas song every hour on the hour, listening to stories of her 16 house cats were also motivations to play tag in the busy street in front.

 

[The Batkilt]

She is a fifty something, single cat lady so I don't know if you had it as bad as me Besides the same Christmas song every hour on the hour, listening to stories of her 16 house cats were also motivations to play tag in the busy street in front.

My boss was a bit different, he was a dog lover for starts. But he kept the CD player right next to his desk, and he was the master of uncomfortable conversations. For example, being a gay guy he knew that most of the men in the office weren't comfortable with that, so teams usually nominated the girls to change the CD - to avoid the question of 'have you ever fantasized about another man?'

I can definitely beat the same song being played though. Our compliations also featured Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams. Who were usually played at least three times a day.

 

[chaseter]

My boss was a bit different, he was a dog lover for starts. But he kept the CD player right next to his desk, and he was the master of uncomfortable conversations. For example, being a gay guy he knew that most of the men in the office weren't comfortable with that, so teams usually nominated the girls to change the CD - to avoid the question of 'have you ever fantasized about another man?'

I can definitely beat the same song being played though. Our compliations also featured Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams. Who were usually played at least three times a day.

I see your Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue and and raise you with Kenny G. Christmas musict:

 

[The Batkilt]

Match point to you!

 

[PyroChamber]

Are you at Walgreens still, man?

Yeah, I'm practically the store's Renaissance man.

 

[thedeadite]

Where I work we have a satellite radio system. There's a schedule for what station is supposed to be on each day (made by management with some input from us).

Monday: 80s hits
Tuesday: 50s 60s hits
Wednesday: Hitline (modern pap - cougar tunes)
Thursday: Jukebox Gold (50s 60s 70s 80s - probably the best station imo)
Friday: Hitline (again cause it's the boss' favourite)
Sat/Sun: whatever

 

[William_C]

Where I work we have a satellite radio system. There's a schedule for what station is supposed to be on each day (made by management with some input from us).

Monday: 80s hits
Tuesday: 50s 60s hits
Wednesday: Hitline (modern pap - cougar tunes)
Thursday: Jukebox Gold (50s 60s 70s 80s - probably the best station imo)
Friday: Hitline (again cause it's the boss' favourite)
Sat/Sun: whatever

I'd get in on Mondays and Thursday... all you need is a 80s and 90s day and I'd be sold. Where I work, they dont play music much anymore, but I was working as a waiter a few months ago, and they played the local radio station which had played through rap, rock, and whatever is the "most requested" kind of stations.

 

[tzarinna]

Most places allow employees to listen to their Ipods. Anyone here get to do that??

Some jobs I can get away with it. If they're strict about it I'll put it in my hardhat, if they're a little more relaxed on the OSHA reg. then I'll wear it openly, but not too loud.

I work in a big warehouse. On the east end it's rap. In the middle section it's Spanish music. The west end it's rock. The guys who head those section choose the music. And yah, it's a black guy on the east, a mexican in the middle & a white guy on the west.

I'm working in a small warehouse and there is about 5 or 6 radios. Two groups will rotate what they play. The rest stick to one type of music. So, it's Spanish, classic rock, country (very limited play), indie/alternative rock, all within a a few feet of each other. It's nuts.

 

[Manic]

I work in an electronics store. In the dead center of the store, my department plays TV sets with either kids movies or concerts. Some of the concerts we rotate through include Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Phil Collins, Bond, and Celtic Woman. Yeah, you can imagine how utterly fun that can be, especially since a single DVD typically plays over and over for about a month straight. We can only play DVDs we have in large quantities, and those 5 concerts are the only titles the corporate office sends us in quantities larger than 3. When we inevitably sell out of either of them, they figure "Well, this store sure is doing a good job of promoting this DVD. Let's send them even more this time!" And the cycle continues until all of the DVD workers want to kill themselves.

In the far back of the store, the Audio/Video department has all of the car stereos and speaker systems, so they get to bring in their own CDs from home to play whatever they want. We usually get a lot of hip-hop/R&B when that happens. Sometimes they'll just tune in to a local radio station, which involves more hip-hop/R&B. It turns out radio stations make a habit of playing the same 10 songs all day, so even though those are my favorite genres, I can easily get tired of listening to Keyshia "Doesn't Know Her Upper Range" Cole.

On the opposite end of the store, the computer guys sell the iPods, complete with iPod docking stations with loud speakers. Those guys tend to rip their favorite CDs unto the demo computers, then upload those songs onto the demo iPods, which results in the most diverse selection of music in the whole store. I've heard them play Akon (blegh), classic Red Hot Chili Peppers, Van Halen, Chris Brown, 80s Michael Jackson, and even theme songs from TV shows (I'm one of only two Doctor Who fans in the whole store, so I know who to thank everytime that theme comes on). The playlist that gets played each day depends on who's working.

It's a pretty big store, so you can usually walk around while only hearing one department's music at a time.


Back when I used to work a lot of closing shifts, I used to burn my own CDs and play them on our TV sets after the customers left. Turns out I'm the only 20-something person on the planet who appreciates Stevie Wonder and Debarge.

 

[Firm18]

Not always, but very often, my speakers:

Rap, Soundtracks, Classic, Good Music.

 

[Kable24]

I stream 1057thex on my computer at work. I can't play it loud though

 

[SuBe]

I don't listen to music much at work, I stream political talk radio though.

 

[Lord Valumart]

at my old job i used to be able to have the radio on or just call up the collected music file we created and play that through the computers, cause mostly when we were doing stuff we'd be alone in a room for a while

but now we only really get music two days a week casue the guy who is pretty much our boss cause he's been there longer than me and the other one doesn't like the radio appart from on saturday, and he's off on thursday so we get it on then. the cd player broke and we can't get him to chip in for a new one so we don't get to play music we want but instead have to rely on the "popular" dj's to play something