Loud dance music in shops

Boolean · 15-08-2015 3:49pm #1

I was shopping in Cork this morning and had the ears blown off me in several shops, as they forced their nightclub repetoire upon my fraying nerves. It's so offputting. I complained about it as I paid for my items in one place and the girl just rolled her eyes... Does it bother anybody else?

suicide_circus · 15-08-2015 3:55pm

People spend more money in shops with banging tunes. It raises your heartbeat and sends you into a mild panic which encourages you to spend.

Summer wind · 15-08-2015 3:58pm

Love it. Makes me feel down with the kids man:)

P. Breathnach · 15-08-2015 3:58pm

Yes. I don't shop in such places. I admit that I am the wrong demographic for most of them, but not in every case.

I think it is often a case of staff choosing music that they like, and they don't care about the customers.

Boolean · 15-08-2015 3:59pm

suicide_circus wrote:

People spend more money in shops with banging tunes. It raises your heartbeat and sends you into a mild panic which encourages you to spend.

Oh, the only panic I felt was wondering if I could get out before my tinnitus got worse (it did).

Riesen_Meal · 15-08-2015 4:00pm

I love loud good dance music not the type of stuff heard in clothes shops though - I think there is a time and a place all the same - and its definitely not while I'm looking for some sh1t shirt for a wedding!

Boolean · 15-08-2015 4:02pm

P. Breathnach wrote:

I think it is often a case of staff choosing music that they like, and they don't care about the customers.

I thought this too. I feel sorry for staff who have someone else's choice thrust upon them in such a way. To me it would be mental and physical torture.

suicide_circus · 15-08-2015 4:03pm

Boolean wrote: »

Oh, the only panic I felt was wondering if I could get out before my tinnitus got worse (it did).

For every 1 person that leaves, 5 people spend an extra tenner

Arytonblue · 15-08-2015 4:04pm

Saturday shopping in the city is always a good time to drop the shopping bags, twirl towards the front of the queue and break out a spontaneous dance to the tune of club music, simple really.

Boolean · 15-08-2015 4:05pm

suicide_circus wrote:

For every 1 person that leaves, 5 people spend an extra tenner

Hmmm I'd be utterly amazed if this were true... does not compute!

Boolean · 15-08-2015 4:07pm

Arytonblue wrote:

Saturday shopping in the city is always a good time to drop the shopping bags, twirl towards the front of the queue and break out a spontaneous dance to the tune of club music, simple really.

Ha ha at least that spectacle might keep me in the shop.

JustTheOne · 15-08-2015 4:12pm

Stay away from af and Hollister so.

kneemos · 15-08-2015 4:17pm

If it's not Steely Dan I ain't going in.

Shenshen · 15-08-2015 4:38pm

I might be a bit of a scrooge, but I generally don't like music in shops. It's never, ever good music, either.

The Backwards Man · 15-08-2015 4:45pm

I dunno, I think there might be something to music and impulse buying you know. I remember buying half a dozen bantys during the slow set in the Golden Grill many years ago. Hoor of a job sneaking them on the bus home.

Ruu · 15-08-2015 4:51pm

Prefer elevator music myself.

If I have to raise my voice to talk to a worker then I won't be going in.

Bongalongherb · 15-08-2015 4:52pm

Was it this kind of music ?. Walking around shopping in a store that plays this would really make me leave and go to the nearest dealer for some speed. http://www.partyvibe.com:8010/;stream/1

Loud dance music in shops

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