Radio in the lab

Tree · 04-04-2012 02:45PM #1

So where does everyone stand on this?

Personally it drives me bananas when it's popmusic, but I dont mind classical stuff (pretendy posh or what). Talk radio can be ok, depending on the station, but terribly distracting if you need to concentrate. So far, of the labs I've been in, only one had a particular policy on radio (absolutely no radio) and the rest have been governed largely by consensus (which swings from radio to no radio).

lockman · 04-04-2012 03:04PM

Tree wrote: »

So where does everyone stand on this?

Personally it drives me bananas when it's popmusic, but I dont mind classical stuff (pretendy posh or what). Talk radio can be ok, depending on the station, but terribly distracting if you need to concentrate. So far, of the labs I've been in, only one had a particular policy on radio (absolutely no radio) and the rest have been governed largely by consensus (which swings from radio to no radio).

Would agree mostly with you.

Personally, cannot tolerate repetitive popmusic channels. Am ok with classical and a bit of talk radio.

A few of the labs i have worked in had the zero radio approach you mentioned, and that worked, even if it did mildly upset a few.

Gaspode · 04-04-2012 04:55PM

Personally I have to have a radio on whether i'm in the lab or the office, helps me pass the day better.
I dont like chat radio though as you tend to get too distracted by the conversations, so I pick something with mainly music. (Radio Nova at the moment, but will probably change again soon)

There is no policy on radios in labs from our employer just a ban on headphones, so no listening on your phone or mp3 player if you hate Gaspode's choice of radio!

One or two lab managers in the place have brought in bans over the years in different individual labs, but that's their personal choice not an official policy.

opinion guy · 04-04-2012 04:55PM

Guys guys, radio in the lab is so 1980's.....these days its full on street dance crew in between assays:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg1yw8D3glE

Tree · 05-04-2012 04:14PM

Pffft, time for between assays is for coffee, not fresh air.

liliq · 07-04-2012 12:57AM

Personally I'd be all for radio! Not really chat, would have had Radio Nova as my first choice as well. But the radio disappeared while I was on maternity leave.

MP3 player now, just not too loud cos I usually have my back to the door! :rolleyes:

Kevster · 08-04-2012 10:26PM

lol ... on my floor, one lab usually has a radio playing and its full of banter/chit-chat, while the one opposite is like a morgue!

djpbarry · 11-04-2012 02:25PM

Music is constantly playing in my lab.

Drives me funking nuts.

Probably because everyone I work with has appalling taste in music and they insist on playing the same crap over and over again.

opinion guy · 11-04-2012 02:49PM

djpbarry wrote: »

Music is constantly playing in my lab.

Drives me funking nuts.

Probably because everyone I work with has appalling taste in music and they insist on playing the same crap over and over again.

All the classics then ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o

:pac:

invaderjim · 12-04-2012 07:47AM

Working in a place at them moment with a no radio policy, took a while to get used to but think I prefer it now. In the last place I worked found the radio was grand while I was doing lab work but when I had to write anything up it was a nightmare. It was more the same ads being played over and over again than the bad music. One student sang along with every jingle in an ad break, drove me crackers.

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