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View Poll Results: Do you listen to the radio at work
I work by myself, so nobody cares
25
46.30%
Limited formats/ limited time
15
27.78%
They blast us with propoganda instead
5
9.26%
Silence and hearing pins drop are the order of the day
9
16.67%
Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll
Radios at work?
Hotshot
Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Marengo, Iowa
I prefer to have a radio on, not so loud you can't talk reasonably, just enough to have some kind of background. If I don't have a radio, my mind tends to wander, but with a radio, I can stay focused, keeps my mind somewhat distracted in thoughts, and I can focus better... may be wierd, but it does work for me. I don't actually pay attention to it that well, but it helps me to have it.
The Pacifier
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Cloverdale, BC
I couldn't find the right poll answer either.
But with a minimum 2, maximum 4 guys working in the shop at any given time, for me, it's always on the classic rock station. I'll tolerate the new "pop country", but I can only listen to hip hop a few minutes at a time. For the most part, I set the radio to classic rock on Wednesday mornings (my Monday) and it stays there till Saturday, when I'll let the younger guys listen to hip hop. Someone else changes it to country on Monday mornings.
But with a minimum 2, maximum 4 guys working in the shop at any given time, for me, it's always on the classic rock station. I'll tolerate the new "pop country", but I can only listen to hip hop a few minutes at a time. For the most part, I set the radio to classic rock on Wednesday mornings (my Monday) and it stays there till Saturday, when I'll let the younger guys listen to hip hop. Someone else changes it to country on Monday mornings.
Postmaster
Joined: Nov 2002
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From: The Star-Club, Hamburg
One of my tractors has a radio, but it's, well... vintage, shall we say? So it only picks up AM stations. I listen to the local Top 40 station sometimes, and try to catch the news at noon on it. My truck has an AM/FM, and I listen to either classic rock or current country in it. At my town job, the radio is usually on, but in the warehouse I work in, you practically have to be on top of it to hear it.
Hotshot
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: NW burbs of chicago
Originally Posted by FghtinIrshNvrDie
We have a radio in the back storage room at westlake hardware that plays over the paging system in the enitre store.
Ryan
Ryan
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Joined: May 2003
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From: WI
Way way to loud for a radio where I work. That and it says right in the manual that they are banned. Not sure why they banned them, you couldn't hear most of them if you were more than two feet away any way.
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Joined: Jun 2006
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Just curious:
For those not allowed to listen at work, is this for the sake of others or a job productivity issue? Seems a walkman would fit the bill if the radio annoys others.
I work construction and a quiet jobsite is as annoying to me as one with music must be to others. BUT...jobsites where three or four different radio stations are all battling for your attention is perhaps the worst of all.
Once had a boss forbid music because it "enables your mind to drift off the work at hand." Maybe for some people, but speaking for myself, I'm happier & can get more work done WITH music. I think smart bosses recognize this but the old school ones would say: You're not SUPPOSED to be happy when you're working!
For those not allowed to listen at work, is this for the sake of others or a job productivity issue? Seems a walkman would fit the bill if the radio annoys others.
I work construction and a quiet jobsite is as annoying to me as one with music must be to others. BUT...jobsites where three or four different radio stations are all battling for your attention is perhaps the worst of all.
Once had a boss forbid music because it "enables your mind to drift off the work at hand." Maybe for some people, but speaking for myself, I'm happier & can get more work done WITH music. I think smart bosses recognize this but the old school ones would say: You're not SUPPOSED to be happy when you're working!
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Originally Posted by daddio360
Just curious:
For those not allowed to listen at work, is this for the sake of others or a job productivity issue? Seems a walkman would fit the bill if the radio annoys others.
I work construction and a quiet jobsite is as annoying to me as one with music must be to others. BUT...jobsites where three or four different radio stations are all battling for your attention is perhaps the worst of all.
Once had a boss forbid music because it "enables your mind to drift off the work at hand." Maybe for some people, but speaking for myself, I'm happier & can get more work done WITH music. I think smart bosses recognize this but the old school ones would say: You're not SUPPOSED to be happy when you're working!
For those not allowed to listen at work, is this for the sake of others or a job productivity issue? Seems a walkman would fit the bill if the radio annoys others.
I work construction and a quiet jobsite is as annoying to me as one with music must be to others. BUT...jobsites where three or four different radio stations are all battling for your attention is perhaps the worst of all.
Once had a boss forbid music because it "enables your mind to drift off the work at hand." Maybe for some people, but speaking for myself, I'm happier & can get more work done WITH music. I think smart bosses recognize this but the old school ones would say: You're not SUPPOSED to be happy when you're working!
i can just say for the place i was at while in the military, we had several security post, 12 hour shifts on them, they got little clock radios for the posts that had power because people start using their imagination alot when there is nothing to do for 12 hours a day. so they got the radios to relieve the boredom factor and so no one goes crazy. after we got the radios, everyone started to pay more attention to what their suppose to be doing, and that is security!
Post Fiend
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From: Spokane, WA
We aren't supposed to be playing music at work (retail) due to ASCAP crap but I do anyway and I let the employees. However, I have come in occasionally and heard the radio tuned to stations that I won't tolerate at work because they scare people away. The last thing someone needs to hear when they walk into our store is "skeet skeet skeet skeet!". So if the song or station is too obnoxious or too loud I'll tell them to change it or turn it down but otherwise I always have a radio on.
Posting Guru
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From: Sunny SOCAL!
Originally Posted by ivanribic
The last thing someone needs to hear when they walk into our store is "skeet skeet skeet skeet!".
Post Fiend
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From: Damascus-Boring, Ore
XM 26 at the Chevy Store, Classic Rock or Country at the Ford Store. Techs in both shops have radios and can pretty much play what they want, within reason- ditto offices, detail, etc. Usual caveats apply- not too obnoxious, not too loud.