A version of this happened to me when I was young. I was lucky enough to be invited to dinner with a famous scientist. I spent a good chunk of time pitching my work (looking for a faculty position). At the end of the night he apologized and said he was sure I was very interesting but he couldn’t hear over the music.
Restaurants that properly handle noise are awesome. Busy ones can get loud even without music, but if they take steps to address sound reverberation, it can make a huge difference.
Some places are so loud, employees should be required to wear hearing protection.
Not exactly true, Rock wool is a great material for this purpose and is cheap and safe. It’s just that these products originated in the high end music world for recording studios or fancy setups in millionaire houses, so they just charge whatever they want.
A version of this happened to me when I was young. I was lucky enough to be invited to dinner with a famous scientist. I spent a good chunk of time pitching my work (looking for a faculty position). At the end of the night he apologized and said he was sure I was very interesting but he couldn’t hear over the music.
I absolutely hate places with “background” music that isn’t in the background.
Restaurants that properly handle noise are awesome. Busy ones can get loud even without music, but if they take steps to address sound reverberation, it can make a huge difference.
Some places are so loud, employees should be required to wear hearing protection.
There’s a brewery near me that gets so loud that my ears are ringing when I leave. And they don’t play background music. I don’t go there anymore
Noise deadening material that isn’t also incredibly flammable is very expensive.
Not exactly true, Rock wool is a great material for this purpose and is cheap and safe. It’s just that these products originated in the high end music world for recording studios or fancy setups in millionaire houses, so they just charge whatever they want.
So they’re incredibly expensive?
Right, but it’s not really because of the material. Also you can very much DIY for much cheaper.
Damn wish there was some other solution…
What exactly are you trying to say?
Lower the volume
They said there is no music, it’s just loud people.
Maybe less snark, more reading comprehension next time?