I forgot to add this. They had one thing I liked. They had a pit of plastic balls one could play in and literally bury themselves in. My son loved this and insisted I play with him in the pit. I would and bury myself to the bottom and thus be isolated from that horrible place and noise for a couple of minutes until he dug me out of the pit.
Did you get pink eye?
You must have developed an immune system like Hercules.