Posted on 01/25/2023 2:16:55 PM PST by Olog-hai
Convenience store chain 7-Eleven has discovered that homeless people don’t like opera and classical music blaring in their ears as they beg for money, do drugs, or harass the locals. The practice launched in Canada and then San Francisco and several beach locales in Florida followed suit. Now, it’s a mainstream solution for business owners struggling to cope in certain neighborhoods. The immediate problem is that a whole lot of customers who buy Twinkies, lottery tickets, and slushies don’t much like that style of music either. Therein lies the rub.
“Studies have shown that the classical music is annoying. Opera is annoying, and I’m assuming they are correct because it’s working,” said franchise owner Jagat Patel of Austin, TX. Patel has had several complaints about the volume but noted that no police have shown up to tell him to turn it down.
Never underestimate the ingenuity of the capitalist mind: Exploiting a disdain for some music genres, 7-Elevens across the country are practicing this effective dispersal of the homeless — especially in Texas, where people tend to handle their problems without much permission from any government agency. So leave it to the Lone Star folks to use the aggressive and tinny tones of some pieces — like a scherzo from Schubert — to drive the unwashed masses to, say, a local Circle K store playing Barry Manilow’s greatest hits. […]
Neurologists have long touted the benefits of music on the brain. When hearing a pleasant sound, dopamine is released, and mood is enhanced. Everyone knows this. The opposite is also true: Classical music is not everyone’s cup of tea, and when exposed to it, a lot of people avoid souring their pleasure centers by skedaddling. Genius. …
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Yes - she is phenomenal, I did not know about her. My radio consists of Sirius XM classical music only. No news. I get my news here. No TV. I do not let those Marxists in my house. I read books.
I honestly had no idea that homeless and indigenous utes have an aversion to classical music. Good to know.
Three words: “What’s Opera, Doc?”
Only Wagner I like.
I’ll take Pavarotti over Manilow any day!
Glad I could introduce someone else to Patricia Janeckova.
Studies have shown that customers linger longer in stores that play classical music but leave quicker when they blast rock ‘n roll.
Classical music is unpleasant?
Really?
Only th ignorant would say that
And...?
Try the link at post 11.
Ten months ago, she announced a breast cancer diagnosis. Her ewetewb channel has been silent since.
I pray for her recovery.
Depends where you are.
Yes, I heard about that. I also pray she makes a full recovery.
I credit Looney Tunes for my appreciation of opera.
Oh, Bwunhilda you’re so wovewy!
Pavarotti’s Nessum Dorma is one of my favorites.
Got to see The Three Tenors about 30 years ago. Fantastic!
One would think with tech these days the music could switch back and forth easily. Homeless around.....cue Beethoven....Homeless gone and separation large enough return to the usual muzak.
Oh no. Prayers up. I am a stage 3 cancer survivor - 15+ years, and my wife also 13+ years. We know the battle. Watch for the miracles.
I love classical music. Used to play it in high school band and college.I would rather listen to classical than just about anything else.
7-11 should play Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and turn up the volume all the way when the cannons start!
They’ll never come back.
I wish that would be played in stores on Independence Day.
Nice. Very nice.
Strauss is such a joyful composer and she is extremely talented.
I think I really like classical music because it is so like Math.
Probably classical music is also too “white” and “cisheteropatriarchal” for its adversaries.
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I passed up a chance to see Pavarotti back in the ‘80s - BiG mistake
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