This has recently been driven home to me in the gym, where I do my morning practice of yoga. I usually go there around nine, when there's hardly anyone around (except a couple of regulars). Often it's quiet but occasionally the radio blares on, loudly and unrelentingly. Initially I would just grit my teeth and get on with it, especially as the radio seems to coincide with some additional person working out at that time.
Lately however, I have been asking people if I could turn it down a little (the talk and music are really quite grating) and to my surprise, every time I have asked, everyone has said that they do not want the radio on. They say it was just on when they came, and there's a universal sigh of relief when I turn it off (with cell phones and headphones, no one really needs a public radio in a gym). This has happened about five times in a row, which just goes to show...!
Lately however, I have been asking people if I could turn it down a little (the talk and music are really quite grating) and to my surprise, every time I have asked, everyone has said that they do not want the radio on. They say it was just on when they came, and there's a universal sigh of relief when I turn it off (with cell phones and headphones, no one really needs a public radio in a gym). This has happened about five times in a row, which just goes to show...!
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