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Why is music so loud in restaurants? (Serious) (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I got my hearing professionally checked today and all is normal. But I have difficulty hearing people I am dining with, talking in restaurants. Is it me, or is the music just too damn loud?!

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[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This could be solved by a system of reservations. You know... "Ok, one coffee and a sandwich. You have three seating choices: 15 minutes, 30 minutes and 1 hour. Which one do you want? 30 minutes? Ok! Here's your hourglass."

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

everyone would pick the 4 hour sofa slot though

[–] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So they're all gone and isn't an option til someone leaves, first come first served.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

"Hey homeless guy, I'll pay you 10 dollars if you get in line early at this store and claim the 4 hour sofa until my friends come a few hours later."

[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those scenarios can be solved. From "4-hour sofa slots are reserved for groups of three or more people" to "Sofas are reserved to 1-hour max."

In the end, as it is now, people are overstaying anyway.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Let them. Either provide public spaces for people to just chill, or let them spend the entire day at a coffee shop after buying a coffee.

I'm sick of this "pay-to-live" society we've built around us.

[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I.... actually agree with you. It would be nice to have a cozy indoors public space. Sort of like an "indoors park." But you'll have to yell at your city hall reps, not a small business owner who, like us, also has to make a living.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If the city provided a nice public space, I would happily just buy a coffee to go and then to chill there

[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I'll write to my major this week!