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  • #16
    The Christmas music hasn't crept into my store yet. We have one of those corporate music services with like 8 channels, so we do have some freedom to change what we're listening to. Seeing the Christmas merchandise coming in already is bad enough. I like Christmas, but our commercial society is Christmassing us to death.

    One of the broadcast radio stations in Chicago is running ads that they'll be playing some Christmas music... around Christmas. NOT at the beginning of November.
    "Who loves not women, wine, and song remains a fool his whole life long" ~Martin Luther
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    • #17
      When I was charge of the music department at my store, I refused to play Christmas music until Black Friday. Corporate would send us CDs to play in our store, but I hid the Christmas stuff until from everyone.
      "MTV is to music as KFC is to chicken!" - Lewis Black

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      • #18
        I think it's safe to say that working in retail ruins Christmas for pretty much everyone. It also ruins Xmas music...

        It used to be that my store would just play Xmas-themed instrumental muzak/jazz. That was tolerable because it was easily ignored. Last year they pulled out all the stops and we were playing all of the same generic "Xmas faves" played on the radio (Susie Snowflake, Bing effing Crosby...).

        Last year I recall that every time I came into work I was grouchy and just in a foul mood (once again, retail at Xmas will do that to you). There was *one day* I worked that I was actually in a pleasant mood in all of December. I realized halfway through my shift that my manager had forgotten to put on the music that day.

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        • #19
          Quoth SuperDan View Post
          The Christmas music hasn't crept into my store yet. We have one of those corporate music services with like 8 channels, so we do have some freedom to change what we're listening to. Seeing the Christmas merchandise coming in already is bad enough. I like Christmas, but our commercial society is Christmassing us to death.

          One of the broadcast radio stations in Chicago is running ads that they'll be playing some Christmas music... around Christmas. NOT at the beginning of November.
          What kind of music plays on your stores 8 channels?

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          • #20
            As far as I remember, we've got two pop channels (one older stuff, one newer), a 50s and 60s channel that my manager likes for some reason, a 70s channel (my personal fave, that was on today), an urban/rap/hip hop channel, a country channel, a kids songs channel, and a nature sounds channel.

            From my experience, the Christmas music starts creeping in a song here and there on each channel right after Thanksgiving, and builds from there but is never every song on the loop. There used to be an all-holiday channel available, but that's been discontinued.
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            • #21
              Ugh, we have had our Christmas decorations up since Nov 1 AND the blasted holiday music started last week.
              I'm entering into some kind of suicide pact with my coworkers if we have to play more than one holiday CD a day.

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              • #22
                I hate Christmas music at work, so to rebel, when I get home I blast some trans siberian orchestra

                Never fails to make me feel better
                "If we refund your money, give you a free replacement and shoot the manager, then will you be happy?" - sign seen in a restaurant

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                • #23
                  Update!

                  We now have TWO boomboxes on the Christmas tree table playing Christmas music!

                  And the CDs in them are not the same, nor are they synchronized in any meaningful way. So out of one boombox you get classic Burl Ives and Perry Como Christmas music, and out of the other you get Now That's What I call Christmas or some such musical offal.

                  It's dueling Christmas songs!
                  Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

                  "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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                  • #24
                    IP, is there any way those two boom boxes can be "accidentally" moved from the Christmas display to either the Store Director or the DM's office? I've always wanted to give someone with dumb-ass ideas a taste of what we deal with when we actually have to work around it.
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                    • #25
                      I'm thinking, turn those boomboxes up full blast and record the clashing Christmas tunes, then call up corporate, put the tape recorder by the phone (full volume) and hit "play"

                      Repeat about one million times.

                      Sadly, if we took the boomboxes away, they'd just be replaced.
                      Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

                      "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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                      • #26
                        Quoth SuperDan View Post
                        IP, is there any way those two boom boxes can be "accidentally" moved from the Christmas display to either the Store Director or the DM's office? I've always wanted to give someone with dumb-ass ideas a taste of what we deal with when we actually have to work around it.
                        Reverse of this I reckon: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/re...?date=20071113

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                        • #27
                          we subscribe to this (http://www.ibnads.com/in/re_samples.php) corporate music company. Of the 80 channels they offer corp insists on playing Hot AC and AC current 99% of the time, some 80's or Rock is the other 1%, until Dec 1 then its Christmas Alt.
                          Last edited by mattm04; 11-18-2007, 04:45 AM. Reason: spelling mistake

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                          • #28
                            This just makes me happy that I don't work at retail stores or anything. Yet. I am currently unemployed now (nother thread), but it still peeves me.
                            I go to the mall, the movie theatre, anywhere and there it goes. Kinda reminds me of this video of youtube.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM It follows you every where.
                            We discussed our disgust for all things holiday in film appreciation today. Our teacher agrees, the music must die. Horribly and slow. I believe the only good thing about christmas is the cookies, and Walden's gift cards.
                            Just because they serve you, doesn't mean they like you. And just because they smile and act polite doesn't mean they aren't planning to destroy you.

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                            • #29
                              My Mom made me go Christmas Shopping. I don't like Christmas to begin with.
                              All I could hear was christmas music and theres was a lady near us humming the tunes. I wanted to rip my head off! OMG! This is why I stay away from the stores as much as possible during this time of year!
                              Be like the flower that perfumes the very hand that crushes it.

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