enough with the shoplifting!!

[Exaspera]

I know that some stores will only admit 3 students at a time, and have signage to that effect. Can y'all do that?

[sarasquirrel]

I know that some stores will only admit 3 students at a time, and have signage to that effect. Can y'all do that?

if we wanted to we could, but im pretty sure its all up to the manager. most other places in the area have already banned kids. so they all come into my store and drive us all insaaaaaneee

[Primer]

re: the high pitches--I'm 50 and I can hear them. and they HURT! DH can't even hear the puppy when he whines. I can hear light bulbs, and tell you when one is about to burn out.

[LadyAndreca]

i and my mom can hear those too. they grate and give extreamly bad migrains its to the point if i hear one when i walk in a store i walk right back out and shop else where. We both have really sensitive ears to the point we can hear tube lights running. and i can hear dog wistles.

So...wait...I'm not imagining it? And some stores have that noise INTENTIONALLY?

I'm very sensitive to electronic whine, to the point where I have troule falling asleep in the same room as a powered-on computer, and can tell if a TV is on from a couple rooms away if the doors are open. I also have very TRAINED ears--I've been taught pick out one instrument in an orchestra, so as soon as I'm aware of a particular sound, it's hard to lose it again unless I can focus on something else. It doesn't give me migraines, but there's some shops it's just uncomfortable to be in for a while.

[Dragonfly369]

So...wait...I'm not imagining it? And some stores have that noise INTENTIONALLY?

I'm very sensitive to electronic whine, to the point where I have troule falling asleep in the same room as a powered-on computer, and can tell if a TV is on from a couple rooms away if the doors are open. I also have very TRAINED ears--I've been taught pick out one instrument in an orchestra, so as soon as I'm aware of a particular sound, it's hard to lose it again unless I can focus on something else. It doesn't give me migraines, but there's some shops it's just uncomfortable to be in for a while.

no you aren't imagining it. i was also in all sorts or band related things so im with you on the instrument thing. also school chior. drama and musical acting i had to hear stage whispers to know if i was on cue or not for certain scenes. i dont think the people who made those store things totally thought through the idea.

[Shalom]

I don't know how many of you are old enough to remember Alexander's department store, but the one in Kings Plaza (Brooklyn, NY - one of the first indoor malls in America) was among the first to employ the anti-theft tags. These at the time were humongous plastic things about five inches long, with a thing like a giant nail that stuck through items of clothing and into the back of the device. The machines that they used at the store entrances and at each escalator to detect these devices would emit sound at ultrasonic frequency, something over 18kHz; I don't know if that was part of the intended mode of operation, or if it was just incidental, but regardless it was there.

Back when I was a kid, every time I walked into the store or went on an escalator, I had to cover my ears, or I'd get a headache from the damned things.

(Come to think of it, Macy's was the other anchor at that mall, and they used them too. They looked like white square pillars, about ten inches on a side and maybe 3 feet high, at each side of the entrance.)

[Magpie]

i dont think the people who made those store things totally thought through the idea.

They made a classic math literacy mistake. To illustrate (i.e. making actual facts up, situation is about the same): the average person loses their ability to hear that frequency at 20. What this doesn't take into account is that the average is just that - an average. Some people lose the ability at 14, some never do so.

[tollbaby]

Have you considered recommending that your boss get those high-pitched sound makers that only teens can hear?

I'm not a teen and I can hear those.... please don't! LOL