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What would you do?
I'm at the store. It's empty, and I haven't chosen which Pandora station I want on today. So there's no music, no people, and a fair bit of silence.
A customer comes in. On his hip is some little setup with an MP3 player and small (but ok-quality and somewhat loud) speakers. Broadcasting from said player is a song known to be part of the genre called "gangsta rap." The first song doesn't have anything particularly offensive, mostly because it's at the end and is basically a series of grunts and other vocalizations.
The song ends, and the next one begins. It starts off fine, but as he approaches the counter with his chosen method of intoxication for today, the song progresses into the chorus.
Which is essentially the word "fuck" repeated multiple times.
Me: Please turn the music off, it's too vulgar for the store. We have many families with children that come in here.
Him: *turns off the music*
Me: Thank you. *continues checking him out*
Him: There's no one in here now.
Me: But they could come in at any moment, and this is a popular time of day for parents to shop with their kids.
Him: But they're not here now.
Me: But it's store policy. No vulgar music.
Him: What did you call my music?
Me: Vulgar.
*he leaves, I wish him a nice day*
The whole time I was polite, I carried out the various actions of my job (asked if he wanted a cold bottle, thanked him for shopping, etc etc etc), and I never gave him attitude about his music or called it anything rude.
Granted, part of my reason for asking him to turn it off was because *I* didn't want to hear it. But not five minutes after he left, one of my regulars came in with her two year old son. So I was somewhat justified. Something is bugging me about the situation, though, and I'm not sure what.
Edited to add: The only reason I think he was sucky was because he argued with me. It's not apparent from just the words, but he was kinda....rude about the whole thing.
I'm at the store. It's empty, and I haven't chosen which Pandora station I want on today. So there's no music, no people, and a fair bit of silence.
A customer comes in. On his hip is some little setup with an MP3 player and small (but ok-quality and somewhat loud) speakers. Broadcasting from said player is a song known to be part of the genre called "gangsta rap." The first song doesn't have anything particularly offensive, mostly because it's at the end and is basically a series of grunts and other vocalizations.
The song ends, and the next one begins. It starts off fine, but as he approaches the counter with his chosen method of intoxication for today, the song progresses into the chorus.
Which is essentially the word "fuck" repeated multiple times.
Me: Please turn the music off, it's too vulgar for the store. We have many families with children that come in here.
Him: *turns off the music*
Me: Thank you. *continues checking him out*
Him: There's no one in here now.
Me: But they could come in at any moment, and this is a popular time of day for parents to shop with their kids.
Him: But they're not here now.
Me: But it's store policy. No vulgar music.
Him: What did you call my music?
Me: Vulgar.
*he leaves, I wish him a nice day*
The whole time I was polite, I carried out the various actions of my job (asked if he wanted a cold bottle, thanked him for shopping, etc etc etc), and I never gave him attitude about his music or called it anything rude.
Granted, part of my reason for asking him to turn it off was because *I* didn't want to hear it. But not five minutes after he left, one of my regulars came in with her two year old son. So I was somewhat justified. Something is bugging me about the situation, though, and I'm not sure what.
Edited to add: The only reason I think he was sucky was because he argued with me. It's not apparent from just the words, but he was kinda....rude about the whole thing.
So, I simply smiled and replied "Well, I do my best!"
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