Are Supermarkets making us deaf - Your Thoughts

maisie_cat

donnac2558 said:

When in the supermarket, I sing along with the song.

Xmas was fun as they cut off Fairy Tale Of New York before the Scumbag part.

Me too, Morrisons has the best music, or perhaps I fit their demographic better

sheramber

maisie_cat said:

donnac2558 said:

When in the supermarket, I sing along with the song.

Xmas was fun as they cut off Fairy Tale Of New York before the Scumbag part.

Me too, Morrisons has the best music, or perhaps I fit their demographic better

That's an interesting concept- use the supermarket where you like the music. 

RobM99

Supermarket music? They should play requests for a small fee - like a juke box!

IvanOpinion

It gets really embarrassing when you do the non-original fill-in on tracks like 'Living next door to Alice' at the top of your voice.

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Worth noting too that people who use hearing aid devices can experience too much amplification thus creating an unacceptable level to the wearer.

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IvanOpinion said:

It gets really embarrassing when you do the non-original fill-in on tracks like 'Living next door to Alice' at the top of your voice.

Hah, that would be me 😋

soul1

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Worth noting too that people who use hearing aid devices can experience too much amplification thus creating an unacceptable level to the wearer.

Hi Catsacor, absolutely. This is exactly what the customer service representative at Lidl said when logging my complaint. He also mentioned tinnitus sufferers also being affected. 

unforeseen

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Worth noting too that people who use hearing aid devices can experience too much amplification thus creating an unacceptable level to the wearer.

Just turn them down, that's what I do with mine. 

tempus_fugit

soul1 said:

Hi everyone, has anyone ever noticed at their local supermarkets that the volume levels for either the music being played in store, or tannoy announcements, or the volume levels at the self service checkouts are deafeningly loud and can potentially damage your hearing? I've noticed recently in a lot of supermarkets where I live that the volume levels have just been going up and up. Therefore if you have normal hearing, or have children who are super sensitive to loud noise, it will just damage their hearing. Also people are Autistic and noise sensitive. Again, it makes it uncomfortable for those people to shop because of the loud volumes within these stores. I just wish that supermarkets and all stores would be more considerate with regards to this and have volume levels set at low to moderate levels. Unless they all think that we are all deaf! On a more serious note though, are the volume levels not a breach of the Environmental health regulations?
As always, your thoughts and opinions are greatly appreciated. Thanks

Short answer: Supermarkets don't care how you feel.

SiliconChip

I also sing along (wearing a mask helps to disguise the fact that the warbling comes from me ) and I agree that Morrisons has the best music. I've not found the volume too high at any of the supermarkets that do play music.

As an aside I discovered recently that my local cinema (in the Empire chain) has reduced the volume on the adverts and trailers and only turns it up to normal levels once the film you've paid to see starts - a good decision in my opinion.