tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20025896.post114271017698298898..comments2023-12-25T18:26:54.150-06:00Comments on <center>Red Lobster Blog</center>: A waiter's nightmare...Lobster Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12915814696810767679noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20025896.post-1142908972771518842006-03-20T20:42:00.000-06:002006-03-20T20:42:00.000-06:00Corporate dining, in general, does suck. But the ...Corporate dining, in general, does suck. But the music is a masking agent, it's not there for the music's sake. The restaurant without the music would be a roar of competing conversations, and no privacy. If you study these types of things (I have) you understand that while the music adds noise, it also adds an element of privacy. You can hear that other people are talking, but it's difficult to make out their conversations. This is important when you have tables piled on top of each other to maximize the floor space to fit the most possible guests.<BR/><BR/>Lobster BoyLobster Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915814696810767679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20025896.post-1142904485256102412006-03-20T19:28:00.000-06:002006-03-20T19:28:00.000-06:00Think about it. Nobody wants to hear the music, bu...Think about it. Nobody wants to hear the music, but management got the idea that it's necessary, so people have to talk louder to be heard over the radio, and then you have to turn up the receiver so people can hear it over their artificially loud talking. No wonder you lost your voice. Face it, corporate dining sucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20025896.post-1142887404189684092006-03-20T14:43:00.000-06:002006-03-20T14:43:00.000-06:00Yeah, it's not the best music, then having to list...Yeah, it's not the best music, then having to listen to it for 25-40 hours a week, over, and over, and over and over and over....<BR/><BR/><BR/>Lobster BoyLobster Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915814696810767679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20025896.post-1142886211296030632006-03-20T14:23:00.000-06:002006-03-20T14:23:00.000-06:00Contemporary and oldies? Geez, that sounds awful. ...Contemporary and oldies? Geez, that sounds awful. I'm glad I don't eat at RL or other chains.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20025896.post-1142803375109647022006-03-19T15:22:00.000-06:002006-03-19T15:22:00.000-06:00We don't have jazz in our restaurant, we have cont...We don't have jazz in our restaurant, we have contemporary and oldies mixed. Contemporary of course meaning nothing newer than a year old still. Generally the music is kept at a level loud enough to mask the general background noise. We have enough old people who would complain if it were any louder than that. But during busy times, the volume goes up to compensate. At the end of the night, it's not uncommon for the music to not have been turned back down, but in this case I turned it down below our standard level. Thankfully there are different controls for various parts of the store, so I could just turn down my area.<BR/><BR/>Lobster BoyLobster Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12915814696810767679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20025896.post-1142781580730555502006-03-19T09:19:00.000-06:002006-03-19T09:19:00.000-06:00Maybe you should turn the music down all the time,...Maybe you should turn the music down all the time, I really dount if people go to RL to listen to bad jazz, but that would probably be against some corporate policy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20025896.post-1142744731226905922006-03-18T23:05:00.000-06:002006-03-18T23:05:00.000-06:00hang in there babe. I have found that hot pineapp...hang in there babe. I have found that hot pineapple juice with honey is good for getting the voice back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com