What a great day I was having today. I woke up early, had a nice shower, a nice shave, got dressed up and looked nice. Walking into the office got the face time I needed with my boss in order to get some more things done today. Finished with that and started getting more stuff done. My day was organized I was in control of it, I was getting things done efficiently and quickly. There was money in the air and I was helping with those aromas.

It was just like any other day really, just I had more energy, I was more focused and just chipper all around. What went wrong? I went to lunch at 2, came back at 3, found a great parking spot, and walk into my office to sound of being put on hold. I am pretty sure everyone who reads this has been on hold at some point in their weekly life and has had to listen to on hold music. I get put on hold constantly, so I know the type of music very well. So, walked into my office and I felt like I was on hold, except this time I’m surrounded by the music, and its coming from the ceilings!

My co-workers are furious and annoyed, they keep complaining to one another about the music coming from the system that we use for announcements. I ask someone, “did Evelyn leave the phone next to her radio?” and someone replied, angrily, no, thats our new music, it doesn’t turn off and you can’t control it. Immediately I become angry and theres nothing I could do about it.

I spend an obscene amount of time in my office, I don’t get to walk around much, I spend a lot of time in a confined space. The music I listen to is my neighbors on a Friday afternoon… Friday afternoon because its the only time that the office pace slows down enough to actually enjoy it. Now its being forced on us, every working minute in the office.

The guy who ordered it? Sits in the largest window office in our office, he doesn’t have a speaker in his office, and has a door to block out the sound from outside. Yet he is absolutely unwaivering in his stance on keeping the muzak playing all day everyday. I obviously categorized this as a rant, but also as a fail, why? Everyone asked today, “why is there msuic playing, why isn’t this music stopping” and the obvious answer? Because God Hates You Dot Com!

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