The wife and were busy eating in a restaurant. She pointed to the speaker above us and said, “They get paid for that.”

She was, of course, referring to annoying, repetitive noise coming from above. It reminded me of the days when I worked in a restaurant. At that time, the company had a special radio that played pleasant music for our customers. Don’t know so much about what customers thought. They never said one way or the other. On the other hand, I knew exactly what the other employees thought about it. It would seem some folks like repetitive noise.

The point is, some of us really would prefer quiet as appo to repetitive noises, especially the yelling kind. Maybe it would be better if we stopped paying for junk.

Then again, I just might start bringing in my noise canceling head phones. After all, it is their function. Of course, if I did that, there would be no more conversing with my wife as we eat. I don’t much like that. I would rather the restaurant not pipe in the annoyance.