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Randall-Flagg22 t1_iss54gx wrote

Reply to comment by Puzzleheaded_Meal652 in TIFU by listening to a sports podcast at work by Puzzleheaded_Meal652

no more with the speakers though dude you gotta use headphones only

old grumpy bastards like us over 30 hate that playing anything on a speaker in public crap, so will your boss

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MagentaCloveSmoke t1_issrdxv wrote

If you are on a construction site, earbuds/headphones are a REALLY bad idea. Saftey first... Every contractor I've known had a boombox that they blast music on.

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St3phiroth t1_istqvow wrote

I live in a new construction development that's still being built. They've definitely always got music on at all the in-progress houses. The flooring guys have especially good taste, and one of them can sing super well! You can hear him installing carpet and belting out 90s ballads from a block away.

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Githyerazi t1_isssaii wrote

Especially if there is heavy equipment in use, no headphones.

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horsempreg t1_isskgy4 wrote

Idk a lot of my coworkers are 50+ former construction contractors and they blast music without *headphones in the office daily

Edit: said speakers meant headphones

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djb1983CanBoy t1_isvo4ve wrote

Because theyre practically deaf because they didnt wear ear protection because its the macho thing to do.

Just using a circular saw you can get hearing damage. Same thing with a hammer.

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Githyerazi t1_isss3u4 wrote

If they are using headphones (without speakers), is it still blasting the music?

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horsempreg t1_ist6zr1 wrote

But they’re not using headphones so…?

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Githyerazi t1_isukyyl wrote

Okay, I thought the next option was to blast the music using anal beads, but don't think the sound would go very far.....

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Psych0tix t1_istabgq wrote

I work in construction like 90% of us have a speaker or radio blasting some shit or another

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TooLazyToBeClever t1_istd59f wrote

Almost 40 year old guy here....I think you're just a grumpy-pants. I like having something interesting to listen to it, a d I like hearing new music I maybe wouldn't have heard otherwise.

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AllYouNeedIsATV t1_isuulds wrote

Idk seems like all the contractors we work with play their boombox looking radios loudly

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AlmostButNotQuiteTea t1_isuxmog wrote

You shouldn't be using headphones on a construction site.

Everyone has speakers and you just accept it, and have courtesy, that when someone is trying to speak you turn it down if its loud, or if you walk into a room with your speaker going and someone else is already in there, you turn yours down/off.

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