# I think a hospital lobby is a bad place for a noisy piece of art **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-a-hospital-lobby-is-a-bad-place-for-a-noisy-piece-of-art/692158 "2014-07-02T02:04:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-a-hospital-lobby-is-a-bad-place-for-a-noisy-piece-of-art/692158/21 "2014-07-06T02:30:07Z")
Is it at UNC in Chapel Hill? I remember the clanking Tube Goldbergesque monstrosity that dominated the wing where the Burn Unit is, which I believe is also the Children’s hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Snowcarpet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowcarpet/32/257_2.png) [@Snowcarpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowcarpet)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-a-hospital-lobby-is-a-bad-place-for-a-noisy-piece-of-art/692158/22 "2014-07-06T04:10:45Z")
I can’t complain anymore, after years of hearing the dulcet tones of the Akron Children’s incrediball circus all day - I moved to an office where I can’t hear it. The kids universally love it. No one actively getting medical treatment is likely to hear it. It can be turned off if quiet is needed. We want to make an impression - have something that your child will remember as being nifty and fun. ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-a-hospital-lobby-is-a-bad-place-for-a-noisy-piece-of-art/692158/23 "2014-07-07T01:07:40Z")
It’s not Akron, it’s UNC Chapel Hill. My beloved is home from the hospital, but it still makes me mad! Clank, clank, clank! grrr. I’m sorry to hear about all the inappropriate noisemaking arty things everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-a-hospital-lobby-is-a-bad-place-for-a-noisy-piece-of-art/692158/24 "2014-07-07T02:05:52Z")
> [@carlotta](#): > > It’s not Akron, it’s UNC Chapel Hill. My beloved is home from the hospital, but it still makes me mad! Clank, clank, clank! grrr. > > I’m sorry to hear about all the inappropriate noisemaking arty things everywhere. I have received treatment there too. And yes, that abomination has gotten on my last nerve when I checked in for testing and for surgery at the women’s hospital. The huge open lobby means the sound carries a long way. Add that to the sounds of mentally disabled people who are already in distress waiting for their appointments at various clinics, and it really, totally sucks. The care I have received there has been first rate, but that thing belongs in the junk yard. And the open lobby concept in that environment is a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-a-hospital-lobby-is-a-bad-place-for-a-noisy-piece-of-art/692158/25 "2014-07-07T22:44:07Z")
not in the lobby, not noisy, but “bad place” art. there is a famous eye hospital in philly. it was decided that the hospital should get a new building. new building means there must be “art”. so a sculpture arose around the entrance of the hospital. an archway thing that would lead you to the entrance. not a simple archway, nooooooo, one that had many twists and turns and edges that would catch you as you walked by it. there were openings here and there at different heights. as with many archways, it starts wide at the bottom and curves in. this did not curve as much as veer about in a chaotic manner. no doubt it would be a fine addition to a building that did not cater to those who had difficulty with ! seeing things! the seeing eye dogs would lead their human into the sculpture. the dogs thought the way was clear, unfortunatly they were not looking up. they would clear the arch at dog height but the human would walk right into a bit of “art” at human height. the sculpture was moved away from the pavement and redesigned. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-a-hospital-lobby-is-a-bad-place-for-a-noisy-piece-of-art/692158/26 "2014-07-07T22:59:37Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I would like to [del]strangle[/del] have strong words with whoever thought it would be a good idea to broadcast 20 seconds of a cute tinkly version of Brahms’ lullaby over the hospital P.A. system every freaking time someone gives birth in Labor & Delivery. Over the course of a workday that’s a lot of Brahms’ Lullaby. I sort of used to like that tune, now it induces nausea. What do they play when someone passes away? “Another One Bites the Dust?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-a-hospital-lobby-is-a-bad-place-for-a-noisy-piece-of-art/692158.md?page=1)