The place of which I speak is a clothing boutique in our local mall. I’ve seen them in other cities, too. However, your Body Shop is the only one I could find online. I can’t say how loud the music is there. 
Of course, those of you complaining about the music in any store other than FAO Schwartz have not yet really had a reason to seek out a book depository.
MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP! :mad:
I used to shop at Express all the time, but now I hardly ever do! I don’t actually like most of their clothes anymore, but their pants fit me well. However, I can’t stand to spend any time in ther anymore because of the crappy, LOUD music they play. I’ve never even been in a Hollister, because it’s so dark and loud. Plus from what I can see, it’s basically A&F with a different name, anyway.
What makes me sad is that I can’t figure out if the music and volume has actually gotten worse in the last couple of years, or I’m just getting old 
Welcome to our world, welcome to our world, welcome to our world of toys! 
(If it makes you feel any better, now it’s going to be in my head all afternoon too)
As a former resident of here, you must know if there’s a book depository on Newbury street.
If not, perhaps I could engage in trepanning to let the voices out.
Yep, this bath and beauty chain is what I think of. It’s usually peaceful new agey music but with clear-skinned thin fashionable women to help you pick out the right product. I’m not sure which is worse.
Abercrombie and Hollister blast their music to drive the old people out. Their target is the teens, so they want us old people to hate them - makes them cooler for the young folks you know.
No teenager wants to wear stuff that their parents enjoy buying for them you know! 
Along with the music, you can smell the cologne from those stores from across the street.
You’re supporting that which you disdain.
Everybody wants “nice store” experience but no one wants to
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pay for it.
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actively seek it out.
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choose to live where it’s more accessible.
Do these threads, along with other ones like the “burger king” and “pickles” threads paint portraits for others like they do me?
Consumers who attend the Cathedrals of Consumption – with all the convenience and sameness and avoidance of being outside one’s comfort zone that they afford – have no right to complain when they wish to break the norms established by the cathedrals.
I’ve no sympathy for “mr pickles” or riker.
This thread reminds me of why I shop online. Everything, even most of my groceries.
If it wasn’t for the daily sundries like milk and eggs, I swear I could probably go months at a time without actually setting foot in an actual store…
Last time I took The Fem-Bot into A&F, the music ( and I use the term charitably ) was so loud that I stepped up to the counter and screamed at the young lady ( and I use the term “lady” charitably ) to make sure she heard me.
She looked shocked and said, " Why are you yelling ". My god. That. Place. Sucks. If EVER there was justification for avoiding brick and mortar stores in favor of online shopping, by the gods it is Abercrombe and Fitch.
At home, I can mute my computer in case A&F’s website carries the same crapazoola at 110 dB that the stores carry.
Eeech. It seems evern worse this time of year, when the need to drive endless Holiday Songs into our brains to put us in the Spending Mood is at an all time high and with it comes an increase in volume.
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There’s a store around here that sells office equipment, storage solutions (from salt shakers to walkin closets), and various organizing tools. Their prices are higher than discount store prices, but the staff will greet customers, ask if there’s something specific a customer is looking for, and then actually ASSIST THE CUSTOMER in choosing a product. The customer can describe his/her needs and the staff person will search for a solution. Every time I want to buy something that I think that store might carry, I shop there first. A couple of times, a manager has asked me, during or after my checkout, if I found everything I wanted. I’ve always made a point of noting that I know I can get most of the same stuff cheaper in Wal*Mart, but I might not be able to find it nearly as easily if at all, and the service at that particular store is worth paying for. My time is worth more than the savings I’d get at a discount store.
I’ve accepted that somewhat higher prices are the cost of doing business at local places, and pay them, despite being a renowned cheapskate. I guess I actively seek them out, because I rarely shop at the mall or big box stores, but I actually don’t know what you mean by the third line at all.
Where should I live? The inner city? The rural outback? The suburbs? Which is the best, in your learned opinion?