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[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I use mine all the time. Lobby's, waiting rooms, restaurants, bars... it's really nice to have it available. Especially when it's just me, waiting in the doctor's office, and I don't wanna hear or watch whatever is on. I can just mute it and enjoy the silence, or change the channel. It's not like I'm bothering anyone else anyway, I just don't wanna listen to a Fox News opinion piece at a loud volume, if ain't nobody else is watching either

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Instead of messing with other people's things why wouldn't you just put in ear buds?

[–] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago

the lobby tvs are so annoying. if i'm alone for a while, i turn one off for a quiet section of the room

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 4 points 7 months ago

Or I could probably ask someone who works there to mute it for me, and it would be a non-issue (especially if it's just me in the waiting area)

But I'll just skip the middle man and mute it myself. And then unmute it when I leave or someone else walks in. It quite literally harms nobody and nobody has ever cared. If they did, I'm sure they would tell me and I would remember to bring earbuds/earplugs next time.

I think it's more convenient for everyone, both me and the employee. I don't have to bother them with something trivial, I'm not bothering anyone else. Quite literally a non-issue if you're not being a malicious little asshat

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 7 months ago

bro you are equating muting a TV put there specifically to either advertise to you, or entertain you, to opening someone's dinnerware cupboards. That's just silly.

It takes the staff 3 seconds to undo what you did and no one gives a shit.