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Thu Dec-13-07 11:35 AM
Response to Reply #47 |
| 63. There Are Many Corpo Loving Fools On DU |
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They don't even have a clue as to how programed they are.
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| -Starbucks employee sues over coffee shop noise |
Omaha Steve |
Dec-12-07 07:46 PM |
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This is worthy of a lawsuit? |
Buzz Clik |
Dec-12-07 07:48 PM |
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It's worthy. Way too many people are clueless as to what loud noise |
RC |
Dec-12-07 07:56 PM |
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We're talking Starbucks here, not an automobile assembly plant. |
Buzz Clik |
Dec-12-07 07:58 PM |
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Probably the only way to make Starbucks take it seriously. |
Orsino |
Dec-13-07 08:09 AM |
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Have you heard those machines that BEEP? |
femrap |
Dec-13-07 12:11 PM |
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And the Starbucks people are master sculptors. You're right. n/t |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 01:57 PM |
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yeah, noise pollution is harmful and crazy making |
katty |
Dec-13-07 11:57 AM |
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No, it's not. |
MattSh |
Dec-13-07 01:14 PM |
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I do. I'm related to a doctor who specializes in hearing, and she... |
johnfunk |
Dec-12-07 08:20 PM |
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Hm. Ok. The Starbucks around here are pretty laid back and relatively quiet. |
Buzz Clik |
Dec-12-07 08:23 PM |
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The ones here are like a tomb. I'm curious though. Who was it that forced |
acmavm |
Dec-13-07 06:15 AM |
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Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed |
Dec-13-07 09:09 AM |
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90db an hour is the osha reg |
Pavulon |
Dec-12-07 08:30 PM |
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Dude, you don't have to yell. |
Fierce |
Dec-12-07 09:15 PM |
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What? nt |
Javaman |
Dec-13-07 09:10 AM |
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From what I recall |
Thothmes |
Dec-13-07 07:41 AM |
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Well, then, why don't we all just stay in bed. |
MNDemNY |
Dec-13-07 10:59 AM |
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Anyone can file a suit for anything. |
tabasco |
Dec-12-07 09:03 PM |
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Eh, most of these types of stories are meant to inflame you |
treestar |
Dec-13-07 09:33 AM |
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Good point. |
Buzz Clik |
Dec-13-07 12:31 PM |
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I just bought two pairs of noise cancelling headphones as gifts for $25. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Dec-13-07 10:27 AM |
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Here's an idea, work somewhere else! |
madeline_con |
Dec-12-07 07:50 PM |
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Agreed. NT |
cstanleytech |
Dec-12-07 09:38 PM |
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exactly. |
QuestionAll |
Dec-12-07 10:45 PM |
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if what post #15 says is true then no one should work there. osha has |
orleans |
Dec-13-07 03:14 AM |
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"Work somewhere else" is one of the cries of the union-busters. |
Orsino |
Dec-13-07 08:11 AM |
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I am with you 100% ! I am sick of corporate loving lackies! |
8643 |
Dec-13-07 08:40 AM |
#47 |
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There Are Many Corpo Loving Fools On DU |
Binka |
Dec-13-07 11:35 AM |
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delete dupe |
8643 |
Dec-13-07 08:40 AM |
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exactly. n/t |
orleans |
Dec-13-07 02:31 PM |
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She was eventually diagnosed with "hyperacusis" |
seriousstan |
Dec-12-07 07:54 PM |
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the article is unclear |
pitohui |
Dec-12-07 07:59 PM |
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If you walk into a place that is producing |
Pavulon |
Dec-12-07 08:38 PM |
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she mentioned the buzzing ovens--i will add the frapachino blenders n/t |
orleans |
Dec-13-07 03:16 AM |
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Down with Frapachino Blenders ! |
SpiralHawk |
Dec-13-07 06:24 AM |
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YEAH! (what's a proletariat?) n/t |
orleans |
Dec-13-07 02:30 PM |
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I can't see hyperacusis being caused by workplace sounds. That would require painful levels. |
Xithras |
Dec-13-07 01:34 PM |
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My father lost his hearing |
LiberalEsto |
Dec-12-07 07:54 PM |
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the federal regs aren't being enforced at casinos, bars, restaurants |
pitohui |
Dec-12-07 08:02 PM |
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True that. The stress of noise pollution is unacknowledged in our culture. |
CLW |
Dec-12-07 09:28 PM |
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So... |
D__S |
Dec-12-07 11:38 PM |
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How could my dad train himself |
LiberalEsto |
Dec-13-07 08:23 AM |
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In a word, yes. |
lynnertic |
Dec-13-07 09:17 AM |
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Abercrombie & Fitch comes to mind |
LiberalEsto |
Dec-13-07 08:19 AM |
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They also constantly sell cheap clothes at rediculous prices |
YOY |
Dec-13-07 09:08 AM |
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EXCELLENT example |
AngryOldDem |
Dec-13-07 11:44 AM |
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People should not have to work in a noisy, Ear damaging ... |
BlueJazz |
Dec-12-07 07:57 PM |
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Yes you can |
Thothmes |
Dec-13-07 07:43 AM |
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I meant if you had to hear orders and instructions all day long. |
BlueJazz |
Dec-13-07 09:15 AM |
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The real question is, Did she suffer loss of hearing/damage to |
Quakerfriend |
Dec-12-07 07:58 PM |
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noise pollution can cause severe emotional and physical conditions, especially short loud high pitch |
sam sarrha |
Dec-12-07 08:53 PM |
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DBs over 8hr? |
Pavulon |
Dec-12-07 08:25 PM |
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Get a different job? |
provis99 |
Dec-12-07 10:18 PM |
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Maybe OSHA's protocol on this is not quite perfect at this moment? |
LanternWaste |
Dec-13-07 12:16 PM |
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OSHA Rules are Clear |
Indy Lurker |
Dec-12-07 08:26 PM |
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Another way of putting it: 90dB is a jet plane at 300m overhead; hearing loss starts at 85dB... |
DRoseDARs |
Dec-12-07 09:13 PM |
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Like I said in post #5... |
RC |
Dec-12-07 09:49 PM |
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Yep. 90db is the noise level of a lawnmower. I've never heard a Starbucks that loud. |
Xithras |
Dec-13-07 01:37 PM |
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I find this to be really interesting and wouldn't discount it. |
harmonicon |
Dec-12-07 10:23 PM |
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a condition that makes people overly sensitive to everyday sounds |
D__S |
Dec-12-07 11:19 PM |
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Well, then, I guess you should be glad |
liberalhistorian |
Dec-13-07 01:32 AM |
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link? i'd didn't see where it said she chose to live there. |
orleans |
Dec-13-07 03:24 AM |
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If you can't stand the noise of corporate people making and drinking corp-o-slop... |
Voltaire99 |
Dec-12-07 11:41 PM |
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I'm gonna be real uncool here and |
liberalhistorian |
Dec-13-07 01:40 AM |
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Good luck to her. It's disturbing to read that Starbucks allowed an unsafe work environ to exist. |
BlueIris |
Dec-13-07 02:49 AM |
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I'm sensitive to noise and always wondered how anyone could work |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 07:50 AM |
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Interesting. I'm not sensitive to most sounds (honking horns and barking dogs being the exceptions). |
Buzz Clik |
Dec-13-07 08:06 AM |
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Maybe a combo of their blenders, the grinders and the AC? |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 08:16 AM |
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what next suing for a caffine addiction n/t |
allisonthegreat |
Dec-13-07 08:47 AM |
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I've wondered myself about a lot of retail establishments. |
hedgehog |
Dec-13-07 08:48 AM |
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If she had this condition to begin with, one would think |
Javaman |
Dec-13-07 09:12 AM |
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I work in an environment in which OSHA standards have been occasionally exceeded. |
MilesColtrane |
Dec-13-07 10:02 AM |
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did it not occur to this woman to purchase ear plugs? |
Scriptor Ignotus |
Dec-13-07 10:12 AM |
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Put on some ear plugs and try to take an order. |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 01:54 PM |
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This is just part of the audio-visual clutter that goes along with our society... |
KansDem |
Dec-13-07 11:24 AM |
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how about ear plugs? |
IronLionZion |
Dec-13-07 12:03 PM |
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How can you wear plugs and interact with a production line? |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 01:51 PM |
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Deaf people do it every day. |
IronLionZion |
Dec-13-07 02:16 PM |
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And it's not reasonable to ask someone who isn't disabled |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-13-07 02:19 PM |
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Actually they do have to comply |
Indy Lurker |
Dec-13-07 05:13 PM |
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self - delete |
BellaLuna |
Dec-13-07 02:33 PM |
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