When does spruiking go too far?

Repetition is an acute form of torture. Retail workers should strike.

damien haas said :

The Target ads are an affront to the feminist movement.

As a feminist i find them offensive, as a male i feel they dont want my business.

I agree. I don’t want to have to constantly hear songs about dicks and balls and stuff while I buy towels.

c_c said :

Most of these staff are inattentive, sleepy, low-paid pawns.

In your oh so humble opinion…

Low paid most likely, the rest of what you wrote is garbage.

The Target ads are an affront to the feminist movement.

As a feminist i find them offensive, as a male i feel they dont want my business.

smiling politely said :

Pfft, this is nothing. I once had a supermarket nightfill manager who played nothing but The Eagles’ Greatest Hits all night every night. I still get a nervous twitch every time I hear the opening phrases of Hotel California.

You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

In a dark woolies loading dock,
On a cold Canberra night……

Pfft, this is nothing. I once had a supermarket nightfill manager who played nothing but The Eagles’ Greatest Hits all night every night. I still get a nervous twitch every time I hear the opening phrases of Hotel California.

arescarti42 said :

A lot of retail stores play repetitive in-store ads over the PA system. I used to work at such a store, and found the in store ads to be one of the most horrible, insidious assaults on my subconscious I’ve ever experienced. It got to the point where I was hearing them long after I had left work, in the shower, when trying to fall asleep, they just wouldn’t go away.

The ads were actually played by CD player in the office, I know one staff member resorted to repeatedly scratching up the CD so it wouldn’t play, and I heard staff in other stores kept cutting the cable between the CD player and the PA system as a solution.

I know supercrapcheap have “in store radio” playing “music” inter spaced with ads. It certainly encourages me to look at what I am there for and get out as quick as possible with stopping to browse.

So unsubtle. All you had to do at the store I worked at was keep bumping the volume knob down a bit every few minutes.

A lot of retail stores play repetitive in-store ads over the PA system. I used to work at such a store, and found the in store ads to be one of the most horrible, insidious assaults on my subconscious I’ve ever experienced. It got to the point where I was hearing them long after I had left work, in the shower, when trying to fall asleep, they just wouldn’t go away.

The ads were actually played by CD player in the office, I know one staff member resorted to repeatedly scratching up the CD so it wouldn’t play, and I heard staff in other stores kept cutting the cable between the CD player and the PA system as a solution.