Noise at a resturant....really annoying!

I don't know. I used to go t a true sports bar . They had three giant screen t.v.s and they had a way for each table to choose which game you wanted to listen to.

but I look around... and NO ONE is watching the tv's! THey are all talking amongst themselves! And even if they were watching the tv...there is no sound or the sound is from another tv that is on another channel...what's the point?

That's the thing....people are talking to each other...dozens and dozens of people are talking to each other...that alone is a loud sound! But acceptable as that is what it is supposed to do. But with loud music blarring...people just talk louder to be heard and before you know it it is just a blarring loud place...not somewhere "fun" to go eat.

No, not a bar. It is like Red Robin, Red Lobster, Famous Dave's, places like that. Nice but not formal...family but not dressed up. I can handle the loud kids but the loud music that is so loud you can't even understand a word in the song or the musical part is wanging all over the place....all they have to do is turn it down a bit. I can't understand how the people can work in it all day long..bet they are going to have hearing problems in the near future.

Sounds as if a bunch of young people are working?? That happens in a lot of these places at night. Even the shift manager is apt to be a young person. If you go in during the day, you might find the higher up Manager or possibly even the owner. Tell him/her what is going on. I know where I work, we often have younger people working. If the boss wasn't around, they'd go and change the music to what they liked which often wasn't "family friendly" and crank the volume. After one complaint, my boss issued warnings. After the 2nd we were all told to leave the station at what he had it set at and to leave the volume alone. After the 3rd complaint, he put the stereo up out of reach and set it on the country station which I don't much like. Still...enough is enough. The music in a public place should be for background noise for the customers and not the enjoyment of the workers who won't be working long if they drive all the customers away. As for the Tv's ...They should just be off unless there is some big news or sports event and then they should be all on the same channel! I 've never run into this sort of thing thankfully. It just can't be good for business.

Exactly. Background noise. Not overwhelming, loud, blarring noise! Even stores have it blarring and I just walk right out. I mean, I am there to shop and need to think and consider and all. WIth the noise blarring so loud... I don't enjoy it and just don't bother...just walk out. Target has no music...even says on their front doors as you walk in... "this is a no distraction store"...meaning "we don't blare loud music at you while you are trying to shop". Kohl's is really bad about loud music... and it is the same half dozen songs over and over and over!!!

I know! And when the music is loud...people have to scream at each other across the table as human instinct makes you want to talk much louder if you can't hear when spoken to. And if you have lots of people in the place...all talking loudly to be heard by their friends and that loud music blarring....it is pathetic. BUt it doesn't seem to matter to most...resturants are always full. I just don't understand why they continue to go or at least go and not complain to management. I can't believe anyone enjoys a meal with friends where everyone is shouting at each other!

I can only guess that this is habitual and out of habit for them. But yes I have to turn on the sound when watching TV, I would not be interested in sitting in the dark and or watching a mute TV.

I don't drink nor like sports...these are just regular family style resturants. Red Robin, Red Lobster, places like that. THey crank it up so loud, even the waitress's cant hear orders! I am always having to repeat myself cause they can't hear cause the music is so loud. People go to resturant to eat and visit, not be blasted with music, that half the time isn't even a style of music they like. I can understand some back ground music, but to be so loud you can't hear the person sitting across from you when they speak to you...and your order comes in wrong cause the waitress couldn't hear it ordered over the loud music...just not acceptable.

I ask to have it turned down. Sometimes they do sometimes they don't. And i have also walked out of a place when I walked in and it was so loud I couldn't even hear what the greeter was saying. I f I have to ask to repeat something that early in the meal.. I know it is just going to be worse once in the eating area.

I have left many times. When I can't even hear the waitress speaking to me... I get up and leave.

I agree. If I wanted to watch tv...I'd a stayed at home!