Thursday, September 20, 2007

Calf Rope!

I give up. This is where I put my elbows on the desk, shake my head, and lower my forehead into my hands. In our clinic, during the chaos that sick folks can bring, one of the few things that calms my stressed out nerves is music. Unfortunately, I must rely on the old fashioned portable radio. That in itself is not the real issue. The problem is, the radio stations that are available in Arkansas, leave much to be desired. The Christian stations play beautiful music that I really enjoy, but they must fill their programming with discussions. I wouldn't be against that, but in a work situation, the last thing I need is more people talking to me. This week, I had the radio tuned to a popular station that plays songs from the 80's, 90's and Today. It shall remain nameless, and I do understand it is not alone in its programming practices. The real thorn in my paw is that they play the same four songs every hour or so it seems. Everytime I raise my ears from the phone or have a second to listen, I hear the same dang song. Over and over and .....well you get the idea. I'm told by some that the reason for this is that the stations are paid to play certain songs. And every time that certain song is played, they are paid yet again. I understand the desire to get paid all you can. It just irritates the living daylights out of me that I can't listen to my choice of music, without having it repeated until I'm sick of it. I've tried playing CD's on my computer, but it bogs my system down and makes my work harder.

Now I realize that in the whole scheme of things, this is not going to hair-lip the Pope, or tear a great rift in the space time continuum. But it's really sad that those of us who work very very hard at our jobs, can't turn on the radio and get a little varity in their listening pleasure.

5 comments:

LeLe said...

"...tear a great rift in the space time continuum." Have you been watching Dr. Who and Star Trek? Or have you just been listening to MK too much? Haha. Have you thought about buying a CD player to bring to work? MK and I found one at Walmart for a decent price and it's just a little portable one. It even has a plug-in for an MP3 player (if you ever get one).

B Lines said...

The radio I have at work will play cd's but only one at a time. I don't have time to change them. No place to plug in an mp3 player if I had one.

And you know what a Star Trek fan I am. Maybe the Borg have assimilated all the radio stations....

Sooz said...

I get frustrated on the drive in to work everyday because all they do is TALK TALK TALK and I want to know the traffic but hear music...doesn't happen! I have people in my ears and face talking all day and I don't need that from my radio. So I feel your frustration!

Michelle said...

I feel your pain. We can only pick up a local station in our office--local as in a radio station in the same town where I work. Imagine what that must be like, everybody! They play a lot, a LOT of 70s and 80s, and the same songs come on everyday. All the time. Without ending. The preacher always asks, "What will you find yourself doing when Jesus comes?" Ummm...I'll be singing along to "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart...*high falsetto* I Couldn't If I Trrrriiiiied!" haha

LeLe said...

Ah, the Borg. Rowena and I used to call our former workplace the Borg...