[tomatsu]

> I'm delighted to have found a gym that simply doesn't have massive TV screens within every line of sight.

I like shopping at Aldi because they don't play music.

The worst are chains which don't just play pop music but also have pseudo radio jockeys which talk about gossip and try to be funny. It's insultingly stupid.

The gym I'm currently at doesn't have any TVs. Unfortunately, they play some music. The volume is very low, though.

[duskwuff]

You know what's even worse? Gas station TV (GSTV.com). Utterly awful content that nobody ever wanted, spewed at you by the pump while you're filling up your car.

[rmason]

Speedway doesn't bother with that. They just play an endless loop at high volume hawking the highest margin products from the store with happy, smiling faces. It's turned me off from buying gas from them actually.

They also used to play loud pop music in the stores until the clerks couldn't stand it themselves and lowered the volume. Every time the district manager visits he makes them crank it up high and the minute he leaves the volume goes back down again ;<)!

[sli]

At least you can hit the second button down on the right to mute it.

There was a gas station that I used that had that annoying GSTV stuff going, but one day the machine refused to give me my receipt until the video stopped playing. Amusingly, that location closed less than a month after that. Good riddance.

A new one opened in its place with none of that nonsense.

[OkGoDoIt]

It always seemed to me that was sponsored content that probably subsidizes the gas station a bit. Kind of like the crap software that comes preinstalled on PCs to give a little extra kick back to the bottom line for the manufacturer.

[JauntTrooper]

I actively avoid those gas stations solely because of those screens. I hope enough of us do so that it impacts their bottom lines.

[Bartweiss]

> The worst are chains which don't just play pop music but also have pseudo radio jockeys

I'll one-up you - the grocery story nearest my house has abandoned all pretense, and just plays a non-stop ad loop over the PA. It's easier to tune out than bad pop, granted, but it feels like absolutely shameless abuse of my attention.

As for music in gyms, I suppose I'm cheating - the rock gym I go to plays music that could easily have been from my Pandora station, so I don't actually worry about how annoying it might be.