OneTrackMind
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Anyone else struggle with this issue?
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I am assuming that you mean it is the loudness and difficulty dealing with the noise and enormous screens, when you can't escape them. I hate those also.
I tried complaining to the receptionist once. She said that she could not turn the things off because they got piad for running them. She did turn it down, however. That was some help.
This was one of the times when I pulled out a piece of napkin and chewed it up to make impromptu earplugs. I sat as far away from the noise as possible, while facing away from them and tried to read.
I have trouble with a doctors' waiting room. Lots of illness and germs and distraught, upset children, stressed mothers, unwashed people, loud mobile phone conversations.
I remember going to a psychologists office where they had the news playing on the television. If you are feeling depressed or mentally unstable the news is probably the last thing you should be watching. I also once did a practicum at a doctors office where they tuned in to a vary trashy reality TV station.
In general I kind of agree that having TVs in these kinds of spaces is a bad idea. If it is just being used to run quiet PSAs that's one thing, but adding more noise to an already busy environment and subjecting people to media they may not be interested in is discourteous. This is to say nothing of sensory issues.
My girlfriend has sensory issue that are far worse than mine. If there is a TV in her field of view she has great difficulty focusing on anything else. We have to either position her so she can't see them or ask the proprietors to turn them off.
One application of screens I do like is as a means of creating a relaxing backdrop. Having a natural scene on a loop can be very soothing, especially if the screens are well integrated into the decor.
The Emergency Room at the local hospital that I don't like has tv's, with sound in every nook and cranny of the over-sized waiting areas. The local hospital I do like has tiny, cozy rooms for family to wait. No television, just a few chairs and some lovely art work by a local artist.
What is the point of all the televisions? If you want to watch tv everywhere you go you most likely will show up with a smart phone or tablet and watch anything you want.
Anyone else struggle with this issue?