Boston Globe: Tell Your Boss to Turn Off Limbaugh

[smedge2006]

The woman's boss plays Rush Limbaugh in the office, much to her distraction.

She might want to be careful here. Some bosses DO value converts more than productivity. Just ask the woman in San Diego who got fired a few years back for having a bumper sticker for a liberal talk radio station.

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2011/07/24/miss_conduct_tuning_out_talk_radio/

 

[Bushala]

Flip the tables - an employee listens to Ed Schultz at his/her desk, and their boss believes it's a distraction from doing their job and asks them to turn it off. Right or wrong? Would you assume it's politically motivated?

She should suck it up and stop complaining. He's the boss, he can listen to what he likes. I doubt she would be complaining if it wasn't a polarizing talk host.

 

[raccoonradio]

Boston conservative talk host Howie Carr has mentioned he and his producer Sandy were in a cab in the D.C. area and had to be subjected to what the cab driver had on (they could have complained but didn't):

...NPR...
"Yuck," he said about it.

 

[zrl]

As a former employer of mine once told me, "If you don't like your job; quit!"

 

[jhguthlac]

Personnaly, I find it difficult to listen to talk radio while working. Music is fine for me, but talk is distracting. Period. That said, I listen to Imus for an hour each morning and Rush for a half hour or so each afternoon.

 

[w9wi]

I think "jhguthlac" has the right point here.

I know I find talk radio distracting, whether I agree with the political viewpoint expressed or not. I would think in most offices, playing Rush -- or any other talker, on either side of the spectrum -- would result in reduced productivity among both your liberal employees *and* your conservatives.

Not to mention the acoustic interference with business calls and conversations.

 

[del_griffith]

Not directly related, but does go to the distraction aspect that was brought up.

I returned to work one day from lunch and heard a voice speaking in a holy roller preacher cadence. I went to find where it was coming from. I followed the sound and that took me to a small exercise and workout room that was in the building. While I couldn't specifically hear the words or make out exactly who the voice was, I saw one of our sales guys running on a treadmill through the window of the door that opened into the room. I thought it odd that this guy would be listening to a holy roller minister while working out. He saw me looking through the window, so I opened the door and heard with clarity who the speaker was.

The sales guy was listening to Rush Limbaugh on his radio.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Years ago when Rush was new, I remember hearing about some government office that had Rush on. A woman was offended and told, "Can't handle the truth?" The woman reported this. It turned out it was against government policy to have anything but music playing.

 

[raccoonradio]

There used to be "Rush Rooms", restaurants that would proudly play his show, for regular customers who wanted it. Even just a few yrs ago I was in a place in Burlington VT, a BBQ restaurant,
that said they loved Rush's show and would play it at noon.

 

[vchimpanzee]

There used to be "Rush Rooms", restaurants that would proudly play his show, for regular customers who wanted it. Even just a few yrs ago I was in a place in Burlington VT, a BBQ restaurant,
that said they loved Rush's show and would play it at noon.

I remember this. In High Point, NC, where WMFR aired Rush. Back in the 80s I couldn't understand these people. But I tried the show when there was nothing else on in 1992 and was amazed at how polite he was and later found him quite entertaining. Even though I'm more of a liberal, he sure could make his ideas sound like they were right.

 

[Laurence Glavin]

I once applied for a job (didn't get it; probably just as well) and in the office they were playing the music of MY preference, what is sometimes called "classical music" although that's an umbrella term that doesn't really come close. Imagine doing your job while Beethoven is modulating into the finale of his piano sonata #21 or utilizing the sounds he could no longer hear in the orchestration of his symphony #6. My palms are getting sweaty just thinking about it. I'd probably stop everything and do this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIzFHuvOVQw

 

[MikefromDelaware]

I've got a great work situation. I work as an instrument repair specialist. I have my own repair shop to myself. My supervisor, may drop in for less than 10 minutes a day. So I am alone in my work shop, a room with a door. So I can listen to whatever I like. Depending on my mood, I listen to both NPR talk/info/news programming, I listen to a local lib talker, I listen to Rush sometimes, sometimes Dennis Prager. Sometimes I find myself listening to sports/talk radio (we have three available). Sometimes I choose music ranging from Classical, Oldies, Big Band, Jazz, Country, Classic Country. I've been known to bring in an audio book or two as well to listen to while working. I listen to a number of out of market radio stations and even a couple of the local AM stations online (the AM sounds like FM when listening online).
Ah, life is good.