Silence Please If there
is one group of workers across the Western world who will be glad that Christmas
is over, that group is shop workers. It is not that they like
to complain. They realize that they are going to be rushed off their feet at
Christmas. They know that their employers need happy customers to make their
profits that pay their wages. But there is one thing about working in a shop
over Christmas that is too bad to tolerate. That thing is
music. These days, all shops and many offices have what is known as "Piped
music" or "muzak" playing for all the hours that they are open. Muzak has an odd
history. During the 1940s, music was played to cows as part of a scientific
experiment. It was found th A. rush their feet off all day. B. listen to the music playing all the time in the shop. C. work overtime to make more profits for the boss. D. try to please the customers.
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