Is it appropriate to have Rush Limbaugh on at work, where customers/coworkers can hear?

[SpeedRacer 1]

I think it's rude to have highly charged political or religious broadcasting on at work where other people have to listen to it. But I have worked at two different places where someone was blasting Limbaugh for everyone's "benefit."

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[billvon 2,991]

>Is it appropriate to have Rush Limbaugh on at work, where customers/coworkers can hear?

Depends. At a sawmill where people yell at each other all day? Probably fine. In an office where people are on teleconferences? Probably not a good idea.

[Andrewwhyte 1]

Could be worse, could be playing country & western.

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Could be worse, could be playing country & western.

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[RonD1120 62]

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I think it's rude to have highly charged political or religious broadcasting on at work where other people have to listen to it. But I have worked at two different places where someone was blasting Limbaugh for everyone's "benefit."

Suggestion, listen to the first hour of Limbaugh then switch over to NPR.

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[JohnRich 4]

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I think it's rude to have highly charged political or religious broadcasting on at work where other people have to listen to it.

Is it on a public speaker system that is piped all over the building with the manager in charge of channel selection? Or is it a single individual playing his own radio?

If the former, probably not much you can do about it. You can ask it to be turned off or down, but if they say no, tough luck.

If the latter, you can ask the individual to turn it down, and if he doesn't, escalate to management. If they don't do anything, then get your own radio and play something else to drown out his radio. The racket will get so loud that management will be forced to tell everyone to turn 'em off/down, and you'll get what you want.

[DesertAttorney 0]

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[quade 4]

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I think it's rude to have highly charged political or religious broadcasting on at work where other people have to listen to it.

Unless a person is 100% certain everyone within earshot agrees with the selection, it's completely inappropriate and the person should be told so . . . unless it's the boss' radio.

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[billvon 2,991]

>Unless a person is 100% certain everyone within earshot agrees with the selection,
>it's completely inappropriate . . .

Geez, nobody ever completely agrees with anything.

At the cafeteria in our buildings you'll find FOX News, CNN, a soap opera, the ESPN channel etc. And I really wouldn't choose ESPN or the soap opera, but I don't really care since I'm not there to watch TV.

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>Unless a person is 100% certain everyone within earshot agrees with the selection,
>it's completely inappropriate . . .

Geez, nobody ever completely agrees with anything.

At the cafeteria in our buildings you'll find FOX News, CNN, a soap opera, the ESPN channel etc. And I really wouldn't choose ESPN or the soap opera, but I don't really care since I'm not there to watch TV.

Depends on your options there. For the most part you're not supposed to be in the break room for 8 hours.

Your DESK however is where you're supposed to be and if somebody within earshot is playing music you don't like or you have to listen to some radio jaw flapper screaming non-sense, then I think it's inevitable that's going to lead to problems.

It's just plain rude to begin with.

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[masterrig 1]

Totally rude and inconsiderate! That's one reason they make head-phones and ear-buds. There is a time and place for everything and the work place is for... WORK!


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[Gravitymaster 0]

Weren't you just recently concerned about finding a job?

Now you are complaining about what your co-workers are listening to?

[Andy9o8 2]

It's inappropriate to force other people, who must remain at their work stations near you, to listen to music they may not like, or ideological stuff they might not agree with. That's what earphones are for. This should be a clearly-stated workplace rule right from the get-go (and, at many places, it is).

[rushmc 23]

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It's inappropriate to force other people, who must remain at their work stations near you, to listen to music they may not like, or ideological stuff they might not agree with. That's what earphones are for. This should be a clearly-stated workplace rule right from the get-go (and, at many places, it is).

Agreed
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[livendive 8]

Inappropriate outside of headphones. I'd consider very low volume, mainstream music to be the most controversial background noise appropriate in a work place. Howard Stern, Rush Limbaugh, Air America...these types of things should all be confined to home, car, or headphones.

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[DaVinci 0]

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I think it's rude to have highly charged political or religious broadcasting on at work where other people have to listen to it. But I have worked at two different places where someone was blasting Limbaugh for everyone's "benefit."

It is just as rude to blast liberal programing.

[Andy9o8 2]

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I think it's rude to have highly charged political or religious broadcasting on at work where other people have to listen to it. But I have worked at two different places where someone was blasting Limbaugh for everyone's "benefit."

It is just as rude to blast liberal programing.

Of course it is; I don't think he was saying otherwise, nor was anyone else in the thread. I'm pretty sure his reference to Limbaugh was meant to be a single representative example of a general idea.

[Channman 2]

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I think it's rude to have highly charged political or religious broadcasting on at work where other people have to listen to it. But I have worked at two different places where someone was blasting Limbaugh for everyone's "benefit."

Yes, his show is on KTRH 740 from 11:00 to 2:00 PM and is listened to by most in my office.

Then we're off to Hannity...but there are many occassions that it is placed on mute to allow for work related discussions.

[funjumper101 15]

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I think it's rude to have highly charged political or religious broadcasting on at work where other people have to listen to it. But I have worked at two different places where someone was blasting Limbaugh for everyone's "benefit."

It is extremely rude to expose sane people to the rantings of a crazy, drug addled gasbag.

I have gone into retail business establishments, heard Lush Rimjob being "shared" with the staff and customers, and done the following -

I picked up some of the expensive items I likely would have bought if they weren't clueless idiots, taken them to the check out counter, and asked to speak to a manager/owner. When that person showed up, I tell them that, due to the "entertainment" being forced upon thier potential customers, I was NOT going to purchase the items that day.

All three of the businesses in my area that had this issue are now closed. Is there a connection? I sure hope so.

Too bad I don't work for ASCAP and thus would have had the ability to cost them a ton of money for rebroadcasting copyrighted material in public spaces without paying for the privlege.

[Channman 2]

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I think it's rude to have highly charged political or religious broadcasting on at work where other people have to listen to it. But I have worked at two different places where someone was blasting Limbaugh for everyone's "benefit."

It is extremely rude to expose sane people to the rantings of a crazy, drug addled gasbag.

I have gone into retail business establishments, heard Lush Rimjob being "shared" with the staff and customers, and done the following -

I picked up some of the expensive items I likely would have bought if they weren't clueless idiots, taken them to the check out counter, and asked to speak to a manager/owner. When that person showed up, I tell them that, due to the "entertainment" being forced upon thier potential customers, I was NOT going to purchase the items that day.

All three of the businesses in my area that had this issue are now closed. Is there a connection? I sure hope so.

Too bad I don't work for ASCAP and thus would have had the ability to cost them a ton of money for rebroadcasting copyrighted material in public spaces without paying for the privlege.

I think your story is made up, YEP I don't believe YOU, that story is like getting struck by lightening more than four times in a life time. I can't see one person such as yourself impacting a business because he was subjected to over hearing a group of people discussing Rush's program or any other such topics. What's the name of that card game?? "Bull Shit" that sums it up.

That's just my .02 cents. Now off to myself imposed BANNING

[Gravitymaster 0]

You really showed them.

[Belgian_Draft 0]

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>Unless a person is 100% certain everyone within earshot agrees with the selection,
>it's completely inappropriate . . .

Geez, nobody ever completely agrees with anything.

At the cafeteria in our buildings you'll find FOX News, CNN, a soap opera, the ESPN channel etc. And I really wouldn't choose ESPN or the soap opera, but I don't really care since I'm not there to watch TV.

Depends on your options there. For the most part you're not supposed to be in the break room for 8 hours.

Your DESK however is where you're supposed to be and if somebody within earshot is playing music you don't like or you have to listen to some radio jaw flapper screaming non-sense, then I think it's inevitable that's going to lead to problems.

It's just plain rude to begin with.

It totally depends on he situation. If it is in an office with multiple conference calls going on...kill it.
If it is in a gunshop...you'll get shot or fired for objecting.
Campaign HQ for a Democrat? Bad idea.
Campaign HQ for a hardcore Republican? Tune it in and rip the knob off.
For the most part, though, it's the boss's call. If you don't like his decision you can appeal to his boss...if he has one.

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[mnealtx 0]

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Too bad I don't work for ASCAP and thus would have had the ability to cost them a ton of money for rebroadcasting copyrighted material in public spaces without paying for the privlege.

If you worked for ASCAP, you'd know that having a radio playing isn't rebroadcasting in public spaces.

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[Andy9o8 2]

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Too bad I don't work for ASCAP and thus would have had the ability to cost them a ton of money for rebroadcasting copyrighted material in public spaces without paying for the privlege.

From a quick look-up, I'm pretty sure that if the sound emanated from the receiving radio's own speakers (even if with the volume turned way up), that is not "rebroadcasting". However, if the radio's reception were to be, say, played over the PA system - i.e., emanating from speakers other than the radio's own speakers - such that it could be heard by the general public, that may be considered "rebroadcasting". (There may be more standards other than this, I just haven't looked it up extensively.)