Give our ears a break (From The Oxford Times)

Give our ears a break

7:00am Thursday 9th July 2009 in

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Sir – Oxford is increasingly becoming a café society and is all the more attractive for it.

Unfortunately, in many of its best cafés it’s virtually impossible to sit and read a paper or chat to friends because of the ceaseless blare of music through speakers stationed in every corner.

If you ask politely for the music to be turned down you’re greeted with anything from bewilderment to plain contempt.

I can understand the cynical rush-hour policy of driving customers out to make room for more, but this noise goes on even at the quietest times of the day.

Please, could the café managers give our eardrums a break?

Jim Powell, Oxford