Sounds of silence, so nice.

[parasitegirl]

When I taught at the on-paper school I had to get used to the fact that recess and cleaning time were signaled with a karaoke version of "Part Time Lover" being played on the loud speaker.

City hall has a different ear worm. When we put someone on hold, the phone plays a tin version of The Beatles "Let It Be." I don't mean that the music is played to the person on the phone, I have no clue what they hear, but everyone near the phone is subject to the music. It no doubt makes sure that we don't forget that someone is on hold...but it makes me twitchy.

It should be noted that by "We" I really mean "They"...I don't touch the phones. I don't like speaking Japanese on the phone and I don't think that people calling this department want to speak my crazy-phone-Japanese...and I'd be rubbish taking messages.

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[akibare.livejournal.com]

When I was a kid living in Hayama (on the Miura peninsula, in Kanagawa) our city garbage trucks played a tinny version of "Fur Elise." You could hear it for quite a distance, so you'd know to rush and take the garbage out.

I had no idea what song it was at the time (my music experience is limited, to put it mildly) so just thought of it as "The Garbage Song."

Fast forward some 25 years, I mention this to a friend of mine who has since moved to Taiwan, married, and owns Subway restaurants. He is amazed, because his part of Taipei the garbage trucks play that SAME SONG.

Crazy. Searching on it, it's common in various places, which is still just... weird.

[arovd.livejournal.com]

hmmm... peeps prolly make good earplugs!