The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #72002   Message #1235735
Posted By: Jeri
28-Jul-04 - 03:28 PM
Thread Name: shopping used to be fun
Subject: RE: shopping used to be fun
Jacqui, another area where you agree with Kendall!

It's doesn't usually bother me that much, but it usually bothers me. It has also forced me to develop skills of musical concentration. I find a good key for a song while on the way to the store, go in, and try to hang onto it through the obtrusive wallpaper music, I'm getting so I can do that. (The worst interference is when the song is one I like.) I'll keep my tune confined to my head unless the music's loud enough to interfere, then I sing, adjusting the volume to shut out the music. And I get the hell out of there as fast as I can.

On the other hand, sometimes I sing along with songs I like. What's really cool about this is running into someone else another isle over who's doing the same, and you find you're singing together and hang around the same place just so you can finish the song.

I'd say all this has also helped my Fear of Looking Stupid in Public, but I never had a big problem with that anyway.