I too know people down south - anywhere from Minnesota to southern California - who leave their televisions on all day. I know a couple of others who do the same with radio. I don't do either, so that's not an issue with me although I wish the blasted thing were turned off. As a guest, however, it's not my call.

I can understand the need or the wish to zap a bar's television when one is performing.   However, it seems to me if you go around in airports and restaurants and elevators zapping TVs and radios willy nilly, fixated only on one's own comfort, you are encroaching on other people's space and comfort level.

There are people who simply cannot function without familiar sounds and images that allow them to block out UNfamiliar souroundings.

What happens then? Zap ON, Zap OFF, zap ON, zap OFF- the indoor version of road rage?