Volume, it's all in the VOLUME. Pubs especially. Now clothes shops seem to have read the message it is a bit easier but I don't give them my trade if it intrudes.
Steve, they have moved on to more subtitle messages. SMELL. Flower smells for romantic, banana for humour, coffee bread and cigars. It is all a quite concious turn-off for me. Am I olifactorilly perverse?
I find the volume from cars radios bad but some are complete no-brainers, they cannot be hearing the warnings sounds and sirens seriously annoy. Cars act like loudspeaker enclosures - the volume outside is almost as high but all low-end.