Sports fanatic strikes back at bar's sound limitation after being forced to endure subpar viewing experience

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Sienna Varady
Jun 27, 2024 7:00 AM EDT

Sports fans will stop at nothing to watch the game in a quiet and serene setting where they can fully immerse themselves in the action. Having said that, do you anticipate being interrupted when you visit a sports bar—a place where fans of various sports congregate to enjoy a lively game of sports—or do you assume the bar will make every effort to optimize the viewing experience?

The story that follows is that of a sports enthusiast. The original poster (OP) watched the College World Series championship at the local sports bar. The pub believed that everyone shouldn't have to listen to the sounds of the screen and that the game would be broadcast in silence, so instead of enjoying the game and everything it had to offer, OP was forced to endure a subpar viewing experience.

Naturally, OP did not take well to this choice and chose to retaliate in the most ridiculous way imaginable. Having stated that, be sure to read the story below if you're interested in learning more about how OP resolved the dispute with the patrons in the bar! While you're at it, be sure to read the story of the micromanager who makes workers pay for the water bills of 'poor' outdoor laborers in an effort to prevent 'unnecessary' spending!

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    "Game on..."
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    The bar said patrons only want the jukebox, so I complied
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    I went to a local bar today to watch the College World Series final. Bartender says they can't play the sound for the game because more patrons want to play the jukebox than watch the game. There are about 12 people in the bar total, including my party of 4. This seems silly, seeing as how it's a sports bar and there aren't any other major sporting events occurring at the same time as this game.
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    I decide that since the patrons want the jukebox, the jukebox is what they'll get. I cue up the Cotton Eyed Joe by Rednex 6 times in a row and pay the extra to bump it to the front of the queue. After the first play through. The jukebox skips to a different song. We call the manager over, ask him to refund our jukebox money since he won't play our song,
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    and he says he'd rather listen to Cotton Eyed Joe 6 times than refund the money. He comes back a few minutes later, hands us $13 cash to cover the songs and turns on the sound for the baseball game. Turns out his patrons didn't want to listen to the jukebox that badly after all.
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    Deeeeeesee24 .22 hr. ago Mambo #5 was on repeat at Buffalo Wild Wings the last time we ate there. The server didn't notice it had played 4x in a row
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    boredterra 20 hr. ago As a server you start to tune out the radio. We often get stuck listening to the same Spotify/pandora playlist every day and even if there's 100 songs on there you get tired of them after of a few shifts. I don't think I'd notice if a song played 4x in a row unless we were super slow and there was nothing else to pay attention to
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    MrPureinstinct. 17 hr. ago Same with retail. I worked at Office Depot and the only music they had for the first two years I worked there were smaller European artists. I learned to tune out the music pretty quickly.
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    Reynard78 22 hr. ago LOL I found myself in a pub in country Victoria with a jukebox that had 'Surfin Bird' by the Trashmen. Needless to say all the regular patrons groaned as they registered the first couple of lyrics. By the end, everybody knew, everybody heard...
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    Pistol PeteWearn 21 hr. ago • Twenty years ago a friend of mine used to manage a bar, and if the punters were slow to leave at closing time he'd turn the jukebox up full and stick on 5 plays of Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush. If anyone complained he'd just say "but I love this song, and we've been listening to your tunes all night"
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    walesmd 1 day ago • My local dive bar had an Internet enabled jukebox with an app and my apartment was within the geofence to purchase songs. My roommate was also the lead bartender there. So much money spent on Barbie Girl while I was sitting there playing the XBox at home and she was at work.
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    Serious-Mode-5869 · 23 hr. ago When I was in high school, long ago, people would load the jukebox in the cafeteria with (Bye, bye Miss) American Pie. It's over 8 minutes long and people would throw food at the jukebox when they couldn't stand it anymore.
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    Saxboard4Cox · 21 hr. ago Back in the day in the mid 1980s my high school had a radio station. You could call them up and make all of the song requests you want. You could tell when the DJ was taking a break on air when they played Pink Floyd. They had an entire room full of vinyl records no jukebox. The radio station
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    is long gone now but we still have a few old radio station DJs in our class. The reunion committee is going to have one DJ our next scheduled event.
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    • AbramKedge 22 hr. ago I had to install an app on my phone and load up with credits to put a song on the jukebox in a pub. I had some credits left over, so I put Iron Sky by Paolo Nutini on there a couple of times a week for the next few months. It's grand being able to control the jukebox from the other end of the country.
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    • Puzzleheaded-Cup-854 1 day ago When I was in high school almost 30 years ago my brother and I would want to go play pool and the local spot was always packed with a very long line usually about 2 to 5 hours to get a table. We would put our names down, walk over to the Jukebox and play Dancing Queen on repeat a dozen times. At about the third time, the place would start emptying out and the line would move up very fast.
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    bokmann 20 hr. ago I hope you already had your food by then...
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    • grauenwolf 1 day ago Huh, that was a pretty fun song. But I wouldn't want to hear it 6 times in a row.
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    Somerset76 1 day ago How can they call themselves a sports bar if you can't hear the sports?
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    • Dcongo 18 hr. ago I've invested heavily in the "Happy Birthday" selection a few times after poor/ service. That was back before the juke boxes turned into digital wifi money vacuums. Note: Elvira seemed to do the same amount of annoyance too.
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    Severe-Replacement84 10 hr. ago • Did this with Barbie girl back in the day. After repeat #3 they caved also ②
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    Lowherefast · 18 hr. ago As a former bartender I hate this story. I'm just doing as I'm told. Regardless of the amount of people, if more than half want the juke box, that's what it is. Imo, baseball and golf sound isn't for a bar. It's for relaxing at home. And if I told you no and you trolled the juke box, I'd skip your songs
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    too and not refund since you were warned and were trolling. Downvote me. I had a chick who always played the Harry Potter theme when we were slammed. Skip. November rain. Skip. Bohemian rhapsody. Skip
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    HighOnGoofballs . 18 hr. ago You then tipped like 5% didn't you
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