Go up to the front desk, or ask for the manager. Ask politely if the channel on those TVs - or a few - or even ONE of those TVs - can be changed. Ask them. You might get a favorable result. Maybe nobody’s stepped up and complained yet. So how would they know it’s offensive if nobody speaks up?
If you’re rebuffed, at least your objection has been voiced. And if your request gets turned down, then put it in writing. Send it to management. And tell them you’ve been a loyal paying customer but you can’t abide by all the TVs turned ONLY to Fox News. (I call it Pox Noise but your letter is not the only place for insults. You’re playing it straight in this). AND TELL THEM that you asked politely to have the channel changed and were turned down. Express your regrets that your concerns were rebuffed and add that you may have to find a different place to work out, if your customer request is ignored like this. Be polite, but firm.
You are now on the record. You just cast a vote. So at the very least, management knows not all their customers are happy with their choice of stations. Someone higher up the food chain is gonna notice, and have the channel changed.
I did this myself and had both results. At our neighborhood bank, they had Pox Noise on the monitor. I complained to the teller when I got to the teller window. Next time, nothing had changed. So I complained a second time - to a different teller. Third time I went in there, STILL nothing had changed. So I complained AGAIN, as soon as I finished my transaction with yet another teller. Fourth time? Hey! They had CNBC on there!
Just out of curiosity, I went over to the manager’s desk and commented - “hey! I just noticed you switched away from Fox News! Wow - that’s GREAT! I just wanted to thank you! It’s MUCH appreciated!” And then I added - “I’m just curious - what made you guys change it?” The manager replied “we’ve had complaints.”
Now I don’t know if others complained, too, or if it was just those several complaints of mine. Doesn’t matter! Makes NO DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER!!! The only thing that matters is that the damn channel got changed!
On the other hand, there was this restaurant at the airport in Camarillo that had Pox Noise on a big flat screen. After we’d ordered, I asked our server if the channel could be changed. She went away and evidently asked. She returned and said that wouldn’t be possible. The owner had decreed that it ALWAYS be tuned to Pox Noise.
In that case you concede. Don’t make a fuss but decide you’re never eating there again. You might leave that verbal reminder with the server, at the end, after you’ve eaten and you’re paying your tab. quietly and politely to ask that they pass along to the owner that he just lost a customer because of his refusal to accommodate your wish as a paying customer not to have your meal ruined by a constant barrage of Fox News on the big screen.
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