Not A Relaxing Stroll Through the Park

"Walking through the park just the other day, baby. What do you, what do you think I saw?" More like, what do you I think I heard? It sure wasn't the lilting keyboard riff of Misty Mountain Hop. Instead it was the blaring, loud cacophony of radio commercials. Not songs, just commercials. All emanating from the myriad speakers scattered throughout the park.

Not the greatest picture. It's something that needs hearing more than seeing anyway. Besides even in real life the speakers and pole sort of blend into the background. This is not the first time I have traversed this park only to be met with the annoying sound of the radio. But this time I decided to find the source. Here it is:

Believe me when I asked the lady at the desk why they are blasting loud radio commercials instead of something quieter and more suitable to a park she had no idea what I was talking about. I was tempted to smash that system to bits but that would have only exacerbated all my problems. The way this is set up I find quite mind boggling. There are about twenty poles with speakers scattered throughout out the park. Yet somehow they all have wires that lead underground and back to the stereo in this office. That's a lot of work and for what? So people can be annoyed by crummy commercials and boring, redundant pop songs they have heard a million times before! I don't know about you but I despise Celine Dion even more when I hear her tinny voice blasting through tiny speakers.

The strange thing is no one seems to care. There were plenty of people sitting on benches chatting, playing checkers, or just hanging out.  Here is one lady who set up shop and was waiting for customers. 

There are always several mani/pedicurists plying their trade in this park. Once I was walking through and some lady ran up to me saying "Sir, Sir!" I thought she was going to ask if I wanted a mani/pedicure but instead she asked something else I will not repeat here.

Anyway, this park sucks. It's not pretty to look at it and even if it was you couldn't relax here because the radio is playing loudly all day.