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Tormenting Bums with Barney
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:17 am
by Jered
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment ... arassment/
Funniest thing I've read all day.
The people that live on the sidewalk would rather whine about the owner of a building playing music then move.
Re: Tormenting Bums with Barney
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:44 am
by HTRN
Your link is dead.
Re: Tormenting Bums with Barney
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:00 pm
by BDK
But the idea lives... (Googling armored outdoor loudspeakers...)
Re: Tormenting Bums with Barney
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2021 1:07 am
by Jered
HTRN wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:44 am
Your link is dead.
Stupid MSN.
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/activi ... arassment/
Re: Tormenting Bums with Barney
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2021 7:03 pm
by Vonz90
There was a 7-11 in CA years ago that made the news because they were playing Barry Manilow songs in the parking lot 24/7 to keep the gang bangers from hanging out. Supposedly it worked reasonably well.
Re: Tormenting Bums with Barney
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2021 11:29 pm
by HTRN
I seem to recall a retail establishment taking advantage of the fact that most middle aged adults have high frequency hearing loss, and teenagers don't, to keep said teenagers from loitering near their store...
Re: Tormenting Bums with Barney
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 5:16 am
by Windy Wilson
Vonz90 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 7:03 pm
There was a 7-11 in CA years ago that made the news because they were playing Barry Manilow songs in the parking lot 24/7 to keep the gang bangers from hanging out. Supposedly it worked reasonably well.
There was another one in southern California that is still playing classical music to chase the bums away. Amazingly, it works.
Re: Tormenting Bums with Barney
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:31 pm
by Combat Controller
Windy Wilson wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2021 5:16 am
Vonz90 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 7:03 pm
There was a 7-11 in CA years ago that made the news because they were playing Barry Manilow songs in the parking lot 24/7 to keep the gang bangers from hanging out. Supposedly it worked reasonably well.
There was another one in southern California that is still playing classical music to chase the bums away. Amazingly, it works.
They 7-11 in downtown Orlando plays very loud classical and it works too.
Re: Tormenting Bums with Barney
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 5:19 pm
by Termite
Southern Rock, aka Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, Charlie Daniels, etc seems to work pretty well too. Not to mention David Allan Coe..
Re: Tormenting Bums with Barney
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 6:41 am
by Windy Wilson
Combat Controller wrote: ↑Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:31 pm
They 7-11 in downtown Orlando plays very loud classical and it works too.
Any theories on why it works?