Xmas Music: Not Joy To All The World

It probably does not legally constitute a hostile work environment. And it might be overstating the case to suggest that it tests the limits of human endurance. But those who find themselves involuntarily listening to nonstop Christmas songs on the job know the answer to the musical question, “Do you hear what I hear?” “Mostly I tune it out,” said Stephanie Kilpatrick, standing at her kiosk in the Spokane Valley Mall as the Beach Boys hit the gas on “Little Saint Nick.” That, she admitted, can be easier said than done. Sandpoint’s Doug Kimball is retired. But he still winces when recalling the seasonal music marathon at the bank where he worked. “It was terrible, just awful … the endless, monotonous repetition”/ Paul Turner , SR. More here . (AP file illustration)