You don't like it? Fine then, earbuds are banned, we'll just pipe in muzak to the 4th floor, work rooms, and warehouses.

Also, nipple clamps to keep you alert. But only one at a time.

Hey, its not all that bad. You still get to impress recent transplants by saying, "yeah, ya know, I work at Powells...."

Shit, this isn't Powells, is it (the only other big one left in town is B&N, and they're full-corporate)? If it is, what does your UNION have to say about this?

I hear the pain, and have no love for corporate culture, but I gotta call #FirstWorldProblems on this one. You're on the clock, and gotta be able to communicate easily with coworkers and insecure managers who perhaps while dicks, themselves have bigger dicks dicking down upon them.

.: Zen into that one glorious earbud!