Oh how I wish I had your problems.

Used to be here in Seattle sub-contractors'd bring in their Big Speakers and treat the entire project (of homes) to some of their favorite tunes, typically heavy (ANGRY) metal, at Tip-TOP volume. They even shared their obnoxious commercials -- also at Tip TOP volume -- with everyone in the fucking County. Wanna communicte with your fellow workers? Good luck. Don't like the 'music'? Tough.

Till project managers woke up told them they had to leave that shit at home. Now the good projects have a list of Rules for the Clueless.

Isn't that why God invented Headphones?

It's Trump's fault. Right @2?

I heartily endorse this IA. And no diss on BOH, but ot's an extra-special situation when you're hired to DJ at a bar and the kitchen radio is blaring so much, you think you should just pack up and go home out of mercy for the patrons. Well, you probably should regardless, but the fucking bar hired you.

Options:

ask mgmt
Demand mgmt

waltz in and unplug it

tip the cook with set of earbuds next time
(is portable music cheap?)
and hope they don't spit in your food

tip the cook $10 to shut it off till you finish (@6)

Ask the guy nicely if he wouldn't mind turning it down for a bit ...
you could even start with that.

IA please go back and throw a huge adult sized tantrum. And then continue patronizing them as if it never happened.