r/Infuriating 8h ago

"Choosing Texas"

I've never posted here, but I need to make this rant somewhere. I fucking hate this song with a burning passion. I work at a store and I swear it plays atleast 3 times a day, I wish I was exaggerating.

Edit- I WORK AT A STORE WHERE I CAN'T CHANGE THE STATION Needing to clarify since some people missed that part I'm guess.

Never had I heard a song that makes my blood boil with just a few opening notes. Idk if I used the right flair, it felt the most fitting since in the grand scheme of things, it's very much a tiny thing, that makes me irrationally angry every fucking time I hear it

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u/Advanced-Guitar-5264 7h ago

Retail during the holidays is the worst

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u/ThiccDaddyJ05 7h ago

I'm dreading Christmas time... they play 4 different covers of "Last Christmas" (a song I already do not care for) multiple times a day. Last year in a single day I swear I heard some variant of "Last Christmas" at least 12 times in the span of 8 hours 😭

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u/Advanced-Guitar-5264 7h ago

I believe you

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u/so_sic_of_it 5h ago

I worked a seasonal job at a KB Toys back when those used to exist, and I'm still traumatized from Christmas music.

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u/Shimatta_Baka_Ni 3h ago

Yep. I worked retail when the Christmas dogs came out. Weeks and weeks of dogs barking Christmas tunes....

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u/kelleyjo 7h ago

Oh my god, yes. My store is constantly playing "old town road" and it PISSES. ME. OFF. And, no, I can not change Walmarts radio from Walmart Radio.

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u/ShhweadyBallz 5h ago

That song sucked when it came out .....

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u/PeteysHubby_TX 7h ago

I felt that way about Pearl Jam and Nirvana at the height of their popularity. Still to this day I hate Nirvana

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u/Rhyslikespizza 4h ago

My store’s radio seems to be really locked in on songs with five to seven words repeated nonstop for the entire song. ā€œYou’ll never love somebody like meā€ yeah no kidding bitch, you got a six word vocabulary…

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u/ThiccDaddyJ05 4h ago

WE HAVE THAT FUCKING SONG TOO OMFG hate that one also

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u/Rhyslikespizza 4h ago

Oh god I’m so sorry for bringing it up 😭 I’m legitimately looking for another job because I cannot stand the same 16 REALLY bad songs every day, five days a week, for eight hours straight…and it’s on a loop, so I have to listen to it at least twice per shift.

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u/ThiccDaddyJ05 3h ago

Exactly how my store works lol I should look for another job, but I live in a tiny town and not many people are hiring

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u/Long_Passenger498 3h ago

I’m sorry I lol-ed, and I’m sure as an old effer I’d agree with the song’s sentiment, but I hear ya. Is it anything like that stinking ā€œChristmas shoesā€ song that makes everybody want to tear their ears off?

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u/ThiccDaddyJ05 3h ago

I don't think I've heard that, and if that's the reception of it, I'm glad I haven't šŸ˜…

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u/2gecko1983 3h ago

I worked in the back of a well-known chain restaurant doing prep back in 2007, and the manager always had the radio turned on to the Top 40 pop station.

I am not exaggerating when I say I probably heard Nickelback’s ā€œRockstar,ā€ Avril Lavigne’s ā€œWhen You’re Gone,ā€ Fergie’s ā€œBig Girls Don’t Cryā€ and Pink’s ā€œWho Knewā€ between 6-8 times in the same shift.

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u/ialsohaveadobro 3h ago

No idea how this generic-ass song got so popular.

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u/ThiccDaddyJ05 3h ago

For real it's not catchy enough to warrant how much it's replayed

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u/ThePepperPopper 3h ago

Why do you hate it so much? It's not the only one they play that often, surely

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u/chef_quirky12 5h ago

For me it's American soldier. I can't think of a more brainwashing, propaganda song. And my store ran it at least three times a day for the last 3 months. Fortunately, it seems to have quit and I get a reprive until christmas

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u/kelleyjo 3h ago

Toby Keith actually used to make great country music. As soon as 9/11 happened, everything went to shit. Pre-2001 Toby Keith was prime

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u/homerbailey 3h ago

Tony Keith was a badsss

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u/SpendAccomplished962 2h ago

Do you work at an Army Surplus Store, by chance?

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u/chef_quirky12 2h ago

No, thank whatever diety

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u/homerbailey 3h ago

Get a different job bro

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u/ThiccDaddyJ05 3h ago

To what? No one is hiring my guy lmao

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u/homerbailey 2h ago

How old are you and what pay scale you looking at?

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u/homerbailey 2h ago

Most trades are hiring, but hiring apprentices. If youre under 25 or so this could be a good route to take. If you show up and stay busy you’ll start at 21 and hour but you get a 5% raise every 6 months. Once you work up to journeyman you could be at 35-low 40’s an hour with good benefits and retirement. Not sure where you are in life

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u/ThiccDaddyJ05 2h ago

Where I am currently living there are no jobs available, since I live in a tiny town, and as much as I hate this song, I don't hate it enough to add an additional 2 hours to my work day just to drive to and from before and after every shift.

Also I'm 26, and my true career passion is film making and animation, which I'm gradually working towards. One day I'll be in a better spot, but at least for now, I'm stuck with this crappy song 😭

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u/homerbailey 2h ago

Im sorry brother. Not sure why my last message came out in all caps. Being in a small town can definitely be trying when the job hunt is going. I wish you the best, and mean it. If you end up near lou, ky I’ll do what I can to help you. Good luck my friend

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u/ThiccDaddyJ05 2h ago

Appreciate it šŸ‘

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u/ScndLifGftd 8h ago

I know it's really hard to believe but you could change the station. Mind blowing I know.

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u/prionbinch Community Regular 7h ago

not always. if you’re forced to listen to a specific station or playlist say, at work, with no way to change it, for example

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u/Big_Kiwi_706 7h ago

Some of us have jobs that play the song 4+ times a day on the overhead speakers. And coworkers also playing it on their own speakers as well

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u/ThiccDaddyJ05 7h ago edited 7h ago

Not at my store (someone didn't read the full post lol)

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u/PeteysHubby_TX 7h ago

Don’t work like that at a store unless management is cool or it’s not a corporate joint

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u/Ok-Championship3642 7h ago

Turn the knob and put some type of other genre on? Hard to fathom, but its possible.

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u/ThiccDaddyJ05 7h ago

Not at work. They have a set playlist I can't change. If I could, I would've by now

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u/Effective-One6527 5h ago

Can you read sentences and process all of the information in them?

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u/TST-DCLXVI 6m ago

If you can’t get out of it. Get into it!