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Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: PS2_-'_'-_PS2 on April 14, 2006, 10:27:32 AM: K i work at a supermarket stacking shelves on night shift, recently they enforced a new rule of no mp3 players which makes a 10 hour shift last a week. Any ideas on how to concleal an ipod and earphones?

We wear hats that can cover the ears since we work in the fridge bit of the supermarket, we thought that maybe we could stick the ipod in the hat but that looks incredibly stupid surprisngly, then wireless earphones...any inovative ideas?...and dont say get a part time job that doesnt suck :)
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: Viper_Fujax on April 14, 2006, 10:57:17 AM: i saw something on how kids in school were getting away with it.

One chick had it on a belt thing under her shirt, had the wire under a sweatshirt and up to her ear..her hair covered the wire, so im not sure if whatever you wear would cover that.
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: Paul2 on April 14, 2006, 11:06:29 AM: why did they enforced the new rule though?
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: Viper_Fujax on April 14, 2006, 11:08:09 AM: common sense says its a distraction. Its "work" not get payed listening to music.

im going to make a great asshole boss :D
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: Titan on April 14, 2006, 12:53:25 PM: Quote from: PS2_-\'_\'-_PS2
K i work at a supermarket stacking shelves on night shift, recently they enforced a new rule of no mp3 players which makes a 10 hour shift last a week. Any ideas on how to concleal an ipod and earphones?

We wear hats that can cover the ears since we work in the fridge bit of the supermarket, we thought that maybe we could stick the ipod in the hat but that looks incredibly stupid surprisngly, then wireless earphones...any inovative ideas?...and dont say get a part time job that doesnt suck :)

This is what I would do (best results are with hooded sweatshirts). Put the mp3 player in your pocket. Next, run the wire under your shirt. Have it come out behind yoru collar and into your ears where your earflaps will cover the wire and the budded headphones (you can only use budded headphones for this. Others would make it obvious).
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: (e) on April 14, 2006, 05:10:21 PM: There are hats that have speakers in them.... buy a pair, no one will realise your listening to music :D
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: Halberto on April 14, 2006, 06:04:34 PM: wireless headphones sound like they way to go. Just get a beanie to cover your ears too
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: mm on April 14, 2006, 06:35:17 PM: get a new job?
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: Living-In-Clip on April 14, 2006, 06:51:36 PM: Eh.

Either get a new job or just be a man and hide it.
:D

We\'re not suppose to where I work, but most of us do. Then again, we don\'t even really hide it. Kinda like looking at porn at work - not suppose to, but everyone does.
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: videoholic on April 14, 2006, 07:08:27 PM: Well personally as an adult, I would say that it\'s a liablity to have you wearing an IPod during stocking of shelves since you can\'t hear your surroundings.

So therefore you can be injured.

So therefore I would not allow you to listen to the music either.

And as long as you are willing to be fired, do what you want.
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: Living-In-Clip on April 14, 2006, 07:09:12 PM: Plus the chance of a fire alarm or any kind of drill and you would not be aware of it.
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: Titan on April 14, 2006, 07:45:50 PM: I listen to my mp3 player at work but I don\'t hide it. I work in an office stuffing envelopes and whatnot. I keep the volume low so I can hear around me, other than that, my bosses don\'t care.
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: PS2_-'_'-_PS2 on April 15, 2006, 06:00:17 AM: yeh, its not like its both earphones at full volume, we could easily hear the fire alarm, apparently it was a health and safety thing tho but i dont know why they are enforcing it now when they haven\'t cared for six months.

On getting another job, its possible, but not many jobs would let you work 10 hours a week for £7.50 (~$13) an hour so for the hours its probably worth keeping. Ah well, i guess the 5th harry potter audiobook will just have to wait til they dont care about it anymore...or i try the hooded idea 2nite...
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: Titan on April 15, 2006, 09:22:58 AM: Heh, Harry Potter audio? You nerd :p
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: Paul2 on April 15, 2006, 10:00:05 AM: lol, when i heard he said harry potter audio book, i thought he was kidding there. This have to be a joke, isn\'t it? You like harry potter story so badly, that you can\'t wait to listen to it at work?
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: THX on April 15, 2006, 10:08:42 AM: Just wear 1 earphone, run down through your shirt, until they yell at you. When they do, see if you can plead your case that just 1 at low volume won\'t affect anything.

Either that or bring a boombox.
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: PS2_-'_'-_PS2 on April 15, 2006, 12:16:32 PM: Hey! harry potter rocks! totally not kidding, i cba reading the books and listneing to them passes the time so much faster! well harry potter and the angels and airwaves album woo

Gonna give it a shot 2nite, i have wuite long hair, that coupled with a hat, scarf and hooded jumper it shud be easy to conceal, hopefully :s...ill update in 15 hours haha
Title: Use of portable music player dilema...
Post by: Paul2 on April 15, 2006, 12:44:39 PM: you would even try to wear a scarf just so you can listen to harry potter? I can\'t wait for the update. You funny.