As new construction plumbers, I can see a longstanding job where there is just open areas in a big building, non-interfering I can see it as a no brainer.
In service plumbing, there are only a handful of situations available that it is even plausible.
There are only a few times I can do it. Faucet replacements in the wall where I'm sitting in the tub for some time, water heater replacement or water softener installation. If I'm doing a kitchen sink install/rework, maybe.
Has to be where it's not affecting anything what the customer is doing, nothing that has them turning up tvs or what not.
To define the radio...
The only "music" I can listen to and keep all parties happy would be WGUC which is classical music. No rock, no heavy metal or country music that someone would object to. Classical/orchestra music always creates a welcoming of sorts, almost creates a work atmosphere that is domineering from what the last guy did.
I've had people chime in and discuss the classical music with me, and then I bring up (for example) how many players I've worked for in the CSO (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) and what I did for them.
Yes, I'll listen to "other" music if I'm working in an empty house, but that's it.
But most of all, I'll work listening to local talk AM radio. Nothing Political AT ALL. That's the worse thing you can do. But local radio is "safe" and I just keep almost inaudible, slightly above where I can catch bits and pieces of local conversations of what's happening in my area.
I've had people ask me before I started, "Would you like a radio on?"
or
They'll turn on their radio in another part of the house and listen to the exact same station after hearing the topic of convo on the radio.
Now in the spring, I listen to the Cincinnati Reds for an entirely different reason than most; the nostalgia sounds of Marty Brennaman and the times my dad used to listen to it working on the weekends at the house, me growing up as a kid.
As I've aged I've been wanting to relive these timess of past because someday that's going to change.
People in my area are by default a Cincinnati Reds fan and they love hearing it play. Rarely have I had anyone say no to the idea. Of course, certain customers you walk into their home and they have a radio going...then it's not needed.
Had a few that heard my radio playing and came in, started a discussion and then I turn the radio off and work in convo the rest of the way.
It's not a bad thing...it's a way to pass the time on a job that might take more than a couple/three hours.
Listening to myself work is destructive, and I cannot stand it.
Keep in mind that the entire work industry has gravitated to this idea of using background music into their workplace. Not all; some workplaces are too dangerous for such noise levels but in the regular, it's common practice.
If I'm called to a house to fix numerous items in a home, all over the house? No radio, ever. Reworking the water lines in a basement all day? Yes, I'm going for the radio.
In service plumbing, there are only a handful of situations available that it is even plausible.
There are only a few times I can do it. Faucet replacements in the wall where I'm sitting in the tub for some time, water heater replacement or water softener installation. If I'm doing a kitchen sink install/rework, maybe.
Has to be where it's not affecting anything what the customer is doing, nothing that has them turning up tvs or what not.
To define the radio...
The only "music" I can listen to and keep all parties happy would be WGUC which is classical music. No rock, no heavy metal or country music that someone would object to. Classical/orchestra music always creates a welcoming of sorts, almost creates a work atmosphere that is domineering from what the last guy did.
I've had people chime in and discuss the classical music with me, and then I bring up (for example) how many players I've worked for in the CSO (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) and what I did for them.
Yes, I'll listen to "other" music if I'm working in an empty house, but that's it.
But most of all, I'll work listening to local talk AM radio. Nothing Political AT ALL. That's the worse thing you can do. But local radio is "safe" and I just keep almost inaudible, slightly above where I can catch bits and pieces of local conversations of what's happening in my area.
I've had people ask me before I started, "Would you like a radio on?"
or
They'll turn on their radio in another part of the house and listen to the exact same station after hearing the topic of convo on the radio.
Now in the spring, I listen to the Cincinnati Reds for an entirely different reason than most; the nostalgia sounds of Marty Brennaman and the times my dad used to listen to it working on the weekends at the house, me growing up as a kid.
As I've aged I've been wanting to relive these timess of past because someday that's going to change.
People in my area are by default a Cincinnati Reds fan and they love hearing it play. Rarely have I had anyone say no to the idea. Of course, certain customers you walk into their home and they have a radio going...then it's not needed.
Had a few that heard my radio playing and came in, started a discussion and then I turn the radio off and work in convo the rest of the way.
It's not a bad thing...it's a way to pass the time on a job that might take more than a couple/three hours.
Listening to myself work is destructive, and I cannot stand it.
Keep in mind that the entire work industry has gravitated to this idea of using background music into their workplace. Not all; some workplaces are too dangerous for such noise levels but in the regular, it's common practice.
If I'm called to a house to fix numerous items in a home, all over the house? No radio, ever. Reworking the water lines in a basement all day? Yes, I'm going for the radio.
