That reminds me of a time that I visited my dad’s office at Steelcase as a kid and heard the Muzak version of Coolio’s “Gangster’s Paradise” playing over the speakers. I never forgot that.
Sorry to hear that you lost your headphone rights, NURB. I would really miss my personal entertainment if it was taken away from me. I use a pair of Sennheiser open-air headphones while at work and depending on how loud they are, I can hear pretty much everything else going on around me. I think open air headphones are the way to go because I am not totally tuned out to my surroundings, but I can still pretend that I am when the most annoying guy in the office tries to get my attention about something useless.