Originally Posted By montunoman
I Don’t like it but it’s the norm at most venues. I’m OK as long as the sound is off...

I recently quit performing at a nursing home because whenever I got there the
TV would be blaring. The activities director never seemed to be around and I would be the one who had to turn it off. Some of the more senile residents would get agitated..... I tried to tell them very nicely that I was there to play music for them and I had to turn off the TV, but some of them didn’t want me to interrupt the Gun Smoke” marathon!.... Tuff crowd!


For a scheduled activity there should be an employee there to run things such as turning off the TV. Stuff like this is one reason I quit. Once I played a place (Nursing home) and they had no employees there at all. One woman was asking me to get her a blanket and I tried to explain as nicely as possible that an aide should be along to help with that, but the woman continued to complain loudly during the rest of the activity. At a later time, the AD called and wanted me back and I said I would not come back and explained why. She agreed with me and said if I returned that she would make sure the activity was properly supervised. And she made good on her word but that was probably the exception.

But yes, turn the TVs off!