Only had to compete with the TV when I worked the bar circuit, and they kept the volume turned off all the time. Then, of course, there was new year's eve when some damned fool would turn on the TV to watch the ball drop. I played NYE the same location for 15 years and put a stop to the TV by turning off the circuit breaker that fed the TV plug. After a couple years, no one even tried turning it on on NYE. I always turned the breaker back on before leaving to go home.

Gary cool
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