What's your Headphone Policy?

[StarSign]

Curious to hear what everyone's policy is on earbuds/headphones in your production areas.

 

[bdw99]

We are a 2 man show in production, guess it depends on what all your production consists of but we use earbuds, just keep only one in so we can still hear what's going on and communicate.

 

[Smoke_Jaguar]

Printers make weird noises when shit is going on, so I tell people to use their senses. If the operators are getting terrible pay, I just shrug and figure they are only paying for part of the person's mental bandwidth.

 

[Humble PM]

One ear in when punters are on prem - lets me catch calls, listen to machines, and hear when fools are wandering in.

Two ears when I have the house, or production doors are shut and energy needed.

No ears when I'm concerned that stuff might be interesting.

No ears and amp + speakers when punters are on prem, door is closed, energy needed and a sonic DND is required to discourage interuptions. And A+S+volume, when fast energy music is needed to kill the last jobs in the evening (helps me to not hear how out of tune I can be).

 

[JBurton]

Huh?
*removes airpod*

I get onto folks when they use them in the office, like if I can't walk in and start interfacing with you, there is a problem. Either turn it down low enough that you can hear me at your door, or get rid of one.
For production, it just depends. Driving a million nails while trimcapping gets to be a headache...
For install, you can have one in for phone calls, but don't let me catch you jamming out with it. I personally ask siri to divide by whatever or verify dimensions.

 

[crashaffinity]

We don't have a policy per se at our shop but i use bone conduction so i can listen to a tune but still hear everything around me.

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

they always fall out of my ear

 

[FireSprint.com]

One earbud here at FireSprint. They need to be able to hear around them.

 

[Glavin_ID]

We are a one ear shop as well. Exceptions for situations where a machine is running that would require ear protection.

 

[ecilop]

No earbuds here. We need to be able to hear each other, and a printer or other piece of equipment making unusual noises. There's also the "LaLa Land" factor when people are listening to something and aren't paying attention to what they are doing.

 

[Johnny Best]

In the shop is a “hey google “speaker with Frédéric Chopin’, Warren Zevonmuor Blind Faith music. The gym is the only place I wear ear buds, if a call comes in I will text back and call back when I finish. Table saws and printers are music to my ears.