Minimalist design trends usually to blame for noisy restaurants, audio expert says

[proboardslol]

Couple of my favorite restaurants are like this, but i kind of like it. Ones a korean restaurant thats barebones. Concrete floor, metal walls, its basically in a garage. They have kpop blaring at peak hours. The other one is a ramen place run by white people and its jam packed and fucking crowded

[Thelurker1234]

[QUOTE=grob;52624255]You know, I hate to be rude; but why are people becoming so complacent with not able to handle things? I see it a lot recently; as if people are fishing for pity bucks. If you wanna talk about something being ridiculous, the noise in restaurants is not it.

You started crying in public while out with friends/family because other people talking was "stressing you out too much"? Come on. Really?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=AtomicSans;52624271]How do you lack this much empathy[/QUOTE]
It's not empathy he lacks, it's knowledge of basic human physiology.

Constant loud noises are harmful and very damaging. It's not that hard, and as OP points out, many restaurants are at a level where goddamn HEARING PROTECTION would be traditionally required.

[SleepyAl]

I have fibromyalgia and I guess that's why I also tend to have sensory overload. Loud noises tend to just blur every sound together and I can't focus on any one voice so I basically can't hear anything, and at the same time my whole body just starts to ache since the pain is basically the only thing I can focus on.

I quickly learned in college that parties were not the environment for me because cramped spaces + weird colored lights + loud as fuck music basically made me deaf to anything other than bass from the speakers. I'd end up sitting in a corner alone because I literally could not hear someone right in front of my face, even though everyone else could somehow communicate and hear fine, and I needed something to focus on like the cup I was holding or my phone to keep myself from freaking out.

Even today if a restaurant is loud as hell or cramped I'll just leave or get my food to go. I prefer small, non-crowded joints because I can actually talk to people and feel comfortable. And if a restaurant or cafe has shitty high-chairs, stools, or uncomfortable non-padded booths I won't eat there because its transparently obvious [URL="https://ny.eater.com/2015/11/5/9676114/comfortability-rant-siestema"]the restaurant purchased uncomfortable seats to get you to eat then gtfo[/URL].

[Dr.C]

I noticed that Cheesecake Factory is like this. It's always really fucking loud there. In fact, a lot of "hip" bay area restaurants are like this. They're either loud for this reason or loud because they're really cramped

[Demache]

We don't have tons of ultra minimalist restaurants, but I've personally noticed that phenomenon. Especially in bars with open designs, that are already noisy. Eventually the constant noise is so draining that I don't even want to be inside anymore, and I just go outside to go talk to the people smoking. 20F, snowing and all I have is a sweatshirt, but it is just so relaxing I love it. All you hear is a car drive by every few minutes and the person next to you.

Its kinda why I hate going to bars now. Not being in the bar is the best part.

[dai]

[QUOTE=gokiyono;52625190]Couldn't they just get something like this

[t]http://i.imgur.com/ltN2yZN.jpg[/t]

We had those at my classroom at my first school, and they were crazy good at removing noise[/QUOTE]

you'll find these in noodles & co restaurants. Doesn't help with open seating's line-of-sight noise, but reduces the dull echoing roar you'd otherwise get back a bunch of people talking in a tall room

I forgot to add, this isn't just a phase with restaurants, but one that hit the office culture scene pretty fucking hard. It was (still is?) trendy to cut down cubicles so they're open across the entire way. Sure it lets a lot more light in and makes an office feel WAY less stuffy, but I've got shit to get done, have 10 employees who can't help but end up looking over my shoulder at my computer at any given time, and I can hear chatter and phone calls from halfway across the building. It adds brain fog and little else

[Bahamut88]

The sound of screaming/crying kids stresses and annoys the fuck out of me. And it's even worse when the parents do nothing to stop it.

[IlluminatiRex]

I love Buffalo Wild Wing's food, but god damn going there is a noise nightmare, i can barely hear someone seated right next to me.

[Freezorg]

[QUOTE=Richardroth;52633599]The sound of screaming/crying kids stresses and annoys the fuck out of me. And it's even worse when the parents do nothing to stop it.[/QUOTE]

I wish people had the common decency to even [I]try[/I] to stop their failed abortions from shouting at the top of their lungs, but a lot of times they not only don't try, they seem to give off this entitled aura like they're gonna snap at you if you even [I]dare[/I] to suggest the idea that their toddler wailing is a nuisance.

[TheNickle]

I usually tend to avoid the noisiest of restaurants. There's a Chinese restaurant near my house that sometimes has a full house of customers yet it's super quiet, it's heaven for me. A lot of space as well, good cheap food. There's another Chinese restaurant in another suburb which everyone says "is the best" and gets high ratings on the internet was is also very loud, very hectic and has very little space to move around. There was someone who even threw their plate to the ground out of anger because they didn't get their food. Yeah the food was good but I don't want to have to deal with that every time I enter the place.

Noisy restaurants are usually the shittest.

[MedicWine]

I've always wanted to eat somewhere like [url=https://youtu.be/K0AIJ24OMQw?t=2932]this[/url]

Aside from the vibe, you know the food's gotta be delicious and taste super homemade.

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Also purely anecdotal but I worked in an open kitchen for years and often times the dining room would be so loud from the roar of people talking at once that we had to use "outside voice" as inside voice to hear each other. It's crazy how (since people at restaurants tend to hivemind and all leave at once for some reason) you can go from screaming "PASS ME THE THING" "WHAT?" to the room being so quiet customers to can hear you from across the dining room, all in a matter of 20 minutes or so.

It's actually really funny when you're in the middle of this crazy loud ass environment and then all of sudden there's only two tables left. You're just standing there like, "So... We can [I]actually[/I] talk to each other for the first time, even though we've been interacting for 45 minutes... How are you, I guess?"

[Demache]

[QUOTE=Richardroth;52633599]The sound of screaming/crying kids stresses and annoys the fuck out of me. And it's even worse when the parents do nothing to stop it.[/QUOTE]

There's always that fucking kid. The one that screams like a banshee for god knows what reason. The parent doesn't take the kid outside or to the restroom. Hell they don't even acknowledge them, they just carry on talking to their SO or friend like nothing is happening. Causing the kid to get even more worked up. And I'm over here with blood running down my ears.