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No Xmas cheer for shop assistants

Shop assistants in Austria were reported to have threatened to sue their employers for the “psychological terror” of in-store muzak, and in particular the use of Christmas songs. The local trade union called for stores to restrict Christmas music to departments selling Christmas gifts, and for a couple of hours a day only.

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