Texas and California 7-Elevens have been blasting classical and opera music at people loitering outside the stores, hoping to deter the homeless population to camp out elsewhere.
Texas 7-Elevens have been blasting classical music at people hanging around outside the stores, part of a national effort by the chain to disperse vagrants.around the country, including in Texas and California have started using roaring classical and opera music as a tactic to deter homeless people from camping out in front of their storefronts.
He says he's had to pay a professional to clean up needles. Others who work nearby say they've been attacked by homeless people. "I have to carry this big old knife with me just to defend myself, it's sad that you have to do that," Joe Miranda, who works nearby, told Fox 7. "Studies have shown that the classical music is annoying. Opera is annoying, and I'm assuming they are correct because it's working," he said.
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