David, of
Ironic Sans, had a great idea for a special "skip" button on jukeboxes:
I’ve heard “Margaritaville” about 500
times too many on jukeboxes in bars. It might be worth five bucks to me
to be able to skip that song the next time someone plays it. Someone
should make a jukebox that features a big “SKIP” button and charge five
bucks to use it. I think five dollars is just the right amount. It’s
high enough that someone won’t keep skipping songs just to be a jerk,
but low enough that I can afford to skip that one song that I really
just can’t stand to hear one more time.
That idea made me realize I'd be quite willing to pay five dollars in a
restaurant if I could cancel an adjacent table's order of a fried
calamari appetizer. Fried calamari is, in my experience, the
stinkiest dish one can order in a restaurant, followed by fish 'n'
chips. Fried calamari truly reeks, as even rabid seafood lovers
will admit. And if you're a vegetarian, fried calamari is a
direct whiff of hell. I'd gladly pay five dollars not to have my
own meal ruined by someone else's second-hand fried calamari fumes, and
the restaurant would still profit.
