The short playlist, played repeatedly, seems to be keeping people from hanging out. But some are critical of the tactic.
CHICAGO - Walgreens is the latest chain to blast classical music outside some of its stores to deter people from loitering.
“I thought maybe their system was like stuck playing the same track over and over again from Halloween or something like that,” a man outside the store said. According to Deerfield, Illinois-based Walgreens, there is no hard data behind it, but it may be working. Opera is the genre of choice for 7-Eleven stores. A few in Chicago also played music to deter loitering.“It’s essentially treating them as less than human and treating them as a nuisance, whereas, there are folks that are in need of housing and support,” said Doug Schenkelberg, executive director of Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.
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