Everyone knows it's over when the fat lady sings:
Yes, this store owner in liberal Austin, Texas is so fed up with the homelessness and crime that has taken up residence outside his door that he has taken matters into his own hands and cranked the Pavarotti up to 11.
From Breitbart:
Some 7-Eleven store owners across the country have resorted to blaring classical and opera music to deter homeless individuals from loitering outside their stores.
This has reportedly occurred in Austin, Texas, and in multiple California cities, where the homeless crisis has jeopardized the safety of local residents and small business owners.
This is happening all across America.
It's a direct result of what our politicians have done over the past three years or so.
Jag Patel, a 7-Eleven store owner in the Riverside neighborhood of Austin, recently started playing loud opera music to dissuade homeless people from hanging outside his storefront who made customers feel unsafe, Fox 7 reported. After hearing about the measure from other owners, he started using it and says it is working.
"Studies have shown that the classical music is annoying. Opera is annoying, and I'm assuming they are correct because it's working," Patel told the outlet.
Who knew? Homeless people hate high culture.
So much so that they will flee it.
(Or they just hate people singing loudly while they are trying to sleep off their drugs.)
The store owner noted that he felt he had to resort to drastic tactics to make his store area less dangerous. He said some homeless individuals were harassing female customers, soliciting money, and attacking customers, which drove away business.
This is a major problem. People like to talk about how this is mean to the addicts and crooks, but they never want to talk about the young women getting harassed and assaulted on the streets when you let this kind of lawless squalor gather.
Still, it's shocking that the problem could be solved with a little Mozart!
One customer, who works near Patel's store and is a customer, told Fox 7 he had to start carrying a knife due to how dangerous the area had become. He says he welcomes the loud music after noticing it reduced some of the safety issues in the area.
"Now since they've had this music going on, we have less traffic down with the homeless out here," said Joe Miranda. "It's helping out, it's not annoying to us because it doesn't bother us, but it bothers probably them because they're doing drugs."
Drugs and opera don't mix. Everyone knows that.
For the past few years in California, 7-Eleven store owners have reportedly been using the sounds of Pavarotti or Beethoven to deter transient individuals from causing problems for their establishments as the homeless crisis has simultaneously worsened in the state.
In north Hollywood, one 7-Eleven worker told NBC 4 in 2019 that since the store started using classical music, she noticed more customers were coming in because they felt safer.
"Now it's very busy, its more busy since the music and there are less homeless people," Sandra Andrade, a 7-Eleven store clerk, told the outlet.
We're now at the point of societal collapse where you have to go to the 7-Eleven if you need a touch of culture. What a time to be alive.
