Christmas time is a period of joy and excitement, and perhaps a healthy level of stress, for most.
Yet, for some members of society - those who work in retail or in customer-facing roles - Christmas is a time to be be hounded by a seemingly 247 in-store Christmas soundtrack, put on to keep customers, who might each spend only minutes listening as they pop into the shop, satisfied and feeling festive.
But what about those who have to spend whole shifts helping serve perhaps hundreds of customers a day with the same 12 or so Christmas songs on repeat? What about those who go home with a tinny echo of Jingle Bell Rock stuck between their ears.
