The noisy Liquid Bread Bar fell silent.
For other shows, a bit of noise was fine, but this was a music competition. If anyone made a sound, these workers had short tempers.
Old Mike shot a glare at the coworker showing off his phone, but his mind was still on what he'd heard about the song coming from it.
If it was really like he said, where anyone who called you had to listen to a designated song...
'That's actually pretty interesting.'
Being different from others—or, to put it another way, personalization—is a universal human desire.
Otherwise, showing up in the same outfit as someone else wouldn't be so awkward.
The strength of this desire was directly proportional to the amount of spare cash on hand.
When you were broke, nobody cared about such things. But with a little money, you started thinking about them more.
The more professional term for it was "providing emotional value."
