Austin 7-Eleven owner says he is using opera music as a deterrent against homeless people | KVUE

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  • čas přidán 13. 01. 2023
  • Owner Jagat Patel said he has been playing the music nonstop. Customers tell him it's working.
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Komentáře • 329

  • @milsurprifles6346
    @milsurprifles6346 Před rokem +175

    The uncensored version of this interview is 🔥

    • @joesalinaz275
      @joesalinaz275 Před rokem +14

      The uncensored one is very informative and customer service worthy 😂

    • @bucknasty176
      @bucknasty176 Před rokem +4

      100 percent

    • @jgreed5
      @jgreed5 Před rokem +14

      I think the uncensored is fake. Voice ain’t the same 😂

    • @SEATTLEPOSEIDON32
      @SEATTLEPOSEIDON32 Před rokem +6

      The funniest thing ever😂

    • @whitneyallen9468
      @whitneyallen9468 Před rokem +5

      He said “uncensored” how comical 🤣

  • @junkboxxxxxx
    @junkboxxxxxx Před rokem +46

    My highschool did this over the intercom to drive out the students at the end of the day. It really worked

    • @betsyj59
      @betsyj59 Před rokem +7

      Says a lot about our society. Opera music is now intolerable but that mechanized corporate manufactured drek that is called music today is not only tolerated but appreciated everywhere.

  • @joedale7776
    @joedale7776 Před rokem +46

    Im in that store every day. I was wondering why they were playing opera music all the time.

  • @jesuschrist7598
    @jesuschrist7598 Před rokem +99

    I love opera and classical music! GIVING THAT 7 Eleven much business!

  • @freebein
    @freebein Před rokem +24

    There is a walgreens in Albuquerque nm that does this but it is very very loud. It reaches over half a mile to a Walmart parking lot, which surprisingly has seen a huge drop in panhandlers.

  • @randallraker
    @randallraker Před rokem +44

    I’ve got the alternate interview where Mr Patel tells it like it is! 😂

  • @oceanblue888
    @oceanblue888 Před rokem +19

    When I moved back to Austin recently, It was sad to find out a 7-11 that I used to frequently shop there was permanently closed! I wondered if it had the same fate as this one. Homeless has becoming an alarming issue in many major cities!

    • @astro54541
      @astro54541 Před 11 měsíci +2

      As someone who travels Texas frequently…… All cities have it, Austin is just on a whole other level ! I live in Dallas, and it’s not even comparable. Austin is the absolute worst !

    • @AwesomeBabyBoomer
      @AwesomeBabyBoomer Před 9 měsíci

      And it has gotten worse since a bunch of brain dead libtards have started running Austin.

  • @TXFRWYGYPSY
    @TXFRWYGYPSY Před rokem +33

    Support this 100%

  • @BruthaVIII
    @BruthaVIII Před rokem +8

    2:42 "One owner in California told the Modest Bee..." 🤣 It's the Modesto Bee.

  • @geoengineering5405
    @geoengineering5405 Před rokem +27

    I love classical music

  • @kentGrey
    @kentGrey Před rokem +162

    1:50 Her cognitive dissonance is breath-taking. Playing opera is obnoxious but badgering people for money and throwing used needles over the fence is perfect etiquette. Honestly, hearing her talk makes me less mad at the guy in SF that turned the hose on that homeless woman.

    • @punkypinko2965
      @punkypinko2965 Před rokem +1

      The people who live next to the 7-11 have their own rights and their own opinions, even if you don't like them for whatever reason. The homeless people are annoying and so is the music. Both can be true. Ok, I don't like solicitors constantly knocking on my door, so I'll play super loud death metal to keep them away, who cares if it annoys my neighbors. You're not allowed to disturb everyone around you just because you don't like someone else. I will say this: hats off that the store owner isn't being violent. The music is nice touch, but neighbors have a right to complain about him just like he has a right to complain about homeless people.

    • @ce2flaco
      @ce2flaco Před rokem

      Useless eaters with opinions. Modern America. He should mount 50 cal emplacements on the roof. Korean style.

    • @dannyc7227
      @dannyc7227 Před rokem +15

      Hey man! What’s wrong with a few dozen dirty needles laying around and human waste on the street!? It’s not like it drives away business from hard working people! Let them be!
      I say, he needs to turn down the music and offer FREE food and warm shelter for these people inside his store!

    • @heyitsrayrui
      @heyitsrayrui Před rokem +10

      Why are you mad at a guy trying to give out a free shower?

    • @llunaeldas8055
      @llunaeldas8055 Před rokem +12

      This is why you don't vote Democrat. Js. All their cities look like this.

  • @kez01
    @kez01 Před rokem +102

    Love this guy. Most of the time, Austin police won't do anything about the homeless camping on people's properties even though it's illegal in Austin. The best option is to do it yourself. Don't listen to these people who obviously never dealt with them in their whole lives

    • @stephaniecantu6381
      @stephaniecantu6381 Před rokem

      Austin police cant really do anything about this. Since austin is pro homeless there’s so much you have to do in order to take homeless out. Adler and the city council pretty much brought the homeless to austin.

    • @RM-lk1so
      @RM-lk1so Před rokem

      What about the WELL ORGANIZED MILITIA?

    • @mrnasty02106
      @mrnasty02106 Před rokem

      I didn't know that (neither do I know Austin, TX). That's part of the PD's job. We do it in Chicago (as much as I loathe CPD and the city itself). Yes, DIY or the problem persists.

    • @ramiromares7617
      @ramiromares7617 Před 11 měsíci

      Privileged POS

    • @Cheerleader644860
      @Cheerleader644860 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Ehhh I'd just give them what they want tho and provide for them also as well as my own family.

  • @yumikodebold6197
    @yumikodebold6197 Před rokem +18

    That's one smart man.🙏

  • @M3spooni
    @M3spooni Před rokem +26

    To that “lady” complaining, maybe should of made better life choices to where you need to sleep outside.

    • @scrappy93
      @scrappy93 Před rokem +1

      While I have no issue with the dude you come off just as ignorant as the female druggie.

    • @MOllySixxxCA
      @MOllySixxxCA Před rokem

      Your country is a 💩hole where every citizen is 1 paycheck or 1 major surgery away that insurance won’t cover from going into financial ruin. Just remember that 😂 here’s hoping you get some form of cancer in the near future that your insurance won’t cover, disgusting Amerilard

    • @kfresne3011
      @kfresne3011 Před 10 měsíci

      I think she lives in a nearby apt bldg

    • @Cheerleader644860
      @Cheerleader644860 Před 9 měsíci

      @@kfresne3011 thank u. I would have said something nic to her tho abt her position.

  • @jentyson9538
    @jentyson9538 Před rokem +9

    Maybe the state needs to do this under the highways where they sleep, too.

    • @mildew1634
      @mildew1634 Před rokem

      Maybe getting homeless to get into bushcrafting education programs would be the solution society needs if they can't or unwilling to work one or the other getting them productive survival skills to be independent of money or income would stop them from begging and cut theft down and they would be able to become migratory communities in rural natural parts outside the confines of society.

  • @HabibTheHeeb
    @HabibTheHeeb Před rokem +8

    This works I’ve seen the 7/11 here in Pomona do this and now there’s no homeless people around 😂😂😂

  • @JoeDirt_88
    @JoeDirt_88 Před rokem +2

    This video never gets old !

  • @davidalexsandermoreno2682

    It absolutely works. I've seen thus multiple times.

  • @johnyzero2000
    @johnyzero2000 Před rokem +7

    I love opera this makes me want to visit this 7-11 for a Slurpee.

  • @miketexas4549
    @miketexas4549 Před rokem +8

    He should throw job applications at them

  • @joe13869
    @joe13869 Před rokem +5

    I'm a homeless composer so this would be the best place to pitch my tent.

  • @garylangley4502
    @garylangley4502 Před rokem +6

    Include the 1812 Overture with Cannons! Might throw in some Polka too!

  • @EmilyGloeggler7984
    @EmilyGloeggler7984 Před 2 měsíci +1

    As a homeless woman who enjoys opera singing and who sings opera, that would only encourage me to sing along.

  • @zitozentinel
    @zitozentinel Před rokem +8

    Well played!

  • @PhilBenter
    @PhilBenter Před rokem +29

    WHAT A GREAT MAN!!! EVERY PLACE SHOULD DO THIS

  • @genghisrex
    @genghisrex Před rokem +1

    Where is the uncensored version?

  • @greasemantexas9159
    @greasemantexas9159 Před rokem +8

    The homeless situation is getting worse in the downtown area. Law enforcement and the city isnt doing much to relieve businesses and patrons from being harmed. So what you have to do to keep them away and from harming you

  • @watson1700
    @watson1700 Před rokem +1

    The 7/11 near my office in Fort Worth just installed speakers this week and started doing this. It does seem to be working 😊

  • @CalvinMorris-cf8jk
    @CalvinMorris-cf8jk Před rokem +2

    they should try that at the boarder.

  • @dailybunnymemes2545
    @dailybunnymemes2545 Před rokem +7

    I like the music. But I guess if it’s loud and 24/7, it would get annoying.

    • @Elemental_Entity
      @Elemental_Entity Před rokem

      It goes constantly and you can hear it from over a block away.
      I love opera music and classic music but this is over redundant.

  • @angeladawson4019
    @angeladawson4019 Před rokem +12

    It beats other kinds of bad music.

  • @diannemiller5213
    @diannemiller5213 Před 10 měsíci +2

    So does the 7-11 on lancaster in Fort Worth

  • @MrZgui415
    @MrZgui415 Před rokem +4

    Opposite effect
    May attracts higher tier clients

  • @OliverGuerrero82
    @OliverGuerrero82 Před rokem +11

    I love this

  • @richardcogbill6791
    @richardcogbill6791 Před 10 měsíci +2

    At least the homeless are getting a bit of free culture. Hope they play some Verdi and Rossini operas. I'd be happy to give them some suggestions if I lived in the neighborhood.

  • @squashpillow4359
    @squashpillow4359 Před rokem +7

    Austin is becoming the new mini cali

    • @Itoshimi
      @Itoshimi Před rokem

      But Texas is red… I thought homelessness was only in blue states. Even though the poorest states in the US are red states.

    • @keithw7176
      @keithw7176 Před rokem

      But the poorest states have the least homelessness, while the states with the most homelessness are the richest, democtat run states

    • @azulaquaza4916
      @azulaquaza4916 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@Itoshimiall Major cities are blue

  • @FluffyBunnySlippers
    @FluffyBunnySlippers Před rokem +4

    It’s beats todays top hits

  • @HELLWARS101
    @HELLWARS101 Před rokem +2

    I love classical music. It's not playing classical music - it's rather playing any music really loud

  • @whatwhat9519
    @whatwhat9519 Před rokem +5

    It's funny that classical music used to be the thing to listen to a few hundred years ago and now it's used to scare people off

    • @jeffw1267
      @jeffw1267 Před 10 měsíci

      No, only certain types of people. I'm white, so I have a job and I like this music.

    • @whatwhat9519
      @whatwhat9519 Před 10 měsíci

      @@jeffw1267 what does being white and having a job have to do with being the last person on earth to listen to classical music

    • @SoukaDeezNutz
      @SoukaDeezNutz Před 10 měsíci +1

      Cultured.

    • @whatwhat9519
      @whatwhat9519 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@SoukaDeezNutz like kombucha

  • @jeanniegauthier9547
    @jeanniegauthier9547 Před rokem +3

    Super smart!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @Nicole-London
    @Nicole-London Před 9 měsíci

    That is clever... 😊 I enjoy classical and opera. I was in concert choir in high school for 2yrs. My mom use to fall asleep in the audience when we performed lol

  • @rubendelfino7222
    @rubendelfino7222 Před rokem +7

    Classical music helps me sleep

    • @MarkZickefoose
      @MarkZickefoose Před rokem +1

      You're not playing the FUN kind of classical music for that, clearly.

    • @michaelpalmieri7335
      @michaelpalmieri7335 Před rokem

      @@MarkZickefoose
      What do you consider to be "the FUN kind of classical music"?

    • @MarkZickefoose
      @MarkZickefoose Před rokem

      @@michaelpalmieri7335 The loud and fast kind, mostly. Mars and Jupiter from The Planets, 1812 Overture, Pictures at an Exhibition, Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Symphonie Fantastique, Cuban Overture, stuff like that.
      The relaxing stuff can be fun, too - especially to perform.

    • @mrnasty02106
      @mrnasty02106 Před rokem

      If it's the softer kind. The stuff I hate is the stuff the homeless hate. In addition to anything opera, play anything like Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Chopin...there's no limit.

  • @MichaelRoss-cu5mr
    @MichaelRoss-cu5mr Před rokem +2

    they do that here in Los Angeles county. I was wondering why they were doing that.

  • @mikelavelle5019
    @mikelavelle5019 Před rokem +11

    I would go there just to hear the music.

  • @PsychoBenches
    @PsychoBenches Před 6 měsíci +2

    ATTENTION: Austin homeless 90% of the time are voluntarily homeless. The homeless shelters do everything, feed, temporary housing, they even open a bank for you. Give you all you need. But these homeless are on the streets because of drugs, not the lack of jobs. Tens of thousands of jobs every few miles in austin.

  • @stevec5375
    @stevec5375 Před rokem +33

    This was done many years ago by the Mall of America to keep teenagers from hanging around outside the mall so it is nothing new. I doubt very seriously that this tactic would work in a European country because they are better educated and love classical music including opera. I have to admit even with my music degree, I have never been an opera fan. I am, however, quite impressed at how well trained and impressive some of the singers are.

    • @ce2flaco
      @ce2flaco Před rokem

      Better educated? Lol How many years have you spent in Europe? They have as many trogs as America.

    • @le9335
      @le9335 Před rokem +7

      Ya the homeless in Europe are often very educated and attend the opera often. What the F are you talking about? Crazy thing is ppl have liked this post 23 times. I swear ppl have lost their minds.

    • @TxShoreDog84
      @TxShoreDog84 Před rokem

      Definitely the point of focus here...

    • @choosey87
      @choosey87 Před rokem +3

      Opera music ≠ Education
      At first, your comment seemed like it was going somewhere until you said this 😂

    • @richardposey7047
      @richardposey7047 Před 6 měsíci

      lol

  • @ghostrider2664
    @ghostrider2664 Před 9 měsíci +1

    And it became so popular that now it's the only music you can hear in Austin...

  • @busterbluesun
    @busterbluesun Před 3 měsíci

    They play opera at the 7-11 in North Ft Worth 35 and Meacham!

  • @Remm8103
    @Remm8103 Před 8 měsíci

    I live very close to here, found it funny and cool thst it got on the news

  • @Retired_hag
    @Retired_hag Před rokem +8

    He should hire a live opera band.

  • @jjwashington3872
    @jjwashington3872 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Austin is the San Francisco of the South. 🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @Music-pq8cm
    @Music-pq8cm Před rokem

    We have one of those too in SoCal

  • @mikethemechanic7395
    @mikethemechanic7395 Před rokem +6

    I would play slayer 🤘

    • @rjay7019
      @rjay7019 Před rokem +2

      That would be enough to get me out of there 😂😂😂

    • @TxShoreDog84
      @TxShoreDog84 Před rokem

      Tweaker crackheads LOVE the Slayer tho....

    • @mildew1634
      @mildew1634 Před rokem

      Yes I'd play dystopia. Or doom

  • @GuapoGhostFace
    @GuapoGhostFace Před 2 měsíci

    The 7-Eleven in my city in California has done thag for years. AND IT HELPS!!!

  • @animalvermin8085
    @animalvermin8085 Před 11 měsíci

    Where is the actual real version of this?

  • @rctestchannel-xi9gg
    @rctestchannel-xi9gg Před 7 měsíci +1

    Once the music has weeded out the riff-raff, they will be left with a higher class of homeless people.

  • @NoOneCaresIckyThump
    @NoOneCaresIckyThump Před rokem +1

    👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @elizabethr4107
    @elizabethr4107 Před 11 měsíci

    Love it

  • @zechariahlopez1204
    @zechariahlopez1204 Před 11 měsíci +2

    If they could learn to enjoy it it could change their life smart music makes smart people

  • @Panamaschild
    @Panamaschild Před rokem +5

    Play gospel music

  • @alanhelton
    @alanhelton Před rokem

    I love it!

  • @HellcatMad
    @HellcatMad Před rokem

    Awesome

  • @davidmac3837
    @davidmac3837 Před rokem +5

    Police in Austin Texas And surrounding areas area not showing up... But benefits off of taxers payers money 💰🤔🤔🤔

  • @jmwasp
    @jmwasp Před 10 měsíci

    They do this in Jacksonville too

  • @rustynails8756
    @rustynails8756 Před 9 měsíci

    It doesn't say much about music appreciation but I give the guy points for thinking outside the box

  • @davidstock2713
    @davidstock2713 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Very rare if ever will hear upon typical question being can I have a dollar. Can i earn a dollar. They feel workers are given dollars, so they also should be given.

  • @2catsonboat
    @2catsonboat Před rokem +2

    Play Slim Whitman singing "Indian Love Call".

  • @jamesz.williams8746
    @jamesz.williams8746 Před rokem +1

    Love Luciano at the intro…

  • @XaLoiVlog
    @XaLoiVlog Před rokem +9

    Success is not built on success. It's built on failure, it's built on frustration, it's built on fear that you have to overcome. I pray that whoever reads this will succeed in life and find their happiness.

  • @darrianorebela
    @darrianorebela Před rokem

    Where's the one where he's kicking off?

  • @AnthonyFrazier-wt9gu
    @AnthonyFrazier-wt9gu Před 10 měsíci +1

    He doing the right thing

  • @stephenball3571
    @stephenball3571 Před rokem +3

    How sad. My old neighborhood.

  • @josephlea1068
    @josephlea1068 Před rokem

    This guy is one of US, he’s American!! ❤😂

  • @Falcon-um7vo
    @Falcon-um7vo Před rokem +7

    I don't understand why someone who wants to ask people for money would care what type of music is playing outside the store. So what if they find it annoying? I find the music most stores play annoying. If that's all it takes to stop them, I guess they must not be that desperate 🤷🏼‍♂

  • @jonathanrogers1346
    @jonathanrogers1346 Před 8 měsíci

    They do this at 7-Eleven at San Antonio on San Pedro

  • @truckinallday69
    @truckinallday69 Před rokem +1

    The Pepsi Driver has his own beats headphones

  • @RedLeo-pf9yo
    @RedLeo-pf9yo Před 11 měsíci

    Great idea !!!!!

  • @chingli-xg4ns
    @chingli-xg4ns Před 9 měsíci

    CAME FOR THE UNCENSORED VERSION? WHERE? THIS AIN'T IT. 😢

  • @tivchack
    @tivchack Před rokem +1

    I saw the parody version of this interview 😁

  • @kobe8088
    @kobe8088 Před 9 měsíci

    The news reporter though 😍😍

  • @lazerkeyboard
    @lazerkeyboard Před 11 měsíci +1

    Anyone who complains is loudly announcing they are uncultured

  • @Cadetsc
    @Cadetsc Před 7 měsíci

    Can't one learn to accept and love the music ? It's like a pop song. Annoying at first but it gets stuck in your head and you learn to love it.

  • @natureswildernessassistance411

    24/7 opera that’s Oltorf for ya’ Opera is not annoying 😆 homelessness needs support for sure in multiple forms.

  • @game4nowgame4now12
    @game4nowgame4now12 Před 4 měsíci

    “The Modest B” nice one lol

  • @douglaswallace7680
    @douglaswallace7680 Před rokem

    a train whistle , 130 DB . 1 second blasts at completely random times

  • @MoXXXi
    @MoXXXi Před rokem

    Opera is beautiful so I'd be a happy homeless.

  • @passiveinvestor1978
    @passiveinvestor1978 Před 11 měsíci +1

    This reminds me when merchant ships deter Somali pirates by playing Britney Spears music out loud

  • @DannyFromLA23
    @DannyFromLA23 Před rokem +1

    So the tik tok was a spoof? 😂 It was so funny!

  • @jokerfleckcast3196
    @jokerfleckcast3196 Před rokem

    Is that jorndan knight patel from new kids on the block

  • @rachelflair4835
    @rachelflair4835 Před rokem

    There is an overdub version of this on TIKTOK that is 'tear crying' funny!!!

  • @jkker05
    @jkker05 Před rokem

    A guy in Vegas does that too. It actually works

  • @johnnygavin3654
    @johnnygavin3654 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Andy Dufresne be smiling. Wink.

  • @terrylambert8149
    @terrylambert8149 Před rokem +1

    Montivonti strings music keeps the drug deals away.

  • @ulissess9834
    @ulissess9834 Před rokem +2

    Why did you guys ask the tweaker? 😂

  • @Notbothered1
    @Notbothered1 Před 4 měsíci

    Sometimes you need to do what you gotta do...

  • @CringePoop
    @CringePoop Před 5 měsíci

    currently in las vegas and i walked by a 7/11 doing this. not going there.

  • @thhdhn2
    @thhdhn2 Před rokem +1

    be fined? Really?

  • @PatrickRyan150
    @PatrickRyan150 Před 11 měsíci +5

    DEFUND THE HOMELESS

  • @kingsman8475
    @kingsman8475 Před rokem +1

    I could not watch this video in its entirety.

  • @starwarsfamilyguy0
    @starwarsfamilyguy0 Před 9 měsíci +1

    1:40 how is it annoying?