It does seem obvious that if there’s a piano, people will try to play it. That’s why a lot of places seem to put a sign on it requesting no one play, or put up barriers to block potential musicians from playing their tunes. So functionally, yes, you have a piano that no one is ever allowed to play.
But I feel like it must be to protect the employees’ sanity. Imagine you go into work at as a barista and a 5-year-old starts slamming on the piano keys while you’re trying to hear people’s coffee orders. Then some teens come in and giggle and play a few random notes each. Then a budding piano player comes in and plays “Hot Cross Buns” over and over again, since it’s the only song they know. And by that point, you’ve only been at work for 30 minutes, and you’re already piano’d out for the day.
When this person’s BF played the piano nicely, I bet it was a big relief to the workers (and patrons). If you can’t control who’s tickling the ivories, you’re putting everyone else in the grips of the worst piano players known to mankind.
Author: Kayitsi.com
