I work for a construction company that employs a lot of Latino men. I mainly stay up front with my boss on the computer, doing admin and project management work for him as directed. I love the guys in the back of our shop; they work incredibly hard and are the heart and soul of the company. Usually, they are listening to Mexican music while they work, on a big speaker because there's a lot of noise from the machines, etc.

On Monday, we came into work and the stereo was gone. Halfway into the day, my boss admitted to me that he removed it from the workplace because he "hated that loud Spanish music and it gave him a headache." Where we sit, we can barely hear the music and we both are usually listening to whatever we want from our computers with earbuds. I thought it was incredibly cruel and I could tell my coworkers were pissed but didn't feel that they could speak up.

This morning before work, I got a cheap but great Bluetooth speaker set for them from Facebook Marketplace. Picked it up before work and gave it to them. They happily set it up and resumed playing their music while working.

My boss asked where they got it from and I told him he can talk to me. For some reason, I guess he didn't expect me to advocate for them since I rarely go in the back. He hasn't said anything about it yet.

I cannot imagine being such an asshole that you want to deny hardworking people a small enjoyment of listening to music.