The Headphone Store

**the headphone store** (also known as The Headphone Store) was a provider of headphones through cash or credit. At its peak in 2017, the headphone store employed up to 2 employees, one of which quickly resigned position after finding that they had accidentally applied for the incorrect job.

Heavy losses in revenue after 2017 eventually lead to the closure of the store in 2018. Prior to its closure, the headphone store boasted one location that was unknown to a majority of the public. As of 2020, the headphone store has been confirmed to have been a real location.

## History

### Opening

the headphone store was founded on December 9th, 2016 by Damiel, a local resident who wanted headphones. Earlier in the year, Damiel would frequently complain about the lack of headphones in the town. In response to his complaints, Damiel bought a vacant lot for the headphone store in order to get some headphones. Damiel then spent the rest of the year preparing the store for opening, with reported expenses being as high as $4 million.

### Early Reputation and Cultural Influence

Shortly after the opening of the store, the likelihood of profit quickly dwindled. The store reported no customers from 2016 to early 2017, and was considered a myth to many people. the headphone store would later garner a reputation for not being real, because Damiel didn’t tell people where the damn store was.

Due to Damiels prior reputation of being a fucking bitch, local residents who had supposedly known the location of the store avoided visiting the store and informing others of the location. This perpetuated the myth of the headphone store, which swiftly became popular in nearby culture. Scientists soon came to investigate the validity of the myth, but they couldn’t find the store either, so scientists said the store wasn’t real.

### Revitalization (late 2017)

the headphone’s store lack in profits and customers along with the owners notorious reputation lead to the near closure of the store in September. However, in October of 2017, Mrænon became the first customer in the stores history. Mrænon in a 2020 interview stated that he “wanted headphones” and visited the store. Mrænon then bought a pair of headphones for $15 while unintentionally leaving a $4 million tip.

After the sale, Damiel launched initiatives to lower the stores susceptibility to bankruptcy. This included selling a window, and launching a free gift card giveaway. This attracted no one.

Mrænon soon became the center of attention after the purchase of the headphones. Mrænon attempted explaining the location of the headphone store but could not remember because he had only discovered the store after getting lost from vague directions to Subway. After the towns shift in focus, scientists attempted to observe the headphones Mrænon bought in order to locate the store. Research was promptly halted as Mrænon was gameing. The scientists wanted to game

Later in 2017, Damiel hired the first employee to work at the headphone store. Unfortunately, the employee promptly quit their position after realizing that they had signed to work for the headphone store, and not Subway.

### Bankruptcy and later history (2018-present)

the headphone store experienced a drastic drop in sales during 2018. Factors such as the disappearance of their only customer and residents shopping in other known stores contributed to the decline of the headphone store. In response to this, Damiel attempted salvaging any hopes of profit by selling all of the windows. No biddings higher than -$6 were made, and so Damiel declared bankruptcy and shut down the headphone store on April of 2018.

Soon after the closure of the store, the headphone store myth fell out of popularity and became largely forgotten. False evidence of the stores true location would occasionally appear briefly before being discredited by verified scholars.

On February 2020 after Mrænon’s reappearance, scientists immediately hurried to gather as much evidence of the headphone store from him before he started gameing. Scientists were able to verify the existence of the headphone store but could not track down the location because Damiel did not include the location in the evidence.

As of present, the headphone store is gone

## Advertising

A poster was put in the town square following the opening of the store but did not include the location of the store.