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Speakers Blast Sound Of Baby Crying As Part Of Protest In Philly

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If it wasn't for breaking news rules the thread title would be "union thugs annoy residents of apartment building because they didn't hire a union electrician".



Speakers Blast Sound Of Baby Crying As Part Of Protest In Philly - Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29
PHILADELPHIA - It's a union protest designed to bring you to tears.
Residents at the Vista apartment building on the 2800 block. of N. 47th St. in Philadelphia's Wynnefield section are losing their minds over a recording played by protesters from IBEW local 98.
Last Wednesday, the union set up an iPod and loudspeakers that plays this recorded message: "Your community is crying for jobs, participation and fair wages." It's what comes next that brings a tear to the eye: an extended crying jag by a seemingly fussy infant.
The recording- which began last Wednesday- runs each weekday from around 8 a.m. to mid-afternoon.
"I know everybody says they've got their rights," says longtime apartment resident Jean Smith, "and that's fine. But don't we have rights too, that we have to hear this constantly- every day?"
The electricians are protesting the use of a non-union contractor to do electrical work on renovations at the apartment building.
Residents say they have nothing against organized labor making a point, but this?
"The crying of the baby- it doesn't give them no sympathy," says apartment dweller David Dickson. "It's not helping them."
Saundra Terrell agrees. "They don't seem to care! Even when we approached them nicely on the first day, they seemed to ignore us."
 
Oh for God's sake. It's the union members who are acting like crybabies.
 
jamesrage said:
If it wasn't for breaking news rules the thread title would be "union thugs annoy residents of apartment building because they didn't hire a union electrician".



Speakers Blast Sound Of Baby Crying As Part Of Protest In Philly - Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29
PHILADELPHIA - It's a union protest designed to bring you to tears.
Residents at the Vista apartment building on the 2800 block. of N. 47th St. in Philadelphia's Wynnefield section are losing their minds over a recording played by protesters from IBEW local 98.
Last Wednesday, the union set up an iPod and loudspeakers that plays this recorded message: "Your community is crying for jobs, participation and fair wages." It's what comes next that brings a tear to the eye: an extended crying jag by a seemingly fussy infant.
The recording- which began last Wednesday- runs each weekday from around 8 a.m. to mid-afternoon.
"I know everybody says they've got their rights," says longtime apartment resident Jean Smith, "and that's fine. But don't we have rights too, that we have to hear this constantly- every day?"
The electricians are protesting the use of a non-union contractor to do electrical work on renovations at the apartment building.
Residents say they have nothing against organized labor making a point, but this?
"The crying of the baby- it doesn't give them no sympathy," says apartment dweller David Dickson. "It's not helping them."
Saundra Terrell agrees. "They don't seem to care! Even when we approached them nicely on the first day, they seemed to ignore us."
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A shame they don't have the right kind of noise laws in that city. In our town? Any noise/music/machinery that gets called in to the police department gets stopped. I've seen them stop garage bands (I felt bad about that...), some guy sandblasting his driveway (they allowed him to do it an hour a day), piped music. It's a good ordinance, in my opinion.
 
MaggieD said:
A shame they don't have the right kind of noise laws in that city. In our town? Any noise/music/machinery that gets called in to the police department gets stopped. I've seen them stop garage bands (I felt bad about that...), some guy sandblasting his driveway (they allowed him to do it an hour a day), piped music. It's a good ordinance, in my opinion.
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A little off-topic, but when I was youngish, and raising two small children, I lived across the street from a military guy who played his music so loud, that I could hear it inside my house, with the doors and windows shut. We had an ordinance against that, but calling the cops did essentially no good. I finally called around until I could find out who the guy's CO was at the military base, and I complained to him. I never heard the guy's stereo from inside my closed up house again. :lol:
 
lizzie said:
A little off-topic, but when I was youngish, and raising two small children, I lived across the street from a military guy who played his music so loud, that I could hear it inside my house, with the doors and windows shut. We had an ordinance against that, but calling the cops did essentially no good. I finally called around until I could find out who the guy's CO was at the military base, and I complained to him. I never heard the guy's stereo from inside my closed up house again. :lol:
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What a great idea!!! (I knew you were a lil' Missy Smarty Pants. Ha!)
 
MaggieD said:
A shame they don't have the right kind of noise laws in that city. In our town? Any noise/music/machinery that gets called in to the police department gets stopped. I've seen them stop garage bands (I felt bad about that...), some guy sandblasting his driveway (they allowed him to do it an hour a day), piped music. It's a good ordinance, in my opinion.
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depends on what it stops, the sound blasting stoppage is complete garbage
 
MaggieD said:
What a great idea!!! (I knew you were a lil' Missy Smarty Pants. Ha!)
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My attitude is *I won't make you listen to my classical, if you won't make me listen to your heavy metal*.;)
 
Objective-J said:
depends on what it stops, the sound blasting stoppage is complete garbage
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I'm not really sure it was sandblasting...but whatever it was (three doors down), they were doing it on their driveway and it made one helluva racket.
 
MaggieD said:
I'm not really sure it was sandblasting...but whatever it was (three doors down), they were doing it on their driveway and it made one helluva racket.
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Ahhh- a good ole jackhammer. :lol:
 
MaggieD said:
I'm not really sure it was sandblasting...but whatever it was (three doors down), they were doing it on their driveway and it made one helluva racket.
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usually construction does, its complete BS to limit a person to an hour a day to doing work on his own property and house. Not yelling at you im just venting about how unbelievable pissed id be if the cops showed up and told me i could only work on my driveway and hour a day.
 
I am all for protesting and even picketing places of business. But I have to draw a line at a person’s home. You would think there would be noise ordinances in residential areas. Find out where the organizers live and go protest THEIR homes.
 
Objective-J said:
usually construction does, its complete BS to limit a person to an hour a day to doing work on his own property and house. Not yelling at you im just venting about how unbelievable pissed id be if the cops showed up and told me i could only work on my driveway and hour a day.
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I'd pull up stakes,

and head for the middle of nowhere ...

which is where I currently reside.
 
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Not gonna lie, these Philly residents have more patience than I would. I would take matters in to my own hands if the law can't do anything for me.

jamesrage said:
If it wasn't for breaking news rules the thread title would be "union thugs annoy residents of apartment building because they didn't hire a union electrician".



Speakers Blast Sound Of Baby Crying As Part Of Protest In Philly - Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29
PHILADELPHIA - It's a union protest designed to bring you to tears.
Residents at the Vista apartment building on the 2800 block. of N. 47th St. in Philadelphia's Wynnefield section are losing their minds over a recording played by protesters from IBEW local 98.
Last Wednesday, the union set up an iPod and loudspeakers that plays this recorded message: "Your community is crying for jobs, participation and fair wages." It's what comes next that brings a tear to the eye: an extended crying jag by a seemingly fussy infant.
The recording- which began last Wednesday- runs each weekday from around 8 a.m. to mid-afternoon.
"I know everybody says they've got their rights," says longtime apartment resident Jean Smith, "and that's fine. But don't we have rights too, that we have to hear this constantly- every day?"
The electricians are protesting the use of a non-union contractor to do electrical work on renovations at the apartment building.
Residents say they have nothing against organized labor making a point, but this?
"The crying of the baby- it doesn't give them no sympathy," says apartment dweller David Dickson. "It's not helping them."
Saundra Terrell agrees. "They don't seem to care! Even when we approached them nicely on the first day, they seemed to ignore us."
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Where does one person's "rights" end,

and another's, begin?

It's anyone's RIGHT to do things with/to their own property,

UNLESS it's inconvenient to someone else???

And there's THIS : If you think it's inconvenient to YOU?
WTF is it to the folks that are RINGSIDE?
Think they tore up their driveway in a diabolical effort to make the neighborhood a living hell???

When does anyone just say, "DAMN! Sometimes, stuff sux."

and just get on with THEIR lives,
knowing Full Well that one day?
THEY are going to need to ...
in this instance,
have THEIR driveway redone.

Everything is so ... SERIOUS these days,

and the ONLY person that seems to matter is oneself ~

Oh, WAHHH! I can't take a nap!

Oh, WAHHH! I hardly can't figure how to turn my OWN flippin' music UP, so I can hear it!
(never mind the wireless headphones ~ I shouldn't be made to have to deal with other peep's probs!)
 
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Peter Grimm said:
Not gonna lie, these Philly residents have more patience than I would. I would take matters in to my own hands if the law can't do anything for me.
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If I was those residents I think I would have been looking for a firehose or hooking up a garden hose to a sink and then blasting those so called protester's sound equipment.
 
lizzie said:
My attitude is *I won't make you listen to my classical, if you won't make me listen to your heavy metal*.;)
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I'm not a fan of country music at all, and my husband is. His favorite band is Brooks and Dunn, and I loathe those guys. Something about their sound just makes my underwear bunch up. So every now and then, he'll sneak the CD in the player, and I'll give him a minute or two, and then I'll tell him, "OK when you are done, it's my turn. And I think I'll listen toooo........... rap."

Bye, bye Brooks and Dunn. :D
 
Good idea, sarcogito and jamesrage.

Either do the same to them (a loud infant crying) or destroy their equipment. They have to have rights. They have to.
 
Kind of makes you wonder what the cops/city would do to anti-union protesters who did this. Would their reactions be the same?
 
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