'Tis The Season To Drive Working People Bonkers
Well, they're back to ringing the bell outside my office. All day Monday. All day Tuesday. All day today. It's 5:25, dark out, and they haven't taken a break yet. It seems worse than last year-- now, they often have two people ringing bells at once. Or one person, with a bell in each hand. Something about the high-frequency pitch of these little bells seems to come right through my windows, then burrow into my brain like auditory maggots. By the end of the day I am tense and grouchy and it takes me a few minutes to realize why.
One of my patients (none of them can ignore the noise) told me that the bell-ringers are often recruited from the ranks of junior associates the large local local law firms. I don't know what to make of this. Except to suppose that walking across the street and punching them in the face would probably not end well for me.
I am trying so very hard not to be Grinch-like. But for real, this is getting out of hand. Please, let it be Christmas already, so my patients and I can talk in heavenly peace.
One of my patients (none of them can ignore the noise) told me that the bell-ringers are often recruited from the ranks of junior associates the large local local law firms. I don't know what to make of this. Except to suppose that walking across the street and punching them in the face would probably not end well for me.
I am trying so very hard not to be Grinch-like. But for real, this is getting out of hand. Please, let it be Christmas already, so my patients and I can talk in heavenly peace.
posted by Turbo at 5:22 PM
4 Comments:
You're a taxpayer. Complain. Tell the city they won't get any more money until you can make money by seeing your clients in peace.
I would think people being driven to the brink of bonkers is good for business. Make a deal with the bellringers - every time someone is less than "and merry christmas to you too kind lady!", get them to hand out your card. Or, if you have a no-show, spend the entire time with the bell-ringers, telling them how to harvest energy from their toilets. They might seek a permit for a different corner after all.
As an associate in a smallish-law firm here (with friends in the larger ones), I'm skeptical of the lawyer rumor. Can anyone confirm? My understanding is that a lot of times the bell-ringers are recruited from the ranks of those that the charities are trying to help. See:
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/bellringer.asp
I like Johanna's plan.
As for the associates as bellringers... I find that hard to believe, given the hours that most associates I know are working. When would they have time? I don't think there's that much bell-ringing between 1am and 5am...
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