Professor Carolyn Cooper gets it, and she has hit the nail on the head again. As I have noted in two earlier blog posts, the issue is about consultation, openness, and transparency. I hope we will make some progress. I do know that we cannot let up. Noise pollution is a nightmare and I am glad that Carolyn has emphasised this. It is good to have her in our corner.
A few years ago, a house around the corner from my home was being renovated. There was constant noise pollution from the building site. Day and night! One morning, at approximately 1:00 a.m. when I just couldn’t take the stress any longer, I got out of bed and went over to the house. I begged the workers for a lickle ease-up so I could get some sleep. One of the men imperiously told me dat im was doing honest work. An if im did come beg mi fi help, mi woulda did run im. So im nah stop do fi im work.
On top of that, the workman unilaterally declared that I couldn’t possibly hear any construction noise from way over deh suh. Even though my house is located on another street, it is actually diagonally across from my neighbour’s. The out of order construction worker didn’t seem to understand…
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