A plead for help. Life save - not the candied Agendas,gamits,and far dreams
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by Joe B. Blunted Wind Chimes As new life arrives people and things change, gifts are bought, returned,or exchanged for other more needed items. At Poor Magazine Inc. As Office manager, staff writer,columnist, rare sometime,reporter, and reluctant ‘Po Poet some of these changes cause slight problems for example: When an infant is in a workspace the normal clatter of keyboards, radio sounds,and talking is muted so as to not disturb said infants rest and feeding routine. I’ve worked for PM Inc. for five or six years I have learned what to be good at and what I’m bad at like answering phones especially when phones have technical problems where I have to repeat what’s said because of a few second delays on the receiver’s of the phone. The latest crimp is wind chimes. Wind chimes usually are outside of homes or businesses large and small to sound as customer enter. In this organization or door is inside,on the second floor of a duo business/living space and cannot be hung from outside screened windows. One set of chimes are hung on the front door near me another on a door behind me leading into another office. Beside making a racket every time people enter when an infant visits as I said their must be quiet these chimes add not the tingling tinkle of happy sound but noisy thuds inside an enclosed space festive looking they may look but the application fails when an infant’s sleep is disturbed. Myself,knew this is going to be a problem for me as well as I have already suggested to both bosses "Those chimes are just more noise to me but since I’m an employee it doesn’t matter at least they know my opinion. A way to combat excess noise pollution in my personal workplace is the use of tape any tape from duck,electric to scotch tape wrapping it around chimes muffling the sound to dull thuds. Of course the tape is taken off after a few days when bosses don’t here happy tinkle noise. I replace it wraping more and more tape around it. I really think it silly having wind chimes placed where there’s no wind unless it where children, adults use them to signal breakfast,lunch,dinner, rest,playtime,or special events as in birthdays, births,or various kinds of anniversaries. I know it’s a small niggling thing but like vacuuming,sweeping, mopping floors wiping brass doorknobs is a bit too much. I also so don’t clean venetian blinds or clean windows, and if ever I begin babysitting that’s the end of my working at Poor M. I do lots of stuff not strictly part of office management – copying whole or part of newsprint, magazine articles,other people’s work,or transcribe voices to text. I wonder can City Lights help me in this as they see my work radically differs from Poor ’s.] Anyone who has struggled to be where they are and finally make know of what I speak, can snail mail or email me also. 1000 Market Street #418 Email: askjoe@poormagazine.org |