Let me tell you a secret. Some years ago, in our neighborhood, there were these 2 morning sweeper men who came and swept the roads, tied up the garbage bags and cleared any litter stuck in the drains outside our house.
They did their jobs well and I was grateful for their service. I still am.
One day, they started using this leaf blower - the function is to dislodge any leaves and blow them into a heap before they would sweep into their garbage bags.
The only thing was, they did their jobs daily at the crack of dawn, right outside our house at roughly 6.30 to 6.45 am. The leaf blower created a right 'racket' of a noise, and I would wake up to this mechanical maniacal sound, rather than the sweet chirping sounds of birds which would be the normal daily wake up call for me.
Now, if this sounds rather 'elitist' or 'entitled', do drop me a comment in the comment section below.
However, we (my wife and I) are rather late risers (around 7.15 to 7.30 am) and the leaf blower emnates a sound which I would call 'noise pollution' - something which would register around 75 to 80dB early in the morning.
I wrote in to NEA, and complained about this, saying we are hard working people and deserve to sleep a bit more rather than be awakened by this awful racket amounting to noise pollution and causing me distress and possibly insomnia from the time I am awakened.
Well, the authorities, listened and within a week, they asked the cleaning men to use broomsweeps for their work.
I had my small victory to this day and get to wake up at 7.15 am or another half hour every day.
There is a semblance that the authorities DO listen to public feedback, if the feedback is indeed justified for the greater good of the community.
Kudos to the NEA.
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