Re: Pseudo-intellectual bully with a sound level meter
JR
Thanks for a great idea. Getting him involved is the ticket. Personally, I don't think he has the guts for it though. Bullies never do.
Yes, he does have some reasonable ideas. About those... In an effort to get him more "educated", I've spent hours in explaining how things work - like that one just cant pull faders down to reduce volume. "Suggestions" #1, 7, 8 he listed for managing sound are a rehash of things I've educated him about over the last year and a half. Of course, I practiced what I preached...
Maybe we could rent him (give) a booth so that he can have an educational presence for the audience - he can instruct on proper use of earplugs, show off his readings on the sound level meter, posters about the sound scale, etc. Whatever he wants.
Of course, last year when we gave him the opportunity to draw arcs on the sidewalk where it may be save levels and produce signs we would post,, he did not show; he did send a representative who, on her way to a movie starting in 10 minutes, said it was a good idea for me to draw the circles. I asked also where their signs were. They thought I was going to make them. No, they did not even think of the sidewalk chalk.
We will offer him a booth - in the safe area. I'll set it up and put up a sign on it: Bill xxxx's Sound Safety Booth. We'll see...
In the meantime, I'll do what I usually do.
