DOO doo doo doo, DOO doo doo doo… (in descending tones) is someone’s old cellphone ringing? Anyone else think HRM’s new pedestrian walking chimes (the ones meant to let pedestrians, particularly the visually impaired, know when they can cross) are FUCKING ANNOYING? You know the ones I mean, currently at the Gottingen / Cogswell and Barrington / Cornwallis Street intersections and probably several others. What the fuck happened to the birdy noises? They were way less annoying – Chirp and her friends. These new pedestrian chimes make me want to stick my hands up my ass and rip my insides out so I can focus more on the internal pain I’m feeling rather than that fucking noise!
In fact I’m getting so pissed off about it, I may just call HRM to make a formal complaint.
—qpmzwonx
This article appears in Jul 23-29, 2009.
The tone, it is spreading. First time I heard that,I looked back to see whose cell phone was ringing. The chirp was at least pleasant.
yeah… try working a 12 hour patio shift with that behind your ear. I WANNA KILL SOMEONE!
While I’m not as insulted as the OP, I have heard this before, at Gottingen/Cogswell, and wondered where the hell was it coming from…it sounded like circus music. I much prefer the chirps.
I am sure if you were visually impaired you would want to rip your eyes out if they didnot have the chimes.. I did not know what it was the first time. Now I know and moved on thankful that I do not need them..
What was wrong with the chirps? 🙁
Fuck you, HRM.
I thought the chirps were annoying…the timbre always pierced my ears but again was very thankful that I didnot need them.
I sat outside Scotia Square for ten minutes today, waiting for a cab and that fucking cocksucking mind-numbing teeth grinding noise pierced my brain like a steak knife – I’m sure it’ll induce seizures if you listen to it for too long.
Oooohh, I can’t wait to be violated by this so I know what your talking about.
Somebody at City Hall should be jackhammered up the ol’ poop shute for this new innovation.
I hope every one of you that is complaining about something that helps people that cannot see, figure out what way they are allowed to walk at an intersection (there is a different sound for each direction) all rott in hell…..oh AFTER you lose your eyesight for the rest of your life….Fucking jerks
Frenchie, darling, what was the matter with the existing chirp-chirp-chirp? So much more appealing to the visually impaired and the sighted. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
the original walk signal was designed to sound like a bird chirping, and was also the least offensive (assuming it was properly tuned/adjusted to sound like an actual bird).
this is yet another case of ‘fixing’ what wasn’t broken… bring back the chirping birds, i say.
maybe a visually impaired pedestrian would like to weigh-in on this? the audible walk signal was originally intended for them anyway, right?
Um…..wow.
You fucks are so insensitive. So sorry something that is meant as an aid to people with visual disabilities is annoying you. I’ll keep that in mind the next time I have to walk down the street listening to your entire phone conversation about absolutely nothing, or have to listen to yet one more custom ring tone. The reason for two different tones is so you can easily distinguish when the light changes from one direction to the other.
Cross walk chimes have been in other cities forever, I guess Halifax is just a little more backward than I had originally thought.
Glad to see I’m not the only one who finds this noise absofuckinglutely annoying!
ScreenNameTaken, you obviously don’t get the point of my ‘Bitch’! Please read carefully – I don’t have a problem with these pedestrian aids for the visually impaired and think they are an important feature, I have a problem with this new, very annoying sound in particular when the “COO coo, COO coo,” and “Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!” seemed to be working perfectly fine. Then again, I’m no expert – maybe the blind were mistaking them for actual birds? A solution to that would be to perhaps use noises of birds that aren’t common in Nova Scotia, like a penguin or kookaburra, although it would be kind of funny if the lights “quacked” and made seagull noises. I bet the tourists would love it.
Another solution I saw and heard throughout Australia was when a pedestrian signal turned green, a “CHEEIRP” noise was made followed by rapid, audible vibrations that gradually slowed as the light was about to turn red. See here for example: http://www.revver.com/video/925428/austral…
Actually dumb ass I got the point, and still think you’re pretty insensitive to bitch about something that is so insignificant in your day to day life and yet so helpful to others.
Life is too short to be pissed off by a simple sound that you hear for probably less then 10 minutes of your day.
Boy..some people get upset easily
Actually, unfortunately, it’s not that insignificant for me because I live right beside one of these intersections and have to listen to it until about 1:30 in the morning until the fucking lights stop for the night! And since you’re such an expert, tell me what was wrong with the existing birdy noises?
@ScreenNameTaken – speaking of “insignificant bitches” – YOU are doing an excellent job of that yourself, SNT. and i think you have entirely missed the point of this discussion, on purpose no doubt, just so you could get your ‘insignificant’ two cents worth in.
nobody here is ‘against’ the audible walk signal – we are wondering why it was necessary to ‘change’ what wasn’t broken.
READ the thread, before commenting… and try to keep up with the discussion, bitch.
Worst crosswalk sound EVER! I hate it too! I’m sure they have some barnyard noises in their crosswalk-chime bank that they could implement. Imagine: Moooo!