Tewligan
First Post
Gaa! So, I moved to Portland, Oregon a few weeks ago, and I'm both entertained and irritated by something that happens outside the apartment every Saturday morning. By 7:00 am at the latest, a group of 5-8 protestors gathers outside a building just cattycorner across the intersection we're on. They have signs with really graphic photos, and usually a couple of young children holding the signs as well. The biggest offender in the group, though, is this guy who has a horrible hoarse, braying voice who just shouts almost nonstop until they leave, which is hardly ever before 11 am. As it turns out, being awakened by this nimrod shouting about "Nazi Portland" and how people are going to hell is not the awesomest way to start the weekend. It was stepped up a notch this morning, though - a neighbor has gotten sick of the Saturday Protest Show, and was outside yelling back and forth with them for hours. It was getting heated enough that 3 police officers showed up to make sure things didn't get out of hand. The neighbor was yelling about how he pays a lot to live here, how they should go protest in their own neighborhoods, and he doesn't appreciate Shouty yelling into his living room every morning. Never mind that the neighbor was almost as loud and obnoxious as the guy he was yelling at, and probably a bit more vulgar than necessary (although the vulgarity did amazingly clean up a bit when the police arrived.) In addition to all of that, drivers passing through the intersection are often irritated enough to honk, shout at the group, and then squeal their tires as they peel off. Criminy, I just wanna SLEEP on Saturday mornings!
Anyway, had to get that off my chest. I intentionally stayed vague on the particulars of the protest, since I don't want to stir up forbidden topics - just a little venting about the disturbance of my beauty sleep!
Anyway, had to get that off my chest. I intentionally stayed vague on the particulars of the protest, since I don't want to stir up forbidden topics - just a little venting about the disturbance of my beauty sleep!