September 24, 2005
RECENT CONVERSATION
PART ONE: Time & Date... 11:56 PM, Last Night
Directory Assistance: What city and listing please?
Me: Yes, in Indianapolis, may I please have the telephone number for Urban Element; it's on 9th & Pennsylvania.
Directory Assistance: One moment please while I connect you.
Me: Thank you.
Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring...
Marc at Urban Element: Good Evening, Urban Element.
Me: Hi Marc, this is Mikal Belicove from across the street.
Marc: Oh, Hi Mikal... are you calling about the music; is it too loud?
Me: No, I'm not calling about the music. I can't even hear the music, and that's only because of all the people standing outside and directly in front of the restaurant making all that noise.
Marc: Oh gosh, I'm really sorry. I'll go outside and see if I can quiet them down.
Me: Thanks. Marc, I just gotta tell ya, and I don't mean to be a prick about this sort of thing, but this noise is ridiculously excessive at this time of night... it's so lound that it sounds like all of your customers are standing in my living room...
Marc: Uh huh, well, we're having a private party and I'll see if I can get it quieted down...
Me: ... and if it doesn't stop within the next five minutes I am going to call the Police to report what I believe is a noise violation.
Marc: Well, okay; I understand.
Me: Yep, thanks, Marc.
PART TWO... Time & Date: 12:16 AM, This Morning:
911: Hello. What's your location and emergency?
Me: Yes, hello. I'd like to report what I believe to be a noise violation.
911: Okay, what's your location.
Me: On the corner of 9th & Pennsylvania; the noise is coming from a restaurant on that corner. The restaurant's name is Urban Element.
911: You said, "Urban Element" on 9th & Pennsylvania?
Me: Yes, that's right. Right on the corner of 9th & Pennsylvania.
911: Okay, what seems to be the problem there.
Me: Well, I across the street from there, and there are a bunch of people out in front of the restaurant being loud. They're talking loud, some are shouting at one another, and at this time of night I think it's excessive, especially with people trying to sleep in their nearby homes.
911: Okay.
Me: I called over there about 15 minutes ago and asked the owner if he could get his customers to quiet down, and he said he'd try. I told him I'd give him 5 minutes before calling the Police to report what I believe to be a noise violation. Now, 10-15 minutes later, its only gotten louder.
911: Okay, well we'll send a squad car over to see what's going on.
Me: Thanks. So is there a noise code/ordinance for Indianapolis?
911: Yes, there is. Between the hours of 11:00 PM and 7:00 PM the noise has to be kept at a level that's significantly quieter than at other times.
Me: That's what I thought. Well, thanks.
911: That's no problem. Like I said, we'll send a car over to 9th & Pennsylvania to see what the problem might be. Would you like to leave your name and telephone number?
Me: Sure, it's yada, yada, yada, yada....
Posted by Mikal at September 24, 2005 6:57 AM
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Dave... you're right, 1st and 2nd floor of Bates Hall were noisy places, but if you remember, everyone stayed up late... you, me, Darren, Byron, Thad, Super Man, Jerry, The Bearded One, etc.... so I was as much a contributor as anyone else might have been. (For the uninitiated, Bates Hall was the main football/basketball dorm at the University of Houston, and it's where Dave and I first met.)
It wasn't until I became a Resident Advisor in Bates' that I became impacted by the noise, and by then, I was almost always able to use the RA card to convince people to quiet down, even my football team residents.
