We’ve all had the experience of walking by a protest in the Bay Area and hearing loud noise makers, like megaphones and banging pots and pans, being used to help protesters make their points.
Bay Area protesters even rent things like giant inflatable rats or skeletons when they’re on the picket line.
Last week, the loud sounds were reportedly too much for a woman outside a federal government office building in San Francisco, California, at 630 Sansome St.
Custodians, who were members of the SEIU Local 87 Union, were reportedly using a bullhorn during the protest.
A woman allegedly became so fed up with the sounds that she attacked one of the janitors, punching him in the face, according to reporting by the San Francisco Standard.
Despite the incident, the union says that they will continue the protests, and will keep using the bullhorn.
Sirens are reportedly used during the protest for up to four hours per day. Have you ever experienced a loud protest in San Francisco? What are your thoughts?
The noise from this protest was not from members using a bullhorn. There was a loud siren akin to those used by the fire department and the police, but louder. I was crossing that block on Sansome on a city walk, and the siren jolted me to look towards the protest, rather than straight ahead. I tripped on the curb and fractured my wrist. The city of San Francisco should limit the use of sirens to emergency vehicles. A bullhorn is plenty loud.