Worker calls cops on Salvation Army for noise complaint

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:30:00 +0000

The Salvation Army's annual winter charity drive, in which volunteers ring bells and stand next to kettles calling for cash donations outside of shops, has long-been a marker of the holiday season. But Sarah Hamilton-Parker, who works in downtown Portsmouth, N.H., is fed up with it. Hamilton-Parker called the police to report the volunteers on her street, citing a noise complaint. Seacoast Online reported:

She said the bell ringing starts in the morning, clangs all day long, then continues into the night. According to her calculations, she listens to 40 hours of Salvation Army bell ringing every week, for five weeks a year, or 200 hours a year.

“I don't get a break,” she said. “It makes my blood pressure go sky high.”

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Worker calls cops on Salvation Army for noise complaint