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To the Dear Men Jackhammering Outside our Bedroom Window:

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For those of you who are completely unaware of the fact that college students love their precious hours of sleep, consider yourself now informed. So now there is no excuse for anyone to be jackhammering outside any Bryn Mawr dormitorty till the end time. I realize sirs that you have to get your work done, but technically you only work so many hours per day, like 8 or 10 to be exact. Couldn't you maybe wait to come and start your very loud jackhammering exipment outside our windows. Being as many of us are still sleeping, or were now, we would appreciate it if you waited till say, 8am to begin your task. Especially since, like myself, many of us did not even go to bed until 1 or 2 this morning. We would appreciate it if you could wait next time and think to yourself, "Hmmmmm, this sidewalk that we are about to tear up is really close to a place that seems to have beds in it. Yeah, It's a little early. Maybe I should go eat a donut and drink some coffee until I see people actually coming out of this building to signal that they are in fact awake instead of starting up my jackhammer alarm clock." I say, "That would be a perfect solution. If I wanted to be awoken by the sounds of jackhammering, I would pick 'Jackhammer' as one of the sound options on the back of my current alarm clock. Thank you sirs for makign me get up and write this, I hope you read it and heed its warning.....by the way, this also goes for the men who like to use their truck to pump water out of the pond at 7 AM as well.

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I agree!

Judge Hatchet, you're hilarious! I completely agree with what you're saying. And I'd also like to add that I would really appreciate it if the men with the lawn mowers would also wait until a little later in the day to start cutting the grass outside my room.

I know!

I am NOT a very morning person. As a matter a fact, I live in Pem East, so I hear a lot of people complaining about the construction in Dalton and out lovely blue bus noise. Fortunately, I live in the other side of construction and blue bus; so I don't hear any noises in six in the morning. Thank god.
Still, the jackhammering and lawn mowers drove me crazy the other morning!
I tried to sleep through it, but I could hear the sounds going into my ears. I don't remember how long it took them to jackhammer darn side walk and mow the freaking grass, but it really bothered me; especially my first class was 11:30 in the morning also consider that I went to bed at two or three!

Wake up Jackhammer and Early?

I love the sound of a jackhammer in the morning. Have you had your dose of jackhammer today? Wake up on the wrong side of the jackhammer this morning? The jackhammer is always greener from the other side of the window. Kill two jackhammers with one stone. Like construction worker, like jackhammer. The jackhammer was so loud that it was replacing commonly used words with the word "jackhammer." Brainwashing... or maybe just construction.

I had the same problem. The construction workers decided to jackhammer outside of my window at 7:30 one morning. I learned that screaming didnt help because the jackhammer was so damn lound that THEY couldnt even hear themselves thinking. Maybe thats why they couldnt think that maybe there was SOMEONE in the world who was sleeping BEFORE they started to tear up the concrete. I had to close my windows which didnt even really help either. Then, I considered myself lucky when I thought of all the starving jackhammers in Africa.

I woke up that day with a "good jackhammer!" Then i took a jackhammer and ate some jackhammer. Then i went to jackhammer and learned about jackhammer.... when will the construction be over?

=.......(

Never Regret the Biggest Mistake of Your Life

ahh!

Today was especially awful. I live in Merion so I don't hear a huge amount of noise but this morning changed all that. I went to bed early last night specifically in order to wake up early this morning and be able to catch breakfast (actually hot breakfast). But, this morning, unfortunately, something ridiculously loud woke me up. I was in too much of a daze to understand what it was. Does anyone know what it was? jackhammer? tractor?

Umm..

YEAH! I heard that too! It was like 8 in the morning today. I was like oh no, the jackhammer ppl again. But I don't think it could be jackhammering because it was not loud as it used to be.
But I definetely know what you are talking about. :D

I hate to say it but...

I bet they are as pissed off at the concept of jackhammering at 7 in the morning as you.

Ahhhh...

So true my friend...I bet they had to wake up nice and early also... but at least they didnt have to wake up to the lovely noise of a jackhammer.

Absolutely

I know they are putting hard work in the school and I do appreciate that, but not 7 in the morning to wake everyone up. Very funny, Apathy :D

Wow.

Wow. That is amazing....

I know, it's awful!

I know exactly what you are talking about and how you feel! I feel like for the past week or so I have been waking up to the lovely sounds of the jackhammering outside my room. And if waking up to it was not enough I also am welcomed with the sound whenever I come into my room during the day. As I often try to sit and do work i find it to be nearly impossible due to the obnoxious sounds of the jackhammering going on outside my room. Of course, I could close the windows but then I would have no air, I find it to be a real dilemma.

that is completly rude of

that is completly rude of you to judge those hammerers maybe i paid them to do that to remind you of me. Just calm down. keep it real homes

Get use to it.

I hate to say this but you should just get use to it. In my years of being here there is always some form of contruction going on. Despite what I'm sure is a constant stream of complaints nothing has changed, I would suggest that you look at the brightside. At least you're already up for class and with all of the construction you should never fear being late or missing mid-term or final. I think that you should thank these men instead of criticizing them. They have saved you the money that you would have spent on an alarm clock. :)

Leave the Jackhammers alone!!!!

Maybe something needs to be clear here, or maybe some of you just don’t notice that these “jack hammering” workers are not purposely trying to disturb you… their just doing their job. These are descent people who deserve respect, and for that matter have no fault as to what time their told they have to get started on work. I don’t understand why people are being incomprehensible about the situation and refusing to see that they are not to blame! They are workers, just like you and me. I heard many complain about throwing out food in the dinning halls. We are aware other people are bothered by that, and even you may be bothered by it too, but you still need to do your job and throw out the food, like you are told. It may suck, but either way it’s what you’re paid to do, and you have to obey to that. This is what these people are paid to do, it’s their job… you need to understand that.

~Knowledge speaks, but Wisdom listens~

OMG

OMG...This was not meant as a tear on the Jackhammerers themselves. If you couldn't catch it, and obviously you didn't, this was supposed to be humerous. I totally understand that they have to do what they have to do. I just wanted to comment on the situation because I know a lot of the people are a little annoyed. Sorry if it offended you, but for future reference, I have a very sarcastic sense of humor, so take that into comsideration, Everyone, when you read my blog.

Ah, I think I get it...

humerous: referring to one's humerus, the upper part of the arm

humorus: referring to one's humor, the upper part of comedy

So, you're saying that you meant it to be upper-handed, or are you being sarcastic again? :)

Just Don't...

There is no need to be petty. You know what she meant; you dont have to make unnecesary comments on her spelling and sarcastic jokes about the intention of her reply to How I Learned to Drive. She was defending the objective of her original post.

Never Regret the Biggest Mistake of Your Life

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