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I agree, but with a caveat about ice cream trucks specifically. If they park in one spot and play the same jingle very loudly for hours on end (say, three to fo
by taylorlapeyre 1y ago
I agree, but with a caveat about ice cream trucks specifically. If they park in one spot and play the same jingle very loudly for hours on end (say, three to four hours in one location outside of your home), it is in fact insanely maddening.
- johnthedebs 1y agoI may be more sound sensitive than most, but if I could hear it loudly for even 5-10 minutes I'd be annoyed. 3-4 hours? While I'm at home? Absolutely no way; I'd complain too.
- petercooper 1y agoIn the UK stationary ice cream trucks don't play music, only those travelling around, so you hear it for a couple of minutes at most as it winds around the neighborhood. I'd also be complaining if it was going on for hours :-)
- masfuerte 1y agoThe UK has rules about this: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-on-noise-from-ice-cream-van-chimes https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-... Among other things, playing the jingle in the same place repeatedly is prohibited.
- toast0 1y agoAt my old house, we had the best ice cream truck. Rather than playing music, it just had like a train bell. Sounded like the ice cream engine was rolling through. Ding.... ding .... ding ....
- loco5niner 1y agoThat is a vast improvement.
- lapetitejort 1y agoHave you heard the ice cream trucks with a random "Hello?" thrown into songs? I don't understand the purpose. Googling brought up some people saying it goes back to the 90s, or that it's specifically a Southern California thing. Strangely enough the movie A Different Man (2024) played that exact sound during an emotional scene. That movie takes place in NYC.
- neaden 1y agoI hear the Hello from our local ice cream trucks in Illinois, so not just a California thing.
- tetris11 1y agoI wonder what the copyright licensing is on Frank Mills Music Box Dancer which is quite common on the icecream trucks here
- lapetitejort 1y agoBased on the images and knock-off ice cream bars I've seen, ice cream trucks seem to treat copyright as a suggestion
- macNchz 1y agoDefinitely a thing in NYC—had an ice cream truck that would sit down the block from my place playing music all day long and many years later that "hello" is like nails on a chalkboard.
- nunez 1y agoIt's for vibes basically. I thought it was hilarious when I was younger
- cocothem 1y agofor the entire time the ice cream truck is stopped, it's engine is still running and generating toxic fumes. Had one parking strategically right next to a playground.