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Fake Jamaican accent from deejays screaming noise from minibuses

Aug 03, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
Some years ago there was an attempt at curbing the noise pollution assailing us daily in public. Like so many things, it was just for a while before the ‘noise merchants’ were allowed to continue unfettered in assailing our ears. On any given day if one travels in one of the mini buses from Stabroek, regardless of the destination, one likely has to endure the extremely loud Jamaican ‘yardie’ music, quite often featuring some joker with a fake Jamaican accent, shouting above the repetitious music about things we dare not repeat before our mothers.
The lewdness spouted by this so-called Deejay is crass and ridiculous and makes one wonder what entertainment has come to. Bus drivers and their conductors act like it’s their duty to play music loud whether or not passengers want it. Observation of the other passengers in the bus reveal no evidence the music is appreciated and we are all hostages in the vehicle, sentenced to endure this racket until we get to our destinations.
Complaining about the music to drivers involves the risk of being cussed out and the music turned up even louder. One has to scream above the Jamaican racket when one wants a stop. Being a regular traveler by minibus, I’ve taken to catching buses that are not blasting music. This is very inconvenient since it is time consuming, with one in seven buses having the decency to play music relatively quietly.
Yesterday, with it being Sunday and less transportation available, there it was again; loud music, the fake Jamaican Deejay screaming lewdness, complete with the “BC” Jamaican cuss word. I’m guessing Jamaicans who live or visit here get a good laugh at Guyanese trying so hard to be Jamaican and importing the worse in Jamaican lewdness.
The solution is simply to put a couple of plainclothes policemen to charge a couple of them and the message would be communicated via the drivers themselves. We also need plainclothes policemen at the Stabroek bus park. During the day a few traffic policemen are stationed out there. I’ve never seen one of them pull in a bus for illegally parking or impeding traffic. At dusk, these traffic wardens melt away and drivers resort to the usual ‘ghettoistic’ behavior.
South buses would come in, stop right in the traffic and touters would go to work. Vehicles that come past the northern side of Demico and heading for Water Street via the “Bread-sellers’ boulevard,” are impeded by these buses. Put a few plainclothes policemen out there to pull the errant buses off the road for a week if that is what it takes to instill some discipline. Buses would gain passengers faster if the line up like they’re supposed to. Yes, this may put the touters out of business but, after all, they don’t pay taxes.
These are just a few solutions we can put in place to make regular commuters a little more comfortable. We as Guyanese are too soft and tend to accept any unpleasantness as ‘normal.’ We do not have to settle for less than we’re worth. We are paying passengers. We deserve better.
Nathaniel Hinckson

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