It's just a noise, no one's ever been, killed by noise
これまでに2度ほど騒音ネタを出しましたが、これもそう。昨日泊まったホテルの部屋がキッチンのファンだかジェネレータだかのそばでモーター音が半端なくすごい。文句を言ったら、「キッチンが閉まる9時には止めるので寝る時間には問題ないはず。」...嘘でした。2人とも全然眠れなかった。でもフロント係は「キッチンが消し忘れたんですかね、ソーリー」ぐらいであまり問題だとも思っていない様子。
オーストラリア人は、と一般化するのはよくないのは重々承知ですが、彼らは騒音に対して無頓着すぎます。しかし一方では、タバコや子供の安全に関しては日本より全然厳しいし、隣の家の壁の色だとか看板が派手すぎだとか、私からすれば別にいいじゃん、ということに目くじらをたてたりします。国が変われば常識も変わるという例ですね。
I have written about the noise nuisance twice by now, and this is the third one. The hotel room we stayed last night, we had terrible continuous motor noise by the kitchen generator. We complained about it but the receptionist told us that would be no problem by the time we go to bed as the kitchen would switch it off when they close. Guess what? As I half expected, it wasn't the case... and we lost sleep. When we complained again next morning, the receptionist just said, "Oh, the kitchen might have forgotten. Sorry mate." He did not take it particularly seriously.
I know it is not fair to generalise, but I cannot help about this point - AUSTRALIANS DO NOT CARE ABOUT NOISE!. But I understand that there are different common sense and intolerance in different cultures - in fact, in Australia, there are far stricter regulations about smoking and child safety, and some complains about such things as their neighbour's wall colour is too loud or eye-sore signs, which, to me, seems nothing.
