There are lots of angry people in the world and local newspapers do a good job of reporting them. In fact, local newspapers would struggle to fill their pages if it wasn’t for all the anger out there.
This website publishes press photographs of angry people.
As the author says: “I feel sorry for local news photographers. They are hugely skilled and poorly paid, and sent out to photograph miserable people pointing at dog turds. Here, we celebrate their work.”
Until discovering this site I wasn’t fully aware how many angry people there are.
I verified the anger by searching Google News for “angry residents”. Here are some recent examples:
Residents fear trees chopped ‘willy-nilly’
East Auckland residents (from left) Alison Dyson, Gary Muller, Bill Dalziel and Andrea Robinson are angry trees on Marine Parade in Howick have been felled. Photo: Natalie Slade.
The sight of a pile of tree limbs chopped to improve sea views has angered users of a popular coastal walkway in one of east Auckland’s premium streets.
“A lot of people are sick to the guts about what is happening,” said Alison Dyson, who lives near the scene of the clearing work on a subdivision overlooking Mellons Bay, Howick.
- Full story in the New Zealand Herald.
Hearing draws angry crowd of citizens, officials
Hundreds of concerned citizens turned out at Salem City Hall Annex on Jan. 25 to weigh in on the cuts to bus, train and ferry services and fare hikes proposed by the MBTA.
Inside two overcrowded rooms that spilled out into the hallway, outraged residents, officials and politicians asserted their opinions, insisting that the changes would be detrimental to the quality of life on the North Shore.
- Full story in the Cape Ann Beacon.
Fury over noisy road upgrades
Angry North Sapphire residents have left Roads and Maritime Services in no doubt about their feelings over the amount of noise road works on the Sapphire to Woolgoolga upgrade are creating.
Residents are fed up with the noise from compression brakes and heavy machinery and have asked for noise barriers to be installed.
- Full story in the Coffs Coast Advocate.
Bad case of gas riles Darebin residents
Raleigh Street residents say Darebin Council wasted ratepayers’ money landscaping their nature strips only a few weeks before a gas company ripped them up.
“Very annoyed” resident Enver Sakiri said he had had to put up with council machinery breaking concrete and digging holes in his nature strip late last year only to have to endure it again a few weeks later when gas company APA Group replaced mains.
- Full story in the Preston Leader.
Angry Mombasa clerics demand repair of roads
The Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya yesterday stormed the Kenya Rural Roads Authority and Kenya Urban Roads Authority offices in Mombasa to demand answers about the pathetic condition of roads.
Council officials led by nominated MP Sheikh Mohamed Dhor caught managers of the two authorities by surprise.
- Full story in The Star.
Angry parents demand action over dangerous crossing
Angry parents say they are still waiting for action two months after calling on the council to introduce parking restrictions on a busy road.
More than 600 people signed a petition demanding action be taken on a section of Inmans Row at the junction with Monkhams Lane in Woodford Green, where children are encouraged to cross by painted footprints on the pavement.
- Full story in The Guardian.
Residents join bid to save lollipop patrols
Angry residents and ward councillors have backed calls to save city school crossing patrols.
The patrols are under threat as part of Peterborough City Council budget proposals.
- Full story in Peterborough Today.
Comment
All these stories are from the past few days and I could have easily picked another 20 or more.
It shows that anger is universal, although the Brits seem to get more angry more quickly than the rest of us.
In some parts of the world anger is saved for life-and-death issues, whereas in England outrage is sparked if the local council removes a parking space.
All good fodder for local newspapers and now the internet.
