Jingle, Jingle, Jingle

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I'm starting to hear that ringing again. The unique sound of annoyance that can only come from a volunteer bell ringer for the salvation army. I have nothing against the volunteer or the salvation army, it's just that darn little bell with its' ding-a-linging clanking. It's true that I don't care much for the christmas season, but I assure you my hate for the mini bell does not center around the holiday. I just find the sound a nuisance to my ears and very bothersome. The pitch it hits leaves me with a headache at times. I even find cow bells less annoying. I wish that there was an alternative to the bell. I get it, the bell is a small, cheap, attention grabber that anyone can ring and it gets peoples ears to listen. In the past I have offered bell ringers money for thier bells only to be refused. I've had visions of taking one from a ringers fingers and very enthusiastically throw it to the ground, only to continuously jump on it with a spirit full of joy, a gleam in my eye and yelling in a voice of holiday cheer, "Ding Dong! the bell is dead. Which old bell? The ringing bell!" Why can't they be given a rain stick? A cow bell? Percussion shakers? Maracas? Or even a tambourine? I'd even settle for a volunteer playing a guitar and singing christmas songs. But until that day comes, I will just have to put my hands over my ears and fight the urge to confiscate the bell.