The non-stop drone of 'doo, doo, doo doo' from the song Baby Shark in the fire escapes has been an success at keeping people from loitering out, the mall says.
Housing advocates are questioning the decision by a downtown Montreal shopping centre to use the theme song from a popular kid’s TV series to keep people from loitering in some parts of the building.theme song in some stairwells beneath the building in order to keep the people from loitering in those places.
Turcotti says the non-stop drone of “doo, doo, doo doo” on loop and at various speeds in the fire escapes has been an success at the building thus far.“Since the installation of this sound solution, we have noticed an improvement in the situation,” the spokesperson noted, saying there are not plans to stop having the song echo throughout the building’s stairwells.
“I think the big players in our society have to do better. There are much more humane ways of intervening if there is a problem around their establishments,” Alexova offered. However, Turcotti noted that the Desjardins Group, which owns the mall, has not turned a blind eye to the homeless situation in Montreal.
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