Sounds of Vendors-Piazza Della Rotunda

While I sat in front of the Pantheon, I was quiet and took in the sounds of my surroundings.I was immediately drawn to the sound of two metal objects clinking together followed by a ringing noise that lasted a couple of seconds before ending. This repeated a few seconds later. I found the source of this annoyance to my left. It was a man with a bag of variety products available for purchase. The actual noise came from two magnets that, when thrown in the air, defied everything but common sense and came clinking together. Then as the magnets were in the air they spun for a second or two producing the ringing noise. The magnet is then caught and the incredible act is repeated again in case anyone happened to miss it the first 12 times.

Instead of being annoyed by this desperate attempt to make money, tourists with young children should say thank you. By demonstrating how annoying this simple toy is, the vendors allow parents to get a mental image of the next two hours after they buy that product. Images of themselves ripping the magnets out of their kids hands and throwing them as far away as possible. This image makes saying no to the child a little easier. And, thanks, to the vendors partner (in crime) ten feet away, the parents can avoid that ever present temptation to buy a bubble blower that makes a siren noise as it shoots bubbles in people's faces downwind. I think the vendors need a knew business strategy, maybe selling ear plugs to everyone who doesn't buy their noisy toys.