Comments on: Noises Support Group Follow-Up

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 24 May 2008 09:21:26 +0000

brooke — I love “people yawning silently.” What’s wrong with them?

By: brooke regans friend

brooke regans friend — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:46:01 +0000

i do that all the time this is bothers me
mrs.reilys talking
flipping book pages
the phone recorders
the people who sound like robots and
people yawning silently

By: The Junk Drawer » Blog Archive » Audio Annoyances Anonymous

The Junk Drawer » Blog Archive » Audio Annoyances Anonymous — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:03:35 +0000

[...] Addendum: The results of our first meeting are posted here. [...]

By: Kathy Frederick

Kathy Frederick — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:35:00 +0000

S & W — I think we’re all guilty of some of them. I’ve been a loud talker, too.

Love your blog. I’m always on the lookout for a curious sign to submit. Thanks for putting it together.

By: Signs&Wonders

Signs&Wonders — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:02:00 +0000

What’s strange is that many of these things bother me, and yet, I am also guilty of some of them–well, of loud talking in particular.

I have no internal filters, so I rarely realize how loud I’m talking. And my other pet peeve is when people say something to me about how loud I’m talking.

By: regan

regan — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:09:00 +0000

Woah, even more now.

People who think they sing good
Boring lectures that go nowhere
Ripping paper
People who make weird noises with their mouths
Loud tapping
Our shredder

Ohhhh. I'll come to lots of meetings, then.

By: Kathy Frederick

Kathy Frederick — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:45:00 +0000

CC -- Welcome! It helps to get it out, doesn't it? Course, you could get rid of almost half your list if you just take care of your neighbors. And by "take care of", I mean kill them.

Jeff -- Hey, buddy. This is your fault! You had the brilliant idea for a support group and now we've led people to believe we can actually help them! All it did was give me two dozen new noises to be bothered by.

Because someone in your state complained about how her refrigerator door drives her insane, the door to the one in our office started squeaking yesterday!!! And me without my WD-40~! Thank God I have a meeting soon and can get out of here. My head's about to explode.

I'm putting this all on you, Jeff.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:39:00 +0000

Kathy, I think this may be backfiring. I'm now aware of another 29 irritating sounds I never considered before.

And now I'm hyperventilating.

And bothering CC.

By: CC

CC — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:22:00 +0000

1. Spinning pen excessively on desk
2. Tapping pen constantly on hard surface
3. Dogs that snore all night
4. Wind chimes - during gale force winds
5. Tree limbs scratching on window pane
6. TV repeats
7. Misquitoes whilst sleeping
8. Neighbors hanging pictures at 11pm at night
9. Neighbors vacuuming at 11pm at night.
10. Neighbors at 11pm at night
11. Louder-than-usual motorcycles

Whew - and breathe

12. People who breathe really loudly.

Sorry. I'll stop now.

By: Kathy Frederick

Kathy Frederick — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:19:00 +0000

@ Regan — If you need to keep coming to meetings, I’ll write a note for your teacher to get you out of school. I’m not a doctor, but I play one in this blog.

@ JD — I used to think I was the only one who had a problem. Until I saw the lists of things that annoy others. With so much feedback, this thing could go national!

By: JD

JD — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:39:00 +0000

This is definitely going to catch on in a big way. And that’s probably not a good thing.

By: regan

regan — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:54:00 +0000

I still have a few more… Like my cat when she’s trying to be fed, or 1-800 Service.