Noises that bother you.

[hondo4life]

In no particular order:

- Feedback on stage
- Logging soil samples next to one of these



- the Sharp copier in my office

That machine is just awful. I am just starting a geology program, and am now having second thoughts.

 

[elgecko]

That machine is just awful. I am just starting a geology program, and am now having second thoughts.

If it's any consolation, hollow stem auger rigs are more common...I don't miss working drill rigs.

 

[saltydude]

A diesel truck idling.
Basketball bouncing.
Obnoxious drunks.
Yhippe litte dogs yipping.
Fireworks late night when my dog and I need peace.
A cackling group of women out at dinner
The report of AR-15's.

Just to name a handful.

 

[Munjibunga]

People chewing ice and noisy eating in general.

 

[Munjibunga]

In no particular order:

- Feedback on stage
- Logging soil samples next to one of these



- the Sharp copier in my office

Strangely, in my 35 years in the business I've never been around a geoprobe rig and, from the sound of it, that's a good thing. I have been around just about every other type of drill rig, including the ones that enable you to go down the hole - sometimes over 100 feet deep. None of that really bugged me.

 

[Inkdork]

People tapping thier nails on a hard surface or clicking their pen. If makes me super anxious.

 

[JGbassman]

Fireworks when I'm not expecting them. They still catch me off guard sometimes.

Someone clapping too close to my left ear will set off my tinnitus. That causes all sorts of issues.

Any politician that promises anything.

 

[catcauphonic]

Crying babies on airplanes by a landslide, but also in restaurants.

Then leaf blowers, weedwackers, & lawnmowers.

Harleys that blow by me on the highway.

My cat's sandpaper tongue licking plastic bags when she's hungry (i heard they're somehow made using animal fat, but haven't fact checked that.)

 

[Schlyder]

crying babies.

 

[Gazman]

The sound of metal, on rock (not a music genre) gives me shivers.

Also, any song by Train

 

[Tom Bomb]

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I got nuthin'

 

[bolophonic]

My neighbors down the road had an automatic backup generator installed last year, so when we have a power outage in the winter, there is a beautiful moment of peaceful silence and then "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHH" the generator kicks in, echoing like a chainsaw across the fresh fallen snow, ensuring that their Christmas lights never go out all night.

 

[rtslinger]

Going with buzzers that is about it. There is nothing else that I let bother me.

 

[fhm555]

A smoke alarm waking me up at three AM.

The hiss of random air escaping from one of my tires.

A sharp intake of breath, followed by a breathless "oooh" from wifey as we walk through a shopping mall.

The sound of my starter turning over not quickly followed by my engine running.

A rattlesnake rattle while wading through waist high weeds.

The buzz of a mosquito.

 

[Stewie26]

A smoke alarm waking me up at three AM.

Agreed. How come they never let you know they have a low battery during the daytime? I can't tell you how many times I had to drag the ladder out of the garage to replace battery at three in the morning.

 

[Aberdumbie]

People chewing ice and noisy eating in general.

I worked with a woman that every day after lunch would start chewing gum... Very loudly. Each chew would come with a little snap of the gum.. Mouth wide open. After six months I was seriously considering murder.

 

[jugglingfreak]

Really, any sound, under the right circumstances, can be irritating.

 

[Funky Ghost]

Crying and whining babies/children.

-Mike

I would add a sub genre to this one:

Parents negotiating with said whining/crying kid.

Makes me want to falcon punch their reproductive devices out of their body. Call it civic contraception.

 

[5StringBlues]

 

[Funky Ghost]