Published on 12, July, 2020
I spend a lot of time travelling on trains in the course of my work and there are two sounds that drive me nuts, to the extent that I’ll go and find myself another seat if that’s possible and, if it’s not, I’ll just grit my teeth in anguish! The first is the sound of people typing on their laptops, the rattling keystroke sounds make me want to scream! Second is the sound of people whispering to one-another. You get this in museums and galleries too. Just speak normally people, there’s no need to whisper, I can hear you anyway.
Obviously, the tick tick sound of IPhone ear buds or Air Pods is also infuriating, but I imagine that’s the case for most people!
The sounds that really drive me nuts are, the sound of electric alarm clocks when the alarm sounds. To wake myself I usually either wake up naturally or if I do have to be up at a certain time then I set my alarm on my phone to a ring tone. I also cannot stand the sound people scrapping their chairs in and out from under a table (seriously pick the chair up ). Another sound that drives me mental is the sound of people snoring, I can't explain why it drives me nuts, it just does, and when someone is swinging a creaky door back and forth.