# If your vibrating phone sounds like a truck horn...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-vibrating-phone-sounds-like-a-truck-horn/648336>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 25, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-vibrating-phone-sounds-like-a-truck-horn/648336 "2013-01-25T17:29:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-vibrating-phone-sounds-like-a-truck-horn/648336/1 "2013-01-25T17:29:41Z")

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…Why even bother having the thing on vibrate?

Just sayin’.

(I’ve been hearing it from a couple desks over all morning. A ringtone would be less annoying.)

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-vibrating-phone-sounds-like-a-truck-horn/648336/2 "2013-01-25T17:37:32Z")

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Are you sure it wasn’t an actual vibrator you were hearing?