He was explaining to the nurse why my request that he turn down his TV volume at night was unreasonable, as was my suggestion that he wear headphones like I do to not annoy others. Through her he basically told me to go to Hell.
He’s 93 and he watches Fox News all night. I have not asked for a spare pillow to smother him.
Turn yours on to MSNBC?
I got nuthin’.
CNN.
I think after 9pm and until 8pm tv sound in shared rooms should only be earphones or pillow speakers, facility wide. Or turn the tvs off completely if not willing to use headphones or a pillow speaker.
I’m surprised the place you live doesn’t have rules about that. It seems exceedingly unfair to expect anyone to tolerate that kind of rude behavior.
I just can’t reconcile in my mind the desire, at that late late late stage of life, to be a jerk, just to be a jerk. At 93 he should be making peace with the world.
Total war? OK…
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=babies+crying+10+hours
I have that ready for the flights where people get WiFi and start Zoomin’ and WhatsAppin’.
One of the greatest inventions of our times are noise cancelling headphones, IMO. Put them on and play the crying babies full blast on another device.
You last roommate turned his TV off, and look what happened to him.
Point.
I’d prefer something I’d enjoy, like ABBA or girl groups of the 80s, like Bangles.
The best and cheapest solution is ear plugs.
I like Macks foam. They’re inexpensive.
It is unfortunate that your roommate is allowed to make noise late at night.
Isn’t this also disturbing to residents in other rooms?
It is.
Are you ambulatory at all? If so, wait until he’s asleep, then tune the TV to your preferred station (at a volume level you can tolerate), and reverse the batteries in his remote.
As others have suggested, play something of your own, and you have to do it loudly. Not for revenge (that’s a side benefit), but to annoy the staff. Hopefully, they will propose a reasonable noise restriction that all can live with.
As someone who spent most of a year in a nursing home a few years back - you have my sympathies. I had a gem of a roommate. Old Tom was addled, but otherwise a sweet old man. Previous to Tom, one roommate I had kept the AC on until my nose all but broke off. Another made racist and sexist remarks to me when the nurses left, thinking because I was a white male I’d be OK with that.
I find earphones, and earplugs, invaluable to keeping the constant coughing and moaning of the residents down to a dull roar. I cannot recommend them enough. It applies to hospital stays as well - the machines are deafening.
EDIT: Something like THESE cheap foam ones work well for me.
I like the way you think.
Uh, Mike? You didn’t care about the last one who died!
Was that the one with the hip-hop music that was too loud?
How many roommates have to die before someone puts the pieces together?!
That sounds like a challenge.
I agree. What’s on early that will drive him nuts? PBS?