Despite the fact that I love a good loud rock concert, I’m easily annoyed by almost anything that rises above the ambient sound level.
That robin outside my window at 0430, someone talking or playing music in the next cubicle, the creak of my bike when things aren’t tightened down right, the jingle of keys against change in my pocket, the click-click-click of a piece of gravel in the tread of my sandals. I’ve got a noise in the passenger compartment of my truck that nobody else can hear, but it bugs the crap outta me.
I’ve been accused of eavesdropping several times, but I guess I just have more acute hearing that your average bear.