# Sounds you hate **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 14, 2000, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115 "2000-11-14T04:18:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/1 "2000-11-14T04:18:24Z")
OK, we did “sounds you love” the other day. Here’s the flip side: - Of course, nails scraping on a chalkboard - That rattling noise in my car that I can never figure out where it’s coming from…dammit!!! - busy signals - the alarm clock (especially when it goes off on Saturday when I forgot to turn it off and I can sleep in…) - George W. Bush’s laugh ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/2 "2000-11-14T04:33:33Z")
- The buzz my heater fan in my car is making lately. - The choking of a car refusing to start. - The slamming-door noise of one of my friends logging off AIM. - The alarm clock going off. I use the radio setting on mine. - Mice in the walls. - My friends’ voices when they are upset and I can’t make it better. - The Too Much Silence of your eardrums going on strike after 4 hours at a NASCAR race. ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/3 "2000-11-14T05:39:02Z")
any sound my Jeep makes that can be heard over the exhaust and wind noise (if it’s that loud, it can’t be good) ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/4 "2000-11-14T05:50:01Z")
Two safety-related sounds that drive me up the nearest water tower with an Uzi: 1. That “emergency broadcast this is just a test” whine. 2. Back-up beepers on large trucks; I’d rather be squashed. And… Does Fran Drescher’s voice count? And that godawful 3-tone alert phone companies use to short circuit your central nervous system just before an unconvincing android drones, “I’m sorry, whatever you just tried won’t work; consult the tiny print on your bill or the innacurate phone book of your choice.” (Okay, I went a little over the top on the last one.) Veb ---
**Author:** ![Bazooka\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ebca7d/32.png) [@Bazooka\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bazooka_Joe)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/5 "2000-11-14T09:04:52Z")
That high pitched hum my television makes. Very annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/6 "2000-11-14T09:19:54Z")
Rosie O’Donnell’s laugh, Michael Bolton’s singing, Whitney Houston breathing, and Emo Phillips trying to be funny. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/7 "2000-11-14T17:05:52Z")
That godawful metal filing sound. I can’t stand it, that includes hacksaw blading something metal. Makes me want to jump out of my skin. ---
**Author:** ![zyzzyva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zyzzyva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zyzzyva)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/8 "2000-11-14T18:40:26Z")
Car horns car alarms poorly-muffled engines (think Harley) The Microsoft Sound ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/9 "2000-11-14T20:09:37Z")
leaf blowers other peoples music, in my car or house. the Emergency Broadcast Warning tone cat fights, that’s FELINES! whiney toddlers, or even worse, teenagers. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/10 "2000-11-14T20:21:15Z")
Either one of my toddlers: “uh-oh” “Hi, this is Joe Schmo representing Morons Collection…” Those random noises your car makes that you can’t pin down. Random noises around the house at 3am. small animal fights outside, late at night. Small Dogs being left outside in winter by heartless people. Adults yelling at obviously clueless small kids in public. Small Kids yelling in public. That choking noise your car makes when it runs out of gas. The thumping sound your tires makes when it goes flat. The lack of noise you get when hearing either of the above two in the middle of nowhere late at night. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/11 "2000-11-14T20:29:36Z")
Those voices in my head that just keep talking and talking without stopping …nag…nag…nag… “Alright! I’ll build that damn spaceship landing pad in the front yard!!! But I’m not covering the roof of the house with the fucking tin foil again! Do you hear me in there!!! I won’t do it!!! Aaaaahhhhhrghhhh…” ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/12 "2000-11-14T20:31:53Z")
Other people eating. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/13 "2000-11-14T21:02:39Z")
Muffled laughter coming through the drive-through window after the cashier hands you your bag of food. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/14 "2000-11-14T21:41:36Z")
The sound of pieces of styrofoam being rubbed together. The sound of somebody chewing ice cubes or grinding their teeth. You idiot neighbor’s dog barking outside at 3:00 a.m… The sound of somebody puking in the immediate area. ---
**Author:** ![lissabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lissabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissabeth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2000, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/15 "2000-11-14T22:34:58Z")
The high pitch squeal that only children under the age of three can make. High pitch beeps. The way my mother says “I told you so”. My cat growling at 2 am. People talking on cell phones in the movies. The vacuum cleaner. ---
**Author:** ![Saturn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Saturn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/16 "2000-11-15T06:05:30Z")
OK, definitely for me I would have to say: women with nails scratching their panty hose, and emory (sp?) boards…You know, those sand paper-esque little boards that women carry around and file their nails with?..Absolutely sends me up the wall. ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/17 "2000-11-15T07:41:18Z")
cat’s in heat - worst sound ever. Mmmmeeeerrrrrrrrrrrroooowwwwwwwwwooooooowwwwww… ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-hate/41115/18 "2000-11-15T07:49:02Z")
The bus drivers in my area all wear microphones to make announcements. One day, one of them was sucking a piece of hard candy, not realizing that the entire bus was being filled with: Sllluuuuurp smack shlupupupup smicksmak gulp ahhhhh. (Continue for 20 minutes) Still, it’s not as bad as when they have a head cold. And people wonder why I ride the train. –sublight.