Several years ago, I owned a Firebird Formula. It developed this odd symptom, that as I drove, a noise would emit from somewhere in the dashboard, a whining, thready, inconsistent noise. It wouldnt’ always happen, sometimes if I decelerated it abated, othertimes not.
But it drove me batty. So I took the car to the shop. and the mechanic, after his troubleshooting and evaluation came up with the diagnosis: “that’s an annoying noise”.
Really? Gosh, I’d never had come up with that phrase to describe it. So, for the rest of the time that I had that car, if a new rider in the car commented, I was able to tell them that officially, it was ‘an annoying noise’ and it only took me $30 to find that out. (or whatever the charge was - can’t remember anymore).
I sold the car.
Fast forward to yesterday. I’m at work. I now rent a small one room office in a large building, my office is kinda way in the back way away from the rest of the stuff in the building, near the ‘staff’ break room, which also has 2 bathrooms for staff.
As I was sitting there yesterday, I heard it again. that same whiney thready, inconsitent noise. Only much much louder. Now it sounds similar to an tornado warning siren in the distance, only one that’s loosing it’s batteries, 'cause it kinda comes in and out. It’ll go on for 40 minutes, stop for a few, then back on. It seems to be eminating somehow from the water system - maybe connected to the pipes or water heater or something. It definately goes bonkers again after some one uses the bathrooms.
After a couple hours of this, my head’s throbbing like John Holmes dick, and I’m starting to continue to hear it after I leave the place.
Fuck. If the plumber comes in and diagnoses it as “an annoying noise”, I will not be responsible for my reaction.