Anyone Else Annoyed By Certain Sounds People Make?

I'm always embarrassed when my stomach growls. If I can hear it, they can too?

 

I still say the worst sound ever is listening to people clip their nails at work in an open cubicle environment. Really? You want to groom yourself...go do it either at home or in the bathroom. Nobody wants to hear the noise of nail clippers snapping while picturing chunks of your nails flying off into the trash can. It's just gross. Use your f-ing brain!

 

I get you, chewing and drinking sounds bothers me and that's a bit of a problem since i work in the food industry.

Also whispering kinda bother me.

 

I work in a pretty quiet environment. So when the guy next to me starts humming along to the music he's listening to, I find it extremely annoying.

 

Chewing gum with mouth open. Nothing raises my blood pressure like the repetition of someone chewing their gum like a cow chewing cud.

 

The guy in the office next to me has allergy issues and is constantly "sniffing" which bugs me to no end after listening to it all day long......get some dam medicine or see a doctor.

 

I clip my **** in my office. I'm not doing that at HOME, I'm doing it on company time, like when I post here. I don't want nail chunks in my house. They vacuum here every night. Using my brain.

 

Not fer nuthin'....

 

Chewing loudly annoys the hell out of most people. I figure the ones that aren't annoyed by it are the ones doing the loud, open-mouthed chewing.

The biting noise on a spoon/fork kinda annoys me too.

 

I don't know.

I have a pretty big office all to myself, and I made sure everyone else had their own office and they can close their door. My door is closed unless my assistant lets someone in.

I guess the closest to being annoyed is that I had an employee lawyer who refused to eat out at lunch. He would bring his lunch from home and it smelled like ****. I knew him well and I told him I would give him a raise to keep the office from smelling like ****. That didn't work, he would still do it. So I went in the break room and removed the microwave but he brought one in from home. I let it go.......

I also gave everyone an extra $500 (above their bonuses) so that we could have a Christmas Party at work. I made it clear, bring me receipts for the gifts/festivities and I would give them cash. It went smoothly every year until this employee joined the firm. He said he was angry and offended by the Christmas decorations and did not feel safe and was against drinking in the office. I told him he could take the day of the party off if he wanted. He did, and then wanted his $500.

I sent him out to the downtown Chicago office........ no more stinky food or shitty attitudes around Christmas.

 

*Clicks pen repeatedly while sucking air through his teeth*

 

OP, I do have a noise my coworkers make that really bothers me nearly every time it happens within earshot of me!

Most people would call this activity "talking." I have grown to hate my department.

 

Being a lawyer/owner; I have never considered open spaces being a positive. Interesting theory, but yes I suspect being "cheaper" is the real reason.

Lawyers would rebel if they were in open spaces...... if for no other reason than we as a species are miserable and poor company. The drinking policy and quarterly paid parties seem to help though.