I’m a writer. I like my peace and quiet. I need my peace and quiet. I can’t think/focus/create when there’s one of the following noises:
- Barking dog.
- Garbage truck backing up.
- Air conditioner thumping.
- TV on in another room.
- Anybody talking anywhere.
I’ve been blessed (or cursed, depending on your perspective) with freakishly good hearing. Michael insists I could hear a bird shit in the woods of, say, Australia. I’m sensitive to sounds of all sorts, true enough, but the one sound that drives me absolutely insane is the buzz of a chainsaw.
When did this object of torture become the instrument of choice by gardeners and landscapers? I know it’s been around for years, but it just seems as if a day – no, make that an early morning – doesn’t go by without me throwing up my hands in frustration when I hear that thing going off. Can’t anybody do any work by hand? Must they pollute my quietude by firing up their chainsaws and destroying my concentration? Can’t the manufacturers produce a chainsaw that doesn’t break eardrums, the same way car companies have taken down the noise level of engines, as in hybrids?
Right this minute, as I type this, a neighbor’s chainsaw is sawing right through my brain. I’m dying to walk over and stomp on the thing, but I’m way too well-mannered. Sadly.
I’m sorry i’m laughing. Eating lunch at my desk and you made me smile.
This is me without the good hearing.
I find birds “singing” annoying as hell and I must add jet ski’s to your list.
Nothing ruins a nice day on the water than the annoying screeching sound of a jet ski.
Jane we could live in silence together.
I’ll just fill up your glass of wine when I see it’s running low.
Now that made ME laugh, Peg. I do like birds singing but I totally agree about jet skis. And I forgot to add people who play their music too loud, which is the same as saying people who play their music at all! Pouring wine, on the other hand, makes no sound at all.