What sounds drive you crazy? Mine, background noise on TV

There's been some discussion lately about womens' high voices, and discrimination/comments they've received in professional settings regarding the way they sound.

Fair or not, I don't like listening to the high, nasal voices that some women have.

Also, people who use a lot of filler words like "you know.. I mean...ummmmm....like...." Some of this has to do with long-time relationships and the frustrations tied with spending 8+ hours per day with someone.

I have met my people! Most if not all of the sounds mentioned make me crazy! Chewing sounds, drumming a pencil, etc. Whistling is the worst though. Why do people have to randomly break into whistling in public places? Is it really necessary to do in the grocery store or doctor's offices? Sometimes I notice that if I make the same sound the annoying person is making that they stop.

LOL it must have been love, I think that would have sent me running for the hills!  My hubby was sneaky he was a quiet eater at first, but after 25 yrs of marriage I am too tired to train another one so I will stick with the slurper haha

Snoring, my cat clawing at the carpet (which she knows she's not allowed to do but does anyway), and my dog licking her butt. These all drive me nuts.

Ever since I was little, I have always cringed at the sound of pouring liquid into a drinking glass or bowl or what have you. Small water fountains fall into this category as well.

Oh, and most recently...we've been dog sitting for much of this year and whenever the dog licks herself, I can't stand it. I have to leave the room.

   And not only music; TVs are everywhere too. I just want to read in the dr's waiting room, not have Rachel Ray foisted upon me.

Last night we went out to eat to our neighborhood bistro and the people in the next booth were playing America's Got Talent with full audio on an iPad...in tandem with the restaurant's music.   I guess the 3 TVs (muted, thank God) streaming sports weren't good enough for them. 

Also, monotonous mechanical sounds like leaf blowers and chain saws, the back-up beepers on trucks, high-pitched voices on either gender. The slurpy noise DH makes when eating pineapple makes me want to stab him with a fork. The guy behind me on the train from NYC last Friday who sniffled and snuffled for 2 hours rather than using a tissue--aargh!!! 

There are a few noises that drive me insane, insane I say!!

First is the buzzer in my car when you don't have a seatbelt on. My husband is the worst offender. He will be 1/2 way down our street before he puts on the seatbelt. Meanwhile I am getting ready to explode. Usually I say, "Hear anything???" and he puts it on. If I am really on edge I semi yell, "PUT YOUR SEATBELT ON!!!!"

Another one is strumming your fingers or nails. (How do I explain what I mean?) First you hit your pinky finger, then your ring finger, then your middle finger, then your index finger, repeat over and over. Kwim???

And tapping while music is playing in the car! Between my husband and 3 daughters, I almost want to drive my own car and meet them there. They can't stop tapping! They tap their hands on steering wheel (husband) and on whatever else (daughters).

Fork biting noise (fork sliding over teeth). I cringe.

Eating noises--specifically smacking food.

The sound effect they use in KitKat commercials that is supposed to be a biting sound.

The sound of styrofoam being cut. My parents used planks of styrofoam in our family business when I was growing up and the squeaky sound of it being cut makes me cringe.

People chewing which seems like a common complaint here. I also can't stand the sound of my sister wiping her phone screen on her jeans. She does it over and over. Sometimes she rubs her hand up and down on her jeans for no reason at all that sound drives me crazy also. It's like she petting herself and it's so annoying.

NASCAR races on tv. Those damned NASCAR races! I am always so happy when racing season is over.

I dislike ANY noise when I'm trying to sleep. I'm a very light sleeper and any sounds or noises will keep me awake for hours. (And yes, I've tried foam ear plugs but they hurt my ears so that doesn't work for me.) I tolerate DH's CPAP machine because it's so much better than the alternative, but it still drives me nuts. At least his new one is a lot quieter than the old one was!

I have been hearing-impaired since I was a child, most notably my teens. I wore a hearing aid from the time I was 15 until the age of 46, when I had cochlear implant surgery. I had to turn it off a lot when it was noisy, and then there were certain sounds I either never heard or never noticed, due to concentrating on what I did need to hear. Now that I have the CI, I turn it off quite a bit, LOL. I can't stand hearing my dh eating while I am trying to watch TV. I am talking about loud stuff, not pudding. LOL. I have always hated to hear a chip or cookie bag crinkling. That sound just about drives me over the edge.

I still need closed-captions on my TV, so often I will watch TV without my CI, so I don't always have the issue, but I have noticed a lot of music or other sounds seem to drown out the dialogue. I also don't understand why they would do that. I normally then do turn off my CI so that I can watch the show in peace and read the dialogue.

I HATE to hear the second hand on my clock ticking. I have one in my scrapbook room and it really drives me crazy. I don't have music playing or anything like that. I am one that has to concentrate on what I am doing. I can't play music while working because I find that I either ignore it completely, or want to sing along.

I have always wondered why so many people have to have "noise" going all the time. DH turns on the radio in the car immediately and that drives me crazy. I think it's mostly because I did go so many years not being able to understand the lyrics or on talk radio, the words, so I just hate it all.