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Humans hate repetitive sounds so much it's sometimes used as a form of torture. The purpose of an alarm is to alert someone. Maintenance had been scheduled, an
by valine 3y ago
Humans hate repetitive sounds so much it's sometimes used as a form of torture.
The purpose of an alarm is to alert someone. Maintenance had been scheduled, and after that point the beeping served no purpose. The primary fault lies with the person who designed the alarm, there should have been an option to silence it.
- grayhatter 3y agodid you not read the article before commenting? the instructions for silencing the freezer alarm was attached to the freezer... I also find it hard to assign any blame to the alarm designer. If there was a way to permanently silence the alarm, that was specifically added to prevent unnoticed loss of temperature. That would be a much worse design. Accounting for human nature.
- valine 3y agoYes it silenced the alarm for a few minutes, just long enough to make you notice when it starts back up. I’m fairly confident momentary silence is part of the aforementioned torture technique. Did you not think about the article when you read it?
- grayhatter 3y agoedited my post above yours...
- hulitu 3y ago> the instructions for silencing the freezer alarm was attached to the freezer... Reminds me of the "instructions to use a space toilet" in "2001 A space oddysey".