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> some of my colleagues just put noise-suppression headphones Great. Now the rest of us have to put up with even more noise. People wearing headphones make a
by scbrg 3y ago
> some of my colleagues just put noise-suppression headphones
Great. Now the rest of us have to put up with even more noise.
People wearing headphones make a lot more noise themselves. Presumably because they don't hear the noise they make. Suddenly there's heavy breathing, sighs, grunts, moans, inaudible and sometimes disturbingly audible mumbling, humming &c.
- theshrike79 3y agoYou might have Misophonia. It's not normal to be extremely irritated by sounds other people make. The "normal" state is to be able to tune those out.
- scbrg 3y agoI'm not when it's normal noises, made by non headphone wearing people. Normally people are conscious about the sounds they make and restrict them a bit. If you're coughing in a group, you try to do it softly, or you leave the room. Things like that. When people wear head phones this kind of subconscious self control seems to be a lot less effective. I'm certainly not the only one to have made this observation.
- wharvle 3y agoI sometimes start audibly breathing with headphones on. Something I never do without them. So I won’t wear them around others when I can avoid it. That’s aside from tapping I might not realize is making noise with headphones on, or a particular motion in my chair that’s making it squeak and I don’t know it because headphones, et c.
- alok99 3y agoLoud breathing is one of my biggest concerns when wearing noise-cancelling headphones around others. Partly because I dislike hearing it from others and don't want to subject them to that, and partly because I don't want to sound like a smooth-brain mouth breather.