Singing and whistling while you work

[Nuzzolese]

There's a guy who works in my building, he paints the walls and ceilings and whatever else needs paint. He roams around in his paint-splattered coveralls. He's very nice, and he's always singing to himself. His voice is decent I guess, it's deep. I don't know what he's singing, I don't hang around long enough to listen. For some reason I find it creepy and annoying.

Yesterday one of my office-mates told me that he had stopped her to ask her if his singing had annoyed her. He told her that his supervisor had told him he had to stop it because someone called to complain. She and my OTHER office-mate were incredulous and said things like "can you believe someone did that?" "He's just happy! Why would anyone call his supervisor to tell him to stop being happy?!"

And I held my tongue, because I could totally see why someone would want him to stop. What if he was painting right outside your office, or outside a classroom or meeting? The singing would get pretty distracting if you have to do a job that requires thinking - which his doesn't. So this is why my office-mate will never stop whistling all the time, no matter how much I psychically try to convey to her that it's rude. She thinks that anyone's expression of happiness should be tolerated. Should it?

[Helvete]

You're turning into the Vulcan!

[Dorothy Wood]

I can't stand people who sing and whistle absent-mindedly.

at work, my coworkers and I sing and shout, but that's because we're in the same room all day long and you can't talk all day. it's too much.

my roommate whistles almost constantly in the house. it sucks so much. I just yell at her though. she laughs and stops, and then will start again a few minutes later and stop herself and shout, "ha ha! sorry!" I bet when I'm not here, she's just whistling up the place left and right.

[Nuzzolese]

Maybe I'm especially annoyed by it because I'm bitter because I cannot whistle and my singing is atrocious. I've only worked with one person whose singing didn't bother me. But she only sang at closing time at the bookstore, and her voice was like the auditory equivalent of someone running their hands through my hair.

[Echewta]

I think its legit. I don't think I would want someone singing around me while I was working, even if it was upbeat and postive. If someone can't close a door to distractions, that I think everything is fair game and for management to descide.

But then again, I work at the place that made "Whisle While You Work" popular...

[Nuzzolese]

If management ever tells me that I can no longer listen to music on headphones anymore, I'll just quit. The only thing that makes work here tolerable is being able to block out all the shouting, singing, whistling, growling, muttering, chewing, cell-phone baby talk, and whooshing sounds.

[Echewta]

^ I feel the same way about posting here.

[mickill]

I used to work with this Middle Eastern guy who was always whistling these irritating snake charmer-styled tunes that I'm pretty sure he was just making up. Trust me, when you're stressed out and/or tired this is the last sound you would want to hear. It's hardly tolerable when you're in a GOOD mood.

I don't mind when people quietly sing to themselves. But I can't stand when people stand around full on belting out a tune, and make eye contact with you.

[Nuzzolese]

echewta, I need this place, too.

Mickill!!! OMG the eye contact. A woman I work with does that. And she raises her eyebrows and smiles while doing it, like kind of expectantly. Does she think I'm going to join in? Applaud? Touch my chest and get all misty eyed over her emotional rendition? Does she think we're all going to start singing and dancing together, magically knowing the words and steps, like a musical?

[mickill]

Yeah, the accompanying eye rape while singing the song is really the worst part.

[Freebasser]

Guilty. As. Charged.




:(

[MC Moot]

I like to whistle "Ode to Joy" when angered...I call it a Clockwork Orange moment...

[Nuzzolese]

I like to whistle "Ode to Joy" when angered...I call it a Clockwork Orange moment...

Do you really, when angered? Or did you just think it would be clever to say so?

[MC Moot]

^if you were here you'd be hearing it right now,lady...:mad:

[jabumbo]

good painting is harder than it looks!

[Ty Webb]

i think there are worse things

[Nuzzolese]

Of course there are worse things. He could be murdering people and hiding their bodies so no one knew he was the murderer. But you pick your battles.

[MC Moot]

i think there are worse things

anonymous silent gas passers...

[Bob]

i hate whistling, something about the sound just goes straight through to the pain center of my brain, it makes my skin crawl. i can't stand it in general, but it's especially horrible at work. like i'm trying to read a case or write a memo or something and then someone starts whistling and my brain immediately shuts down and all i can concentrate on is how much i hate whistling

don't whistle near people, it's rude as hell and it makes some of them want to kill you. it isn't innocent and charming and care free and don't try to argue otherwise, just be polite and don't do it you dick. YEAH I'M TALKING TO YOU, YOU DICK

[Nuzzolese]

YEAH BOB!!

[Ty Webb]

what if dude is a very very good whistler? i'd call out requests when passing, like "PIANO MAN! PATIENCE!"