Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

?
Lv 5
? asked in Society & CultureEtiquette · 9 years ago

Why aren't people happy unless they are making some kind of noise?

Whether it be talking (mostly talking), screaming/yelling, blaring loud music, stomping up and down stairs, or various other ways to produce such a cacophony as to make me go mad....why can't there be consideration to others; why can't there be quiet??

I do concede, there has to be noise otherwise everyone would be sitting completely still doing nothing all the time, but why can't it be controlled? Why is there no thought to the fact that the loud noise they are carelessly making is disturbing someone else? I try not to disturb others, but apparently I'm the only one who is graced with some consideration.

4 Answers

Relevance
  • 9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    You aren't the only one. I'm just like you. I hate all the cacophonous noise in society. Like the blare of cars and truck engines. To peoples loudmouth voices. Especially the people who scream, yell, shriek and laugh really loudly in public, knowing full well that there are plenty of people around them who have basically no idea what they are talking about. I agree totally with you that its very inconsiderate.....but these people are clearly living in a very different world than you and I......one theory I have is that they are heavily brainwashed by MTV and whatnot.....and basically full of stupid and annoying ideas....

    I have my parents house to myself for the week, and I am heavily enjoying the silence....It's wonderful. Hopefully someday I will find a permanent place to live that is always silent unless i want it to be otherwise, and hopefully you will too. There's no denying that we need it.

  • Oh Boy! This question hit home for me because I know exactly how you feel. I have some colleagues who love to make unnecessary noise as they're walking around the office. Some make a popping noise with their lips, others wear click-clacking shoes and one particular person loves to click her ball point pen (out of boredom???). It gets annoying. Especially if you're trying to concentrate. I don't know why some people are like this. Sometimes I wonder if they even realize that they're making the noise and annoying the people around them???

    Source(s): Been there.
  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Everyone is different.

    There are people who aren't happy unless they are quiet.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    oh? is that so? then explain to me why i don't do such things?

    well... i'm waiting.

    Source(s): why aren't folks happy unless they're generalizing?
Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.