This is So Annoying
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
United States
March 29, 2016 10:23am CST
I am happy that the landscapers in the neighboring community are busy trimming the trees on the hillside near my home. But I am sick of hearing their chainsaw. The noise is just awful. Even with my new double paned windows, it is loud enough inside to hurt my head. What’s worse is that they have been at this for several days (or weeks) now.
I am in the process of finishing my book on college scholarships. I have been on a roll lately. But it is tough to work with the awful buzzing racket going on and on and on. Today, when I am ready to sit down, I think I’ll shut the door into my bedroom and the door into my office. I like keeping things open, but they are working right now, and I can feel my muscles tightening from the stress of the terrible sound.
I wish more than one of the crew had a chain saw. I would just leave the house if they all started buzzing away at the branches. I would lose a whole day of work, but that sure would be better than writing with this racket continuing for days.
Maybe I’ll dig around in my pantry and see if I can find the ear plugs I bought a few months ago. Perhaps they would help block out the din and prevent the tension and distraction.
What do you do when noisy neighbors or workers disturb you?
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17 responses
@jillybean1222 (6408)
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29 Mar 16
I remember once, last summer, there was a week or two where they were working in our neighborhood at 7am! i'm seriously annoyed when i'm woke when it's unnecessary!
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
29 Mar 16
Legal quiet time is between 10:00 pm and 7:00 am. I think this is nuts. It should start an hour later and end an hour sooner.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
30 Mar 16
@ElizabethWallace Those hours sound sensible. hope the work is over soon
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
29 Mar 16
I think am earplug will help. I hope. I'm sorry to hear what you've gone through with the awful noise of chainsaws. I hope they're done so that the noise will stop.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
29 Mar 16
Thanks. I hope they have earplugs too. Otherwise, they won't be hearing much for much longer.
@suzzy3 (8342)
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30 Mar 16
@ElizabethWallace I hate it when something stops me concentrating. Hopefully they will finish soon.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
30 Mar 16
It's not just the peace that is suffering, it's my FOCUS.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
30 Mar 16
@suzzy3 It's Wednesday morning here now, and so far, so good. I just hear birds singing, much prefer this.
@allknowing (130066)
• India
30 Mar 16
I was just about suggesting ear plugs as I was reading your post and there you are looking for them. Hope the situation has improved somewhat. I hate noise too.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
30 Mar 16
I don't mind it if there is a good reason, like this one, and if it is short in duration, which this is not.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
29 Mar 16
Thanks. I was able to write a chapter between the breaks they took. Either I'm fast or their breaks are really long.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
29 Mar 16
@ElizabethWallace Look upon the gaps between the breaks as a form of encouragement... :)
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
30 Mar 16
@pgntwo I just hope they do not come back tomorrow.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
29 Mar 16
Well, sure, but this is my writing time. I won't ever finish the book if I go outside or make noise myself.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
30 Mar 16
@ElizabethWallace Could you go to a library to work instead?
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@Dena91 (15860)
• United States
30 Mar 16
@ElizabethWallace yes that would make your situation more difficult. Hopefully they'll be finished soon so you can write in peace.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
30 Mar 16
I honestly think I might pack up my laptop and go down to the local library to work, it is always quiet there!!
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
29 Mar 16
They are not to the end of the hillside. I hope they get there soon. Enough is enough.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
30 Mar 16
I usually put some music on that is calming and drowns out the noise!
@fawkes62 (1276)
• United States
30 Mar 16
When they were working on the road by us I would just shut the windows and doors and had the radio on. I could still hear the big trucks, especially during the removal of the old road, but it wasn't as bad as with the windows open. Hopefully they will be done soon.
@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
31 Mar 16
Oh that's no fun. Our neighbors have a rooster that crows all the time, day or night, some nights I have to dig out the ear plugs.
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
29 Mar 16
I am finished for this part of the day. Even with the ear
plugs and trying to avoid working when they had the saws going, the muscles in my neck are complaining.
plugs and trying to avoid working when they had the saws going, the muscles in my neck are complaining.1 person likes this
@AnneEJ (4917)
• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
30 Mar 16
Sorry you have to put up with that. It must be hard to concentrate. You should try the earplugs.
@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
30 Mar 16
I could never get on with ear plugs - the only time I used them was when I was in hospital and trying to keep out the snoring from others in the same ward.
I agree that the noise of a chain saw is very disturbing - I hope that they finish soon and leave you in peace.
@Tampa_girl7 (48937)
• United States
30 Mar 16
Perhaps I need to have you come write at our home. We live in a very rural and quiet place. I hope you found your earplugs.
