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Lynn R.

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A co-worker is driving use absolutely crazy with continuous humming and whistling. Ear plugs don't block it, playing the radio is worse because he has to hum to the music.

Would noise cancelling headphones be effective? I hate to spend a ton of money if they won't work. Has anyone tried these in the shop?

Asking him to stop doesn't work because "it’s a free country and it helps me work better” is the standard response.
Any recommendations? Some of us are leaning toward a screwdriver in the eye….
 
A plastic bag over the head and taped tightly around the neck should work.

His head or yours, either one. :D

The noise canceling headphones sound like a possibility, but I haven't actually tried that for a situation like yours. Particularly if you can feed sound into your own - radio, ipod or whatever.
 
How about asking his supervisor to tell him to stop.
That is one reason that I don't allow radios in my shop..
 
Lynn R. said:
A co-worker is driving use absolutely crazy with continuous humming and whistling. Ear plugs don't block it, playing the radio is worse because he has to hum to the music.

Would noise cancelling headphones be effective? I hate to spend a ton of money if they won't work. Has anyone tried these in the shop?

Asking him to stop doesn't work because "it’s a free country and it helps me work better” is the standard response.
Any recommendations? Some of us are leaning toward a screwdriver in the eye….
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Simple.
Film him (or in todays parlance "Video") at "play"
Post onto U-tube, with "More idiots in the cubicle jungle" as the title.

After about 10,000 hits, and many nasty comments, send him the link...write it on a piece of paper, and let it slip onto his desk when he's not there (remove all trackability)

Also, film video from different vantage points, (not just your desk)
 

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Noise cancelling headphones (or at least the Sony ones I have) seem to work better on steady state noise (aircraft engines and general machine whine) , They may reduce the unmelodic the wailing of your colleague , but that just might make you listen harder for it

I had a similar problem from a neighbours hot-tub , all night!, which is why I bought the NC headphones - They didn't work , fortunately a cease & desist letter from my solicitor (lawyer) did - If we were allowed guns over here, I would have shot him !

Bill
 
Billtodd said:
I had a similar problem from a neighbours hot-tub , all night!, which is why I bought the NC headphones - They didn't work , fortunately a cease & desist letter from my solicitor (lawyer) did - If we were allowed guns over here, I would have shot him !

Bill
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Just shoot a hole in the hot tub.....:D
 
That "it’s a free country" comment sounds a bit like an attitude problem to me.

In fact, he may be doing it just to be an asshole. I've worked with such.

If it truly bothers the others and not just you you might try fighting fire with fire.

Whistle or hum a different tune ( I suggest Colonel Bogie from Bridge on the River Kwai) and if he joins in switch to a different tune. You MUST work as a group or it will fail. Usually such people are intolerant of others' "music". I've worked with "radio bullies" who would always play a particular genre or talk radio, and when it came time for another to pick the station they complained within a short time.
 
I used to own a house with an upstairs apartment.
I lived on the bottom, and I rented the apartment to a machinist at work.
Good tenant, and I never raised his rent, we worked at the same place.
Well he started dating this chick, and one day he was breaking the
mattress with her. Screaming, the whole works. Funny she was also
another co-worker, and I seen her almost every day LOL.
So after hearing the fun festival a few times, I decided to make a point. I went on the computer and found a porn site with videos.
I found a good one, and put it on loop repeat. I turned up the
speakers, way loud, and left the house to go grocery shopping for
an hour or so.
It was continually peaceful after that.

-Doozer
 
Doozer said:
I used to own a house with an upstairs apartment.
I lived on the bottom, and I rented the apartment to a machinist at work.
Good tenant, and I never raised his rent, we worked at the same place.
Well he started dating this chick, and one day he was breaking the
mattress with her. Screaming, the whole works. Funny she was also
another co-worker, and I seen her almost every day LOL.
So after hearing the fun festival a few times, I decided to make a point. I went on the computer and found a porn site with videos.
I found a good one, and put it on loop repeat. I turned up the
speakers, way loud, and left the house to go grocery shopping for
an hour or so.
It was continually peaceful after that.

-Doozer
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I worked with a guy who dealt with noisy neighbors by putting a sound effects record on the stereo, complete with freight trains, foghorns, crashes, unmuffled race cars and a whole bunch of other really loud stuff. No problems after that.
 
someone humming ruining your day?
what are you going to do when you graduate from daycare and have to go to real school
and then after that work for a living
you're in deep trouble i'm afraid
 
wippin' boy said:
someone humming ruining your day?
what are you going to do when you graduate from daycare and have to go to real school
and then after that work for a living
you're in deep trouble i'm afraid
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It is a problem when your in a quiet office, trying to C-O-N-C-E-N-T-R-A-T-E, making decisions
that may alter the company going forward every day.
 
I would get two microphones, one a highly directional microphone and another to put directly in front of a loud speaker to cause a lot of feedback. Just keep the directional one pointed at the whistler.
 
I use to work with a fella that enjoyed my whistling as much as it sounds like you do.
One day he decided he had had enough and told me all about how he felt about whistling. I remember it being mid summer...and since everyone loves Christmas- I whistled Christmas tunes for the rest of the year.

Try whistling the same song....like a duet. bat your eyes real saucy at him. See where it takes you two....
 
Scottl said:
That "it’s a free country" comment sounds a bit like an attitude problem to me.

In fact, he may be doing it just to be an asshole. I've worked with such.
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I had a guy like that. He had a piercing whistle and did it constantly just for attention, along with a few other unpleasant quirks. He drove his next employer crazy too. You can't fix asshole.
 
allloutmx said:
I use to work with a fella that enjoyed my whistling as much as it sounds like you do.
One day he decided he had had enough and told me all about how he felt about whistling. I remember it being mid summer...and since everyone loves Christmas- I whistled Christmas tunes for the rest of the year.

Try whistling the same song....like a duet. bat your eyes real saucy at him. See where it takes you two....
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...and as we all know...the axis of rotation for the whole earth is centered on your head.....
 
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