I'm surprised you're still sane. Noisy people drive me crazy. A former colleague of mine did everything loudly. She got on my nerves so much. I found out after she retired that my colleagues had also found her behaviour oppressive. I think being loud is aggressive behaviour and imposes on other people's personal and mental space.
Well, my sanity might be a matter for debate. *g* It's nice to know that I'm not alone in the "noisy people drive me crazy" department. I'm also happy to hear that your other colleagues found that loud woman oppressive. Like you, I think being loud is a form of aggressive behaviour and that it does impose on other people's personal and mental space.
As for sniffing and stuff, that drives me nuts too. I'm a librarian and the students in our reading room are constantly sniffing and snorting. We had a student once who constantly chewed gum and kept on making cracking sounds with it. I jumped every time. When she wanted help, I muttered something about not being able to think when she chewed gum at me and that kept her quiet for a little bit.
I would imagine that such sounds would seem really loud in a library -- an environment that is usually very quiet. And, depending on the size of the library, such sounds might seem even louder. I think I'm often a bit on the nervous side, so I'm sure the sound that student made might have caused me to jump too.
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Well, my sanity might be a matter for debate. *g* It's nice to know that I'm not alone in the "noisy people drive me crazy" department. I'm also happy to hear that your other colleagues found that loud woman oppressive. Like you, I think being loud is a form of aggressive behaviour and that it does impose on other people's personal and mental space.
As for sniffing and stuff, that drives me nuts too. I'm a librarian and the students in our reading room are constantly sniffing and snorting. We had a student once who constantly chewed gum and kept on making cracking sounds with it. I jumped every time. When she wanted help, I muttered something about not being able to think when she chewed gum at me and that kept her quiet for a little bit.
I would imagine that such sounds would seem really loud in a library -- an environment that is usually very quiet. And, depending on the size of the library, such sounds might seem even louder. I think I'm often a bit on the nervous side, so I'm sure the sound that student made might have caused me to jump too.
So, lots of sympathy and enjoy your new space.
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