I've accidently managed to get on the same train as a middle-aged humming man several times the last month and quite quickly found myself a new hopefully lifelong object of hatred: people who hum or whistle.
Everyone is sitting nice and calmly on the train, waiting quietly for either winter or life to end. Except this lad, who sits and hums indecipherable rhythmless noices.
I look around me and expect to see a dozen people restraining themselves from strangling the man, but no. People just seem to accept it.
Anyone share my new hatred of humming people or am I alone in this agony?
Everyone is sitting nice and calmly on the train, waiting quietly for either winter or life to end. Except this lad, who sits and hums indecipherable rhythmless noices.
I look around me and expect to see a dozen people restraining themselves from strangling the man, but no. People just seem to accept it.
Anyone share my new hatred of humming people or am I alone in this agony?
I plug in headphones and listen to a country music station on my desk top most of the day unless I’m discussing work, bird watching or football with my colleagues.
- some noises can literally cause us physical pain. Wearing headphones and listening to a music station with no dialogue is the way I cope. Like millions of people around the world, I enjoy Country music but apart from that, I find it is great ‘easy listening’ music to type by when I am working - the driving repetitive rhythm and simple lyrics soothe my autistic brain in environments that are overbearing with sensory triggers.