too many beeps (mild rant)

[griz]

Just driving down the road and hear a series of electronic beeps.  Spooked me a little because it doesn't sound like any I've heard before.  So I'm wondering if it's the phone, the hand held GPS, the truck itself telling me it wants attention, the Tom Tom GPS, or maybe some other gadget I paid too much for and don't know what all the features sound like.  After some checking around it turns out it was a picture message on the phone, which has its very own special beep.

Now I'm old enough to remember a couple decades ago, and if you heard beeps in the car you could count on it being the aliens trying to contact you.  Am I just too old for all the beeps and chirps of today?

[RocketMan]

griz, it was the aliens.  And they're here for you.  They are annoyed you didn't answer their beeps.

[GigaBuist]

It happens to me too.  Something beeps and I have no idea what it was. 

I recently switched cellphones and I almost went ahead with getting the 2nd version of the LG Chocolate just because I didn't want to learn a new phone.  I ended up getting the LG nv2 because it still worked "close enough" like the old one and wouldn't throw me off.

[Perd Hapley]

You are just too old.  Please report to the building marked "Soylent Green." 

[Antibubba]

Did the picture look anything like this?

[griz]

Did the picture look anything like this?

That's IT!!!

Well, actually I thought about ignoring it, but it was from SWMBO.  So I could only ignore it a great risk to harmony, life, and liberty.

Beep-over and out-Beep, Griz

[41magsnub]

Has anybody else started hearing sounds that sound like cell phone noises in music on the radio while driving or am I losing it?  I always start a little until I remember my phone does not sound like that.

[charby]

It is bigfoot in a freezer wanting out.

[Tallpine]

If I hear noises while driving, it's usually something like the muffler dragging 

[Grandpa Shooter]

I hear sounds out of the ordinary frequently.  Of course I am hypervigilant (according to the VA) so I probably am not a good one to ask about "beeps" and other noises.  I really hate it when I hear something at night and have to get up in my skivvies to check it out.  Good thing the neighbors aren't up all hours.

[Tuco]

The beeps are sounded to awaken you from the alien-induced coma.    No telling how long you were gone, because you're put back at the same place and time.

How do you, uh, feel?  A thorough physical "examination" in the spaceship can be traumatic.
   
I had some cows dry up and sheep that seem a little off and some hens quit laying .  They were probably up there with you.

[RoadKingLarry]

Did the picture look anything like this?

She is hot!

[Perd Hapley]

For a couple of years, I was a maintenance man for an apartment complex full of old folks.  AND THEY ALL HAD MY PAGER NUMBER.     THE HORROR. 

It took me a couple of months to stop freaking out at every ringtone or electronic beep. 

[RaspberrySurprise]

For a couple of years, I was a maintenance man for an apartment complex full of old folks.  AND THEY ALL HAD MY PAGER NUMBER.   shocked  THE HORROR.

Wow for once I actually feel sorry for you.

This is one of the reasons I put a custom ringtone on my cellphone.

[RevDisk]

For a couple of years, I was a maintenance man for an apartment complex full of old folks.  AND THEY ALL HAD MY PAGER NUMBER.     THE HORROR. 

It took me a couple of months to stop freaking out at every ringtone or electronic beep. 

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Dude.  Seriously.  No job is worth that amount of torture.   How many times a day did you get paged about kids on the lawn?

When I first started my job, we had a pretty weasel like Director.   He actually faught against having an On-Call roster.  He wanted us to answer the phone, day, night or weekend, for any issue the user felt significant enough to call about.  Unpaid.  Because it was "included in our salary".   It was "voluntary", but expect a screamfest if something broke over the weekend and you didn't come in to fix it.