what the beep?
Why do kitchen appliances make such fucking annoying sounds?
My dishwasher beeps FIVE times when it’s finished. FIVE irritating, demanding, ‘look at me, look at me’ beeps to notify me that the dishes are now clean and shiny.
DO. NOT. WANT.
Yes, I am incredibly grateful that I have this wondrous machine that converts crud-covered slabs of stickiness into purdy, shiny, strokable crockery, but why the fuck does it have to beep FIVE times?
Couldn’t it have a nice, discreet English butler voice that says, unobtrusively, ‘Pardon me, Ma’am, the crud-covered slabs are now dishes and they are sparkly and squeaky clean.’
Or a sound effect. Themed. A wave washing onto the shore. Symbolically representing the cleansing of the dishes. Or a waterfall. Cleansing, soothing, makes you want to pee, but that’s okay. Better than those FIVE fucking beeps.
I’d settle for one beep. Or a volume control.
Or instructions on how to hack the dishwasher and kill the beeps. I am willing to pay.
July 26, 2008 at 9:20 pm
I would kill for a beepless washing machine or dishwasher. They send Boo batshit.
I actually wrap the washing machine in a shit covered doona so he can’t hear it. And I ALWAYS have a shit covered doona!
OH and that coffee? What about next week?
July 27, 2008 at 10:38 am
So shit covered doonas are good for sound proofing? Hmmmm.
Nah, think I’d rather put up with the beeps…..
Anytime is good for coffee……email me
August 4, 2008 at 1:13 am
I got a new washer for my bday 2 years ago. (So cool, right?) The all done buzzer made me insane! One power drill later I had the buzzer in my hand. I feel your pain!
August 4, 2008 at 3:04 pm
A buzzer? That’s worse than beeps! Who designs these things?
August 8, 2008 at 3:26 am
The same guys that design tampons I’m sure!