Does the sound of someone else typing on a keyboard drive you nuts?

[Obamarama]

I needed a wireless connection and hopped into my local public library. A couple desks down is a woman typing very fast and furious on a very "clicky" keyboard. It sounds as if she types a bazillion words per minute. It also sounds like she's banging on the keys.

It's distracting to the point that about the only thing I can concentrate on is how slow I'm typing compared to her. It's long been a pet peeve of mine, and at this particular time on this particular day, it's driving me bat shit crazy.

Am I the only person who has this particular pet peeve?

[Dora]

1. I'm sorry. I can't help it.

I learned to type on an IBM Selectric.

Ever since then I've never been able to stop my fingers from spanking the keys like they broke my favorite vase.

[MissMillie]

2. I have an ergonomic keyboard

which they don't make with the "quiet touch" feature. My officemate will complain once in a while that my typing drives her batty.

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Doesn't bother me at all.

:shrug:

One of the few "annoying" kind of sounds that doesn't annoy me.

[file83]

4. I don't mind "typing" - but I HATE HATE HATE "banging" on the keyboard...

I'm right there with you.

[gollygee]

5. I type like that

Like Dora, I learned to type on an IBM Selectric. And I type very fast.

I love the sound of typing.

And although we're in the same town, I swear it isn't me! I'm at home :D

[Obamarama]

7. Cool...another Kalamazooan :-)

Yeah...I'm at the Osthemo Twp. branch of the KPL. Pretty sure its not you. :-)

[mikeytherat]

6. OK, I actually like that sound

I had a roommate freshman year who typed all the time (programmer), and I got used to falling asleep to that sound!

mikey_the_rat

[skygazer]

14. My SO loves it when I'm typing and he's taking a nap

Says it lulls him right to sleep.

[Shine]

8. No, but the sound of someone chewing food next to me does.

I HATE that. We all have our little pet peeves, don't we?

:hi:

[SteppingRazor]

9. You know what I hate?

People who hate the sound of other people typing on keyboards :evilgrin:

[DS1]

10. Speedy typing no, slow-ass hunt-and-peck typing yes

[tjwmason]

11. It depends on the person.

I actually find very quick typing far less irritating - it ceases to be individual key-strokes and turns more into a single harmonious sound.

There are several irritating typists at work, though thankfully they're only rarely in my office.

I have started to get worse since I switched to a lap-top at home - it means that I make less noise when I'm typing and so am less tolerant of it in others.

[beyurslf]

12. I dont usually even notice it.

[hfojvt]

13. it is a highly annoying sound

I used to have to hit the mute on my TV for that Phillip-Morris ad that featured a clicking keyboard "soundtrack".

[NJCher]

15. I like that sound

I guess 'cuz it has to do with writing. I even used to have a "keyboard sound" I could turn on that sounded like I was banging an old typewriter as I typed on my computer keyboard. It drove my husband nutz, though, so I had to get rid of it.

Just about every sound bugs me except that one, prob'ly 'cuz it has to do with writing and I'm a writing teacher.




Cher

[blondeatlast]

16. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

Do you mind?

I'm trying to read this post about people typing on keyboards; can't you stop for just a moment?!

[Left Is Write]

17. Yes - if it's the young woman who lives here who has unbearably

long artificial nails making incessant clicks on the keyboard in the room just below my bedroom while I'm trying to sleep.