Archived Noises that give you PTSD

[trgtnewbie123]

Hi friends, I was lying awake last night and took note of some reoccurring store sounds that give me nightmares, and it made me curious to see what everyone else’s were!

Mine’s the infamous “restroom follow up is needed” and the drive up alert sounds 🙂 love to see it

 

[Dog]

my parents arguing

 

[flow4areasonuno]

Hi friends, I was lying awake last night and took note of some reoccurring store sounds that give me nightmares, and it made me curious to see what everyone else’s were!

Mine’s the infamous “restroom follow up is needed” and the drive up alert sounds 🙂 love to see it

What, you mean HONK HONK that BEEP you don't like HONK HONK never knowing when it wiBEEPll go off?

I have anxiety issues, and the HONK HONK sure ain't helping them.

 

[Tessa120]

The overnight bell for the phone. I haven't worked there in 4 months and I still feel loathing when I shop there and it starts dinging.

 

[JAShands]

When they open the roof hatch or test the fire alarms without telling anyone. The alarm upstairs is 18” from my face and loud enough to alert Hades that suffering is imminent. My suffering.

 

[Karen Potts]

“Fast service requested in Electronics. 10 seconds remaining. Who is responding?”

 

[Leo47]

The drive up sounds and the fast service button for photo (thank god we don’t have photo anymore). Also the sound the self checkout makes when it goes to the “a team member is coming to assist you” screen

 

[SitSpotSit]

When they open the roof hatch or test the fire alarms without telling anyone. The alarm upstairs is 18” from my face and loud enough to alert Hades that suffering is imminent. My suffering.

I feel this one deeply...🙉

 

[JAShands]

I feel this one deeply...🙉

I keep suggesting they just give me a code so I can turn it off on my own.. 😁 I also suggest that the Alarm Silence button should work, but I think that’s been modernized too 😂

 

[Aredhel]

The whoosh clunk of a full pallet being dropped during the bowl used to inspire dread. One day dread was replaced with
“Bring it.” Occasionally with a growl.😬😊

 

[countingsheep]

Hangers clicking together. I literally own no hangers because of this. It gives me the urge to light things on fire.

 

[Black Sheep 214]

A certain ETL’s Donald Duck-on-helium voice cracking out orders over the walkie like the voice of doom incarnate. Constantly. Like having a bat screaming in your ear all day, which is ironic, considering that if said ETL’s voice was just a tad higher pitched, only a bat could hear it...🦇🦇🦇

 

[happygoth]

The overnight bell for the phone. I haven't worked there in 4 months and I still feel loathing when I shop there and it starts dinging.

That is very annoying! It's no wonder leadership spazzes whenever it goes off.

 

[Tessa120]

That is very annoying! It's no wonder leadership spazzes whenever it goes off.

Leadership at my store didn't care, it was a necessary evil for a while. But then when it was figured out how to forward to the replacement phone and then to the zebra, most of softlines did not want the forwarding so it stayed on night bell. When I had phones forwarded and took a break, a lot of the softlines folks asked me to take it off forwarding and put it on night bell until I came back from break.

 

[Tarshitsucks]

The sound of any machine that beeps.

 

[NKG]

Baler running

 

[Billybobjoe]

The beeping of the cooler doors when they’ve been open for too long

 

[ImRickGrimes]

"Can we get a backup cashier?"

 

[happygoth]

"Can we get a backup cashier?"

Seconded!

 

[flow4areasonuno]

Seconded!

Can someone answer that fast service call at (whatever register) please?

 

[RedcardRebel]

"Whose got that drive up?!" Literally as soon as it honks and then 5 times after because the person respoding didn't take a walkie..
And hearing "heeyyyy, my bosses name, switch to 2" every 3 seconds

 

[ImRickGrimes]

Seconded!

This is why I try to avoid working Saturdays as much as possible. I get to hear it every two minutes.

 

[DBZ]

The chirp, chirp of the drive up. Apparently, people can make their phones do that noise too. I heard it at Olive Garden and it triggered that "oh shit" response.

 

[qmosqueen]

The buzzing sound when the cooler door is open more than 45 seconds. It gets louder and louder so you can hear it on the sales floor.

 

[trgtnewbie123]

"Whose got that drive up?!" Literally as soon as it honks and then 5 times after because the person respoding didn't take a walkie..
And hearing "heeyyyy, my bosses name, switch to 2" every 3 seconds

THIS IS ICONIC HAHAHAH