Dog-eared

[asterroc]

Wednesday was my first final exam. As soon as I walked into the classroom I realized the TV on the side of the room was on. Then I looked at the screen and saw something on the screen. Yeah, I heard it before I saw it. And it was driving me NUTS! And amazingly, no one else ever notices. I have dog ears or something, I'm a freak.

Comments

[marquiswildbill.livejournal.com]

When alot of speakers are on but not being used they make a noise. But I have weird freak hearing too. I hate working with ultrasonics because my hearing range goes up just high enought hat I can hear them. It sounds like someone is rubbing fingernails on a chalk board inside your head or something equally as unpleasant.
So I know how you feel.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

The physicist in me wants to know what is actually vibrating to make that noise. :-P

[meredithanne42.livejournal.com]

I'm with you. I can always tell when a tv is on. Sometimes people turn off their cable box and not the tv, and that bugs me because I can hear that high-pitched, constant tv noise.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

That's always seemed like a lazy thing to do. Especially since you're not fully acheiving the goal of ceasing all distractions - but of course, if they can't hear the TV, it won't an issue for them. I wonder whether the cable box or TV with nothing on the screen draws more electricity.

[sarrichelle.livejournal.com]

i also hate that noise!! people think i'm crazy when i walk into their house and i'm like, "hey, is your tv on?" and it is.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my students were all giving me dirty looks. Well, surprised. I'm not sure they believed me when I said I heard it from the moment I walked into the room. But I definitely heard the TV was on and then checked the screen to be sure.