Martha Jaffe from Gaithersburg, Md., can’t stand the squeaky, metallic sound made when you lift up the little silver spout on a container of Morton salt. “Now, any sound emitted from Styrofoam makes my skin crawl.”ADShe must leave the room whenever a Styrofoam-laden box is unpacked. Cliff Brownstein of North Potomac, Md., can’t stand the sound of a toilet continuing to run after it’s been flushed. ADAnd while we’re in the bathroom, Stuart Lewis hates the sound of the toilet seat hitting the toilet. ADAnd we can’t leave the subject of awful sounds without touching on everyone’s least favorite noise: the leaf blower.

Source: Washington Post October 11, 2020 19:18 UTC