The sound of somebody continuously clicking a pen or tapping a pen on a desk, drives me f*cking crazy. Most don’t even realize they are doing it, just an unconscious action that they do without thinking. They stop by my desk and while asking a question or waiting for me to look something up there is that noise.
click,click, click,click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click,click, click, click, click
or
tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap
Drives me crazy and often ends with me yelling STOP or threatening to throw a stapler at their head if they don’t stop (once aware some people think it’s “funny” to keep doing it, I don’t see the humour).
It’s like someone playing with a slinky. If you are the one playing with the slinky, it’s all good you hardly even notice the noise. If you have to listen to someone playing with a slinky for a prolonged period of time, you will end up yelling STOP at some point.
The noise gets under your skin and the annoyance factor expands exponentially until you just can’t take it anymore.
The pens are the same. All I ask is have some awareness. Try to restrain yourself, put the pen in your pocket, maybe leave it at your desk. I will lend you one to write with if you need it. Just don’t come and click (or tap) your pen at my desk, unless you want a stapler thrown at your head.
