Yes, I know. The noise and particularly the vibration gets into your whole body even with best defenders. I’m sure that was one of the problems that exacerbated my hearing problems.
I don’t think 35 years of working in power stations and steel works did my hearing any favours either.
Though to be honest apart from the noises I mentioned previously which irritate me I don’t think I could come up with 5 noises I actually hate. Hate is a pretty strong emotion though a leaf blower does come the closest.
People chewing gum
People slurping soup
Radio plays where the actors kissing sound like sink plungers!
Emergency vehicle sirens - though I do realise they are necessary.
Big Ben and all forms of Westminster chimes - clocks, doorbells etc.,
Someone crying not necessarily babies but adults too,
Chalk down a blackboard
Ringing in my head (tinnitus)
motorbikes that Richardheads ride with backfiring exhaust
Bassline music
Cutlery screeching on a plate
Hacksaws on metal
Radiators pinging
Snoring
The sound of someone peeing (or… )
Squeaky shoes on polished floors
Those comps the shelf fillers wheel around in supermarkets
Loud bass music from open car windows - particularly if you’re unlucky enough to be stuck next to one in a traffic queue!
Rap ‘music’ (the only word in the English language with a silent ‘C’)