What's worse: police sirens on the car radio or alarm clock buzzers on TV commercials?

Question

We've been trained by life to react to certain stimuli. For instance, when we're driving and we hear the sirens of emergency vehicles, we snap to attention, look around, and pull over. When we're sleeping and hear our alarm clock go off, we're startled and our adrenaline starts rushing.

It just seems downright bastardly of musical artists and radio stations to use sirens when a huge fraction of their listeners are driving, and alarm clock buzzers in cheap local commercials are flat-out evil.

Do you feel the same way, or am I just particularly irritable?

Answer 1

Sirens on the radio...I hate that shyt. It makes me go to looking in my mirrors so I can try to get over only to realize no emergency vehicle is coming...It's just the damn radio. I also hate the cell phone commercials. When I first got my t-mobile phone I didn't set a ringtone so it was on the default one. Every time their commercial came on, I thought my phone was ringing and I'd go grabbing for it. It happens with Nextels too with the chirping, people start looking at their phones and then get mad because it's just the damn tv.

Answer 2

The alarm clock buzzers don't bother me that much, but the sirens do! I commute to work (about 50 miles one way) and I hate it when I hear one! It usually means that I'm stuck in traffic forever or some cop caught me going 5 miles over the speed limit and decided to pull me over. So, when they have one on the radio I jump, like most people, and one of these days somebody is going to overreact and end up hitting me!

Answer 3

Those stupid alarm clock commercials! I already have to hear it once everyday to get up, then later in the day I hear it again. It is the most hated sound around!

Answer 4

Police siren in car radio might be fun. Clock buzzer can be stressing if you don't like it at all.

Answer 5

i feel ya man