Its alright. I have knobbled most of the things in my life that beeps. Mobile phone tones can be disabled. Other less configurable appliances can have their speakers gouged out with a screwdriver… Mua ha ha ha ha… I fell good!

Give it a shot and let me know if it makes you feel any better .

Examples of workarounds:

Replace beeps with other senses. If we used mechanical buttons, we can feel each button being pushed, and thus no need for beeping.

Mechanical buttons on normal mobile phones don’t need to beep. Touchscreen buttons, because of their non-tactile nature, may need to beep.

Of course, beeping, non-tactile buttons are cheaper. And so we trade off moments of peace in our lives for cheaper technology.

Some functions simple should not beep. A microwave should beep at the end of a cooking cycle. But it should not beep every five minutes thereafter to “remind” me I have left food in the oven. It may as well beep every hour to remind me the power is on and all is well.

Using too much beeping is like using too many flashing lights. When everything is clamouring for attention, nothing gets attention.