If my microwave didn’t have a mute function (and I couldn’t return it to get one that did) I would take it apart and disconnect the speaker.
I had to do that to the dishwasher, because even though the dishwasher could be muted it insisted on beeping before the door auto-opened to let steam out.
I got a remote controlled ceiling fan that had a speaker soldered onto the motherboard. It beeped whenever it turned on or the fan speed changed. I took it apart and stabbed the center of the speaker with an ice pick until it died. Then I covered the hole with hot glue for good measure.
My devices will mute or I will make them mute.
There are times in public places I really want to do this. Like to the speaker blaring ads on a gas pump.
I performed surgery on my microwave to remove it’s piezo for exactly this reason. Fucker was loud, and I was having fucking none of it.
I literally returned my last microwave because I discovered it didn’t have a mute feature after I brought it him and set it up.
On the flip side, leaving time on the microwave is a damnedable act.
I do what she does too and when we’re done with the microwave we push the “clear” button, or whatever that button is called to reset it back to the clock display to show that the microwave is not in use.
This is the way
My wife leaves time on the microwave. I like things to be complete though, and time left on the microwave means the usage of it is incomplete.
I set mine to the maximum and then run it all out.
No you gotta stop the bomb before it explodes
My current microwave’s “done” sound doesn’t piss me off, which is nice. It’s a short tune.
I love the photo she chose as her official representation of herself 🤣 I take myself way too seriously and it’s always refreshing to see people who have a sense of humor about themselves & everything else. Sense of humor is an indication of high intelligence too.
I set mine for 99:99 and wing it.
Sometimes I wonder if I’m autistic because I have to wait for the entire duration of the time every time
Sure but you press the button to open it on like the same frame the beep starts it skips the beep cutscene and saves you 3 seconds (and sensory hell - as a fellow autism haver)
I find the beeps satisfying haha. It means that the full cycle has completed. I’m thinking now it might be more similar to OCD because I have to do this with everything, watch a YouTube video all the way to the end, finish my meal completely every time, etc etc. I just like natural stopping points I guess lol
Mine plays a tune, and that’s incredibly inconvenient when I’m awake in the night trying to do a hot chocolate or wheat bag without waking anyone else up.
I do this.
What I really like about my microwave is that the beep will immediately cut off off I open the door. Like if I catch it at millisecond 10, I only have to hear the first 10 milliseconds of beep. It’s a relatively short single beep too. I can’t tell you how much it aggravates me when a device has like a long 3 beep sequence and not cancelling in time will subject you to the whole damn sequence.
One is too risky you might miss it i do it between 5 and 3.
I hit cancel when it’s under 3. I don’t know exactly how far the microwave radiation from a dielectric heating element can travel but I’m not planning to find out.
Same I stop it first (before zero) then open the door. I want to give the radiation time to drain.
I must let the first beep, beep. If I open the door early, the microwave waits like 30 seconds and then makes a beep regardless.
Still going strong after 30+ years though
You can turn it off. My life improved massively after learning this.
If you have a fancy one I guess. I don’t even trust mine to turn the magnetron off when I open the door
Ffs could they just make an option where you can tell it to beep once and shut the hell up/off?
Of course they could, but they won’t. Mfr I’m not going anywhere for the 2 minutes I put this bowl of oatmeal in.
