People who whistle at work.

axisus

My mum worked as a pool secretary for the British Electrolux boffins about 60 years ago. Her and the other girls would play this game where one would walk through their open plan office whistling a tune, and 5 minutes later another girl would walk through and try and guess what the tune was. The boffins would be sat at their desks lost in thought and often humming or whistling the tune.

axisus

My first job was in this mad drawing office with about 8 other guys. It was always a bit crazy, we would sometimes break out into war, firing cotton buds across the room at each other using McDonalds straw blowpipes (Lots of cotton buds around as we used them for colouring stuff). One time we were asked to be on our best behaviour as an important client was looking in - the moment they came in we all started whistling "Whistle while you work" in unison, whilst working away at our desks. It was hilarious. The client was most amused so we got away with it. 

Nitefly

Sporky said:

Nitefly said:

Dominic said:

Worse than whistling is the "half whistle"...........just pushing the air through the lips in a hissy tuneless aimless way to the tune of tum tee tum tum.............smelly old people do it a lot .........it makes me feel like setting them on fire just to see if they can make any other noises!

Oy you - I'm not smelly!  

I don't think so, anyway.

Not very.

I can't smell you from here, if that helps.

Well it's certainly a relief - thank you!

Emp_Fab

Has anyone noticed that the older you get, the more vibrato you put on the whistle.  Once you reach 70 it's a full tone either side.  It used to drive me nuts but I'm already doing a quarter tone myself now - and I'm 53.

RandallFlagg

Is it OK to whistle while on the shitter?

57Deluxe

never trust a whistler...

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strumjoughlamps

RandallFlagg said:

Is it OK to whistle while on the shitter?

if you are in head first it is allowed

jonnyburgo

It's annoying espaecially when it's some old timer who fancies himself as a bit a f a Bing Crosby and throws in the odd "shooby dooby bobobo-Bom"

bluechargeboy

We have a pathological whistler in our work. He seems to do it when stressed out. The other guy in his office HATES it, and it is probably close to physical confrontation.

My dad used to be in the Royal Observer Corps during the cold war, and they were trained to cope with their colleagues' annoying habits whilst trapped in a bunker for weeks/months.

scrumhalf

RandallFlagg said:

Is it OK to whistle while on the shitter?

From which end?

RandallFlagg

It's often less a whistle and more a series of uncontrollable squeaks and parps like trying to deflate an angry balloon when I land on the shitter

randella

I'm not very good at whistling so, in order to not miss out on annoying colleagues, I taught myself to type very, very loudly.

Apple keyboards with scrabble-tile keys are best.

Rocker

Sporky said:

I only whistle at work when the person who hates whistling at work is in.

I particularly like starting one tune and ending with another.

A textbook description of workplace bullying. Disappointed to read that you indulge in that kind of behaviour......

Ravenous

Dominic said:

Worse than whistling is the "half whistle"...........just pushing the air through the lips in a hissy tuneless aimless way to the tune of tum tee tum tum.............smelly old people do it a lot ....

When they lose hearing at high frequencies maybe?

Rocker

Whistling is another way of trying to convince oneself that you are not afraid or insecure. The old saying 'whistling past the graveyard' comes to mind.

Drew_TNBD

Doesn't bother me. I like to see people happy.

DLM

I caught myself whistling Forever Is A Long Time from Yngwie J Malmsteen’s Fire And Ice album this morning at work and thought of this thread.