Some morans who whistle in public buildings, or at work--why do they think

[raccoon]

that's OK? If a person burst into song in the same environment, people would think s/he was mentally off.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. I totally hate whistlers...

Don't be infecting me with your happy mood. It really is annoying.

[Deep13]

2. Expect a lump of coal in your Christmas stocking. nt

[Sequoia]

3. You know it!

I whistle at work, what's the big deal. Snow White said to whistle while you work. What I hate is when someone joins me and make a Broadway production of it.

[peace frog]

11. I whistle and sing, but quietly and to myself

Even so, the curmudgeons grumble when they happen upon it. Dogs bark, but the caravan passes on. :)

[raccoon]

15. Depends on the environment. In a government building with customers

all around is inappropriate.

On a shrimpboat, no problem.

[Deep13]

22. You mean the Post Office?

No, I don't agree.

[Sequoia]

26. Not appropriate?! I totally disagree.

Where do you work? I'm going to come there and whistle you to the mad house.



Just whistle while you work
And cheerfully together we can tidy up the place
So hum a merry tune
It won't take long when there's a song to help you set the pace

And as you sweep the room
Imagine that the broom is someone that you love
And soon you'll find you're dancing to the tune

(Spoken: Oh, no, no, no, no! Put them in the tub)
When hearts are high the time will fly so whistle while you work

*(Another version)*
Just whistle while you work
Put on that grin and start right in to whistle loud and long
Just hum a merry tune
Just do your best and take a rest and sing yourself a song

When there's too much to do
Don't let it bother you, forget your troubles,
Try to be just like a cheerful chick-a-dee

And whistle while you work
Come on get smart, tune up and start
To whistle while you work

[sl8]

32. It's bad luck to whistle aboard a boat.

You'll whistle up a storm.

"I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious."
- Michael Scott

[redqueen]

4. Errrr... no...

people whistle and sing here often. I never thought it was a big deal.

:shrug:

[driver8]

5. Ha! I was doing some work on the movie "Evita" yesterday and was

whistling "Don't cry for me, Argentina" all day!!

People must hate me, now.

[Sequoia]

25. I got about 20 minutes into that movie and had to stop.

It was awful. Sorry Madonna, it was just dorky.

[driver8]

28. One of the guys I work with was raving about it -- I must have missed something.

Alan Parker directed "The Commitements", which is one of my top 5 movies. This one didn't do much for me.

[skygazer]

6. Well, not only do I whistle but I DO burst into song. At work.

I've never understood the animosity directed at people who whistle. When there are so many far more annoying things that people do in public all the time - like talk loudly on cell phones, discuss one's sex life, yell at their kids, argue with their spouse, swear, spit, smoke, listen to obnoxious music and pick their nose - people get irritated at whistling? :wtf:

[OnionPatch]

7. Hear, hear!

I'll whistle, hum or even sing without a thought unless it's late at night or after the quiet hour. I feel I have the right to make a reasonably small amount of noise as I live my life. :shrug:

[Kali]

8. childhood (teenage) trauma

My father whistled real loud while he worked on the house - on Saturday mornings about daylight, usually something on the wall by the head of my bed.:hangover:

[MineralMan]

9. Oh, I don't know...

I'd probably join in if someone started singing. In fact, wouldn't it be loverly if everything was like a Broadway musical, with folks bursting into song willy-nilly?

Of course, my wife and I often start singing spontaneously, but that's at home.

[redqueen]

10. I'd like that.

Most of the people here sing songs in Hindi... but if I could I'd join in. :)

[MineralMan]

12. Hindi would probably stop me, too...

I can sing a few songs in Spanish, though, a couple in French, and several in Russian. My wife only speaks French as a foreign language, though, so we limit our alternative language songs to French ones.

We try to remember that everyone doesn't sing randomly, though, so we don't confuse our guests. :shrug:

[Zuni]

13. we perform broadway shows at work

with song and dance numbers, chorus lines, costumes...the works.

I never thought it was weird. :shrug:

[MineralMan]

14. Sounds like a great place to work...

But I don't dance; you can't make me.

[Shell Beau]

16. I think some people whistle and don't even realize that they are doing

it. It does drive me crazy though.

[crimsonblue]

17. I love whistling...

it's one of those office quirks. people need to suck it up and deal with it.

[Lucian]

18. Whistling is just as irritating as screaming children.

[snooper2]

19. When at the post office...

I usually break out with...

One, and one, we're having some fun in the bedroom all day- and all of the night..

Two, and two, she kicked off her shoes- in the bedroom :rofl:

[Silver Swan]

20. I used to be a world class whistler.

No, really, I was great. But then I had some dental surgery and now I am not quite as good as I used to be, but I still whistle if I am alone in a boring situation, such as waiting for a train, or waiting for a doctor to come to the examination room.

Sorry if my whistling disturbs anyone, but I don't think I'll stop.

I would like to sing in those situations, but I figure whistling is more acceptable.

[raccoon]

31. If I hear you whistling in those situations, I'll sing if I know the words. nt

[KG]

21. the 2A was written w/ public whistlers in mind!

[Deep13]

23. You know, you don't have a right to be free from all annoyance 24/7.

Get over yourself.
:rofl:

[whistler162]

24. Tough!!!

[rvablue]

27. I hate whistling too.....so annoying and wouldn't it be more so if WE ALL went around doing it?

[vixengrl]

29. People sing in my building at work.

Sometimes hymns. Sometimes country music. Somestimes R&B. Sometimes, since I'm already talking to myself while I figure out a problem, I might also hum my current ear-worm. We just tend to ignore the degree to which our co-workers display "the crazy". It helps. We aren't mentally off, we're just in customer service.

[dawgmom]

30. I love whistling, and whistlers

One of my fondest memories of my undergraduate alma mater is of a university groundskeeper who was famous for his beautiful whistle. Professors would actually stop class on Spring and Summer days when his beautiful whistle would waft in through the open windows. The student newspaper even did a piece on him. And the thing is, he whistled incredibly complex things -- classical and operatic pieces that he said he had picked up over the years by hearing them coming from the practice rooms at the School of Music.

I also think of my grandmother, who had a beautiful mezzo-soprano voice. As her voice began to fail her in her later years, she could still whistle. It was her way of continuing to carry music with her.

Whistling is a happy sound -- you can't whistle if you're sad or angry. And for me, it's completely unconscious most of the time. Literally, "whistling while I work."

Now you've made me self-conscious about it. I never realized that there were people who hate whistlers.