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I have bought the most bleepiest appliance

27 replies

isthismylifenow · 26/02/2022 15:21

My soup maker!

It has to be the most attention seeking gadget ever.

Put it on....bleep, bleep
Find the programme.... A bleep for every option.
Start button, bleep.
A few minutes into the programme, random bleeeep.
I'm going to blend now, bleep bleep
Repeat double bleeps for every time it blends.

And then the grand finale.....

60 bleeps! One per second for a whole minute.

OK we get the gist, soup is done but after 5 bleeps I was aware of this.

I had the bread maker on at the same time and that wins second place for being overly vocal.

It's a bit dramatic, don't you think?

OP posts:
mnahmnah · 26/02/2022 15:22

I mean, I like soup, but not enough to go through this performance each time!

TyrannysaurusXXrightshoarder · 26/02/2022 15:27

The curse of the modern world. Everything I own seems to bloody beep now. The oven. The coffee machine. The tumble dryer. The dishwasher. The microwave. But the absolute worst is the brand new washing machine. My old Miele broke down and was unfixable but, thanks to one of their old style 10 year guarantees , Miele replaced it with a brand new machine. I had no idea when I chose it how bloody needy it was going to be. The high pitched squealing bleeping it makes at the end of every bloody programme is so pervasive I think it could actually be used as some sort of sonic weapon. I went out earlier and forgot it was just about to finish (wouldn’t usually do that for safety reasons obviously but was urgent). I was gone for over two hours. It was still beeping when I got back, I could hear it from the driveway. Arrrrrggghhhh! Sorry, got to go the tumble dryer is calling me 😭

extractorfactor · 26/02/2022 15:33

Dh has disabled all bleeping appliances in this houseGrin! I'm badgered enough by DC, DH & Ddog, I don't need a bleeping machine nagging me as well!

Paddingtonsmarmlade · 26/02/2022 15:35

My new kettle even beeps, at the start and finish. Drives me potty.

nonononone · 26/02/2022 15:36

My kitchen nags me constantly, its becoming exhausting attempting to work out who needs attention, only god beeps without needing me to attend to him. (roomba)

Original poster
isthismylifenow · 26/02/2022 15:36

@TyrannysaurusXXrightshoarder

The curse of the modern world. Everything I own seems to bloody beep now. The oven. The coffee machine. The tumble dryer. The dishwasher. The microwave. But the absolute worst is the brand new washing machine. My old Miele broke down and was unfixable but, thanks to one of their old style 10 year guarantees , Miele replaced it with a brand new machine. I had no idea when I chose it how bloody needy it was going to be. The high pitched squealing bleeping it makes at the end of every bloody programme is so pervasive I think it could actually be used as some sort of sonic weapon. I went out earlier and forgot it was just about to finish (wouldn’t usually do that for safety reasons obviously but was urgent). I was gone for over two hours. It was still beeping when I got back, I could hear it from the driveway. Arrrrrggghhhh! Sorry, got to go the tumble dryer is calling me 😭
😂😂 I think you need a soup maker to join in the appliance chorus.

I forgot about the microwave. That is also up there for the dramatic award.

I'm done now. Bleep bleep.
I'm done now. Bleep bleep.
And that continues ad nauseam until you give it the attention it desires.

OP posts:
redredredredlorry · 26/02/2022 15:54

Got an instant pot last year. That thing doesn't only beep, but plays a little tune every time you take the lid off, and then again when you put it back on.

ticktockriojaoclock · 26/02/2022 15:59

Just use an old fashioned soup machine i.e. a pan! Noise free 😀

MissyB1 · 26/02/2022 16:01

My washing machine is the worst (Bosch) it won’t fucking shut up!!

TyrannysaurusXXrightshoarder · 26/02/2022 16:03

Silly me, in the middle of making DDs birthday cake and dinner and I’d forgotten that, should I neglect the fridge for a split second too long and leave the door open, it beeps, infernal bloody beeping. And , due to cake, I’ve necessarily also got Alexa beeping at me every so often. FML.

TyrannysaurusXXrightshoarder · 26/02/2022 16:05

@redredredredlorry

Got an instant pot last year. That thing doesn't only beep, but plays a little tune every time you take the lid off, and then again when you put it back on.
Ah see I don’t mind a tune! We used to live in Singapore and we had a washing machine there that played a little tune when it was done - be doo, be doo, be doo, be daa - very gentle and crucially it only did it twice, not forever!. But I can’t remember the brand and it might be available here anyway 😔. I loved that washing machine….
MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 26/02/2022 16:07

@Paddingtonsmarmlade

My new kettle even beeps, at the start and finish. Drives me potty.
Mine too!!
caranations · 26/02/2022 16:08

I dislike demands being placed on me, least of all by domestic appliances.

Whatwouldscullydo · 26/02/2022 16:08

My microwave does my head in. If u zap something and are leaving it to stand for the requisit minute it keeps beeping until you either put it on or take it out

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 26/02/2022 16:09

@MissyB1

My washing machine is the worst (Bosch) it won’t fucking shut up!!
I raise you the audacious bastard that is the Samsung EcoBubble... Not only does it 😂 lay a tune to tell you it's finished, it plays a extra little tune to tell you that the tune has finished. Git.
AmberRoseGold · 26/02/2022 16:09

@TyrannysaurusXXrightshoarder you can programme Miele washer and dryer to shut up. I found an old thread on here which had the manuals. I would happily silence every single appliance. Our fridge pass-agg trills at you if you leave. It open and induction hob beeps at every single perceived insult or sideways glance.

Scarby9 · 26/02/2022 16:14

My new car bleeps at me in a telling off way. It bleeps if I drive down the middle of an empty road to avoid potholes. It bleeps if the car in front of me in a line of traffic pulls away, even if it only moves two metres.
I have yet to find its off button, so just keep shouting at it.

1forAll74 · 26/02/2022 16:15

Can't be doing with all these bleeping fancy gadgets,, I have been making all kinds of soups for 60 years in a large saucepan, I have still got one saucepan from 60 years ago.

picklemewalnuts · 26/02/2022 16:15

I came on to see if it was an instant pot! Which can be silenced, by the way. Look in the manual for instructions, it's something like holding the - button for 3 seconds.

My car is the chopsyest thing ever. Constantly bleeping, drives me potty.

Easterbunnyiswindowshopping · 26/02/2022 16:16

Maybe worth adding to your CV?
Fluent in Bleep.

Grin
nocoolnamesleft · 26/02/2022 16:18

Try carrying a bleep. Actually, I think my record was carrying 4 bleeps, a dect phone, and a walkie talkie.

FourTeaFallOut · 26/02/2022 16:20

I'm another submitting the Samsung eco bubble as most noisy appliance. It launches into a full fucking look at me performance song when it's finished.

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 26/02/2022 16:30

I (briefly) had a Thermomix. Everything about it was stress inducing, but the noise was probably the worst aspect. I used to scream back at it.

I hadn't even wanted it. My SIL loves hers so my DH thought it would be a great Christmas present for me. The huge box sat in the hall getting thumped every time the front door opened for about four months before I even unpacked it to give it a try. The Thermomix sales rep emailed me every fortnight offering to come and demonstrate it in my own home, and why don't I invite some of my friends too. Hmm The beeping was horrendous and was at the end of every stage. And to add insult to injury everything that I tried to make in it had the same weirdly mushy texture. I gave it away to my SIL (it was a new version than the one she already had).

chipshopElvis · 26/02/2022 16:35

My new tumble dryer sings a song when it's finished, I love it!!

CowboyJo · 26/02/2022 16:46

Just be thankful it doesnt play a tune. Grin

My DH used to have a musical cigarette lighter during his smoking days (before the kids were born). Every time he used it, it played some electronic tune like one of those musical christmas cards. It drove me potty. As soon he quit smoking, i chucked it!