just blargh
Nov. 23rd, 2012 09:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lanalucyOne thing about living with a blind person - they listen to *everything.* And my landlord/roommate, he listens to everything loud, so if he's awake, I am constantly listening to his email or whatever book or magazine he's reading. For someone who is accustomed to and likes quiet, the ever-present noise is unpleasant.
Thankfully, I can and often do close my door, and that lessens the noise, and I also invested in a decent pair of headphones, mostly for when I'm watching "TV" but even just putting them on cuts down on his noise significantly.
He really likes to talk, though, and a closed bedroom door does not stop him. Urgh. I am almost ashamed to say that I frequently listen only with enough attention that I can answer questions if he asks them. Otherwise, I just pretty much let him blather on, because he can carry the entire conversation by himself. It's particularly annoying, though, if I've already listened to him make four phone calls and tell those four people the same thing he's now telling me. I have at least mostly broken him of the habit of just walking into my room and starting to talk. He makes sure that I'm actually in my room now.
Thankfully, I can and often do close my door, and that lessens the noise, and I also invested in a decent pair of headphones, mostly for when I'm watching "TV" but even just putting them on cuts down on his noise significantly.
He really likes to talk, though, and a closed bedroom door does not stop him. Urgh. I am almost ashamed to say that I frequently listen only with enough attention that I can answer questions if he asks them. Otherwise, I just pretty much let him blather on, because he can carry the entire conversation by himself. It's particularly annoying, though, if I've already listened to him make four phone calls and tell those four people the same thing he's now telling me. I have at least mostly broken him of the habit of just walking into my room and starting to talk. He makes sure that I'm actually in my room now.
