Great thread!!
My main reason is that about 6 - 8 years ago, our apartments' all got a buzzer upgrade. It's so loud that it makes me shriek, even more than my hated phone ring, making me feel very much like a celebrity. Only one visitor, really, between 1 or two weeks. No video, so it's old school, and I DO NOT pick up the handset to screen who wants to come in. The block gets advice every Xmas to watch out for fraud & robbery. As a realistic person I don't get paranoid about this. I'm happy to defend my home with a set of tools by the door used for a bathroom retiling - saw, hammer, mallet & chisel. I can check outside the window from above. My mate always smiles upwards towards me when buzzing. Many buzzes happen when people aren't visible, hiding under the awning. I buzz someone in when the timing makes me sure who it is.
I do wake to vivid dreams over the last 12 years that my home contents are gone. The quality possessions I gathered while happily employed.
Ummm... I guess this is because of the dread of my Dad transferred to me at a young age. He always kept a truncheon to hand
I could describe all the above meaning in this: "SO LOUD!!" It feels like two 50 megawatt megaphone glued to both of my ears. BBBBBRRRRRLLLLL!
Perhaps that's designed to deafen all inhabitants, so we'll never hear it again, while still paying for the power required to fuel that inducer :moderator:
Actually, it's not that bad. Same noise when other people get buzzed. It's not mine cos there are walls between. Often I get sad and lonely, because all types of hordes come to visit others, and keep ringing if nobody's in. I can't tell who else's number is buzzed, but when it is mine, ooohh! My ears hurt, whichever room I'm in.