Noises

I have a certain relationship with noises. It's not always a good one, sometimes rocky. 

The good day I was having when I woke up has been ruined, twisted to something vile and maddening and unbearably annoying. 

The beeping from construction is like a constant alarm. 

Chewing sounds and heavy breathing, cutting through the music that pours from 'noise canceling' headphones that are doing anything but their one intended purpose. 

People shouting across the office instead of using intercoms, talking in volumes that don't fit a quiet setting.

Office doors that can't be shut to block out the endless chattering and laughing from the front. 

Small things, in the grand scheme, but just enough to slowly eat away at a person over years. 

Maybe I'm being too critical.

Perhaps I'm too quick to get snappy at such things. 

Or maybe... I just need better headphones and louder music.