It depends on how annoying a noise it will make if allowed to finish. I find it odd that the option to disable the beep on completion isn’t common. There’s rarely any urgency to remove what I just heated.
Really? First thing I do after a power outage is turn off the sound on the microwave. I’m not putting stuff in for hours, I’ve not forgotten about it. If I’m not taking it out of the microwave immediately it’s because I’m busy. Settle down, machine.
I have kids that I enjoy keeping asleep. There is no reason for that fucking beep to ever occur.
Nominating for best of out-of-context comments.
Is that really out of context? Maybe it’s also because I am a parent, but that was my immediate reaction to the post. Death to all things that beep loudly!!!
Many models have the option to turn off the beeps
But why won’t the noise turn off as soon as you open the door?
Yes, regularly AND I leave the remaining time on the microwave. It’s pure chaos over here.
My partner does the same thing! The amount of times I’ve looked at the microwave and wondered why time is standing still is too damn high!
Fucking Monster.
I time it right so that I can run towards the microwave “in slow motion” and pretend I’m stopping a bomb from going off, 1 second before it blows. My kid loves it. 🤷♂️
No, if I wanted to microwave something for 57 seconds I’d put 57 seconds in. I don’t practice brinksmanship
Yeah because the thing beeps as if the house is on fire. I’d rather have it stay silent. And 1-3 seconds is not really enough to have any measurable effect.
Mine makes a little music sound, and when I hit the “stop” button it makes a different music sound. If I hit it at just the right time, it makes a nice melody by combining both sounds. I recreated a similar sounding one to it here.
beepbox.co project with the following melody:
A ........ ####.... ........ ........ Ab........ ........ ........ ........ G ........ ........ ........ ........ F#........ ....#### ........ ........ F ........ ........ ........ ........ E ........ ........ ........ ........ Eb........ ........ ........ ........ D ....#### ........ ........ ........ Db........ ........ ........ ........ C ........ ........ ........ ........ B ........ ........ ........ ........ Bb........ ........ ........ ........ A ####.... ........ ........ ........If I don’t stop it before the last second, the universe will blow up.
I’m just hit the god damn stop/cancel button if you want to stop it before the timer reaches zero.
I have this annoying microwave that beeps 5 times when it hits zero, even if I open the door in the middle of it. Kinda rude honestly
Yeah. My microwave makes five beeps whenever the timer runs out, regardless if I open the door or not.
In terms of appliance beeping aggravation, I’ve yet to have one that tops an old slow cooker I had. When you turned it on, it just had a beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep that lasted for multiple seconds and made me want to throw it out the window every time I had to use it. It was like a goddamn siren alerting the whole apartment complex to the possibility of pot roast in 4-8 hours.
god forbid we let people customize these things. we’ll jam AI into the fucking appliances before we let people have actual QOL advancements.
Someone at work does this and doesn’t clear the remaining time. Pisses me off. Press the stop button for the love all that is holy. Look, I know it’s petty.
Not petty, totally fair. In my case, the microwave is the most visible clock from the couch, so I am always annoyed when it’s 00:02 instead of the time. But then again, the power goes out frequently where I live, so it’s not so reliable as a clock in the first place
Almost always.
