Why do things have to beep?

nothing in the office should beep -- except the microwave...

If the refrigerator beeps when you open the door, it's an invasion of privacy.

Link I thik the beep is necessary for the obvious reasons where it might be necessary for something to announce itself. However easy means should be provided for controlling its volume or entirely changing its essence, attributes

Our intrusion alarm dings each time the front door is open, sounding a whole lot like the regular "doorbell" but there's no easy way to disable it or make it sound different 'less one is a computer programmer

Well the thingy has a little light/screen so unless you are blind (which would be difficult to drive a truck and deliver mail) you can see the item is recorded.

I think people just like to hear the beep --and our microwave can be adjusted so it doesn't beep.

Aha, I see, Link
…No I really don't. Presumably by "thingy" you mean a device such as phone or tablet. Presumably he carries it in is pocket so the reason for the beep is to announce a new message

Incidentally I'd assume your wave something like our Oster requiring 25 keystrokes to do nearly anything. It beeps too, even after heating if you forget to remove the food

Its like a hand scanner. To record when they drop off mail.

Herbie #53, my old '63 VW Beetle beeped too. Not sure why. Maybe Lindsay Lohan had something to do with it??

Just out of curiosity, Crow, did it only beep when you tapped the horn button?

No, only when I ignored it whilst talking to a pretty girl. It would also roll its headlights. Once it backed itself up into a garage so a pretty mechanic could work on it.

I thought it was warning you to close the door or it would reverse over you.

Thanks. Till now, I considered it to be the least threatening of my appliances. Now I'm beginning to wonder if the light really does go out when I close the door.

Aha, thanks Link but since we've discussed several Its, exactly what It is it to which you have ref for mail drop off, that is, what's it called, is it "hand scanner"

…..Really, it's something I've long wondered about and might like to find myself one