Dealing With Loud Co-worker

Summary

You Betcha Radio – “Dealing With Loud Co-worker”

Date: September 22, 2025
Hosts: Myles, Tyler, Jared, Todd
Topic: Navigating life with a noisy, disruptive coworker in true Midwest fashion

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Episode Overview

In this comedic and distinctly Midwestern episode, the You Betcha Radio crew dissects a listener question: how do you handle a coworker who makes loud, obnoxious noises at work? Myles, Tyler, Jared, and Todd approach the scenario with a blend of tongue-in-cheek advice, office war stories, and philosophical musings on just being yourself. Along the way, the conversation touches on camaraderie, Midwest office culture, and the hazards of being the office noisemaker.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Listener's Dilemma

• Listener’s Question (00:00): “I have a coworker that makes weird, loud, obnoxious noises randomly. How do I deal with it?”
• The team immediately relates, joking if Tyler’s submitted this as a burner question.

2. Speculating About the Noisemaker

• Is the guy just having fun, being annoying, or is it something uncontrollable? (00:43)
  • Todd: Wonders if the noises are purposeful or part of a disorder, like Tourette’s.
  • Tyler: Suggests, “If you like the guy, you then join in with him… But if you don't, I'm guessing it's an annoyance thing, right?” (00:35)
• Exploring intentions and possible medical reasons.

3. Potential Strategies to Address the Problem

• Direct confrontation is awkward: If you call it out directly, you risk offending. If you join in, you might encourage it. (01:34)
• Passive Aggressive Solution (01:56):
  • Tyler’s Email Scheme: Suggests writing an office-wide email pretending neighbors are hearing ‘dog noises’ from the office:

    “Just blast out an email… talked to the neighbors… asked if we could keep our dog down during the day… Was anyone barking or making any strange noises yesterday? Let’s just keep it down. We want to be good neighbors.”

  • The whole crew runs with the idea, adding layers of absurdity (02:38).

4. Relating Office Anecdotes

• Warehouse Stories (02:56):
  • Tyler recounts playing loud music in a warehouse and getting complaints from neighboring businesses (an HVAC company).
  • Jared: “What a bunch of narcs.” (03:18)
  • Office culture laughs about ‘squirrely’ end-of-day energy.

5. The You Betcha Crew: Noise Offenders?

• Favorite Noises (03:50)
  • Jokes about their own habits—particularly Ryan’s singing.
• Zoom Mishaps & Singing (04:01)
  • Recounts a recent instance where Ryan’s singing was caught during a company Zoom call.
  • Jared: “He doesn’t, like, do the words. He like, just kind of does the words a little bit…” (04:41)
• Singing as Involuntary Response (05:36)
  • Tyler: “It would be like, hey, you know what was your heart rate an hour ago? I don’t know. I just do it automatically.”

6. Living Loud and Proud

• Todd on Lawn Mower Singing (06:00): Defends singing out loud while mowing, oblivious to neighbors or coworkers.
  • “You guys should hear me on the lawnmower, because I can’t with my AirPods in and the lawnmower going. … I can’t hear anything.” (06:00)
• Tyler: “Mo[w] like no one’s listening.” (06:22)
• Myles wraps up with: “It’s all about the art.” (06:27)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Tyler on Navigating Awkwardness:

  “If you like the guy, you then join in with him, you know, but if you don’t… I’m guessing it’s an annoyance thing, right?” (00:35)

• Tyler's Passive-Aggressive Solution:

  “Just blast out an email… talked to the neighbors… asked if we could keep our dog down during the day…” (01:56)

• Jared on Warehouse Complaints:

  “What a bunch of narcs.” (03:18)
  "Just want to listen to Fetty Wap at lunch." (03:28)

• Tyler on Involuntary Noise:

  “I don’t have to tell myself to breathe.” (05:55)

• Todd Justifying Lawn Mower Singing:

  “You guys should hear me on the lawnmower, because I can’t with my AirPods in and the lawnmower going. I can’t hear anything.” (06:00)
  “It’s all about the art.” (06:27)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:00-01:04 – Listener question; speculating on motives for loud noises
• 01:34-02:38 – Approaches to address the issue (direct, passive-aggressive), with email prank
• 02:38-03:45 – Warehouse culture and office noise anecdotes
• 03:50-05:33 – The crew’s own noise-making habits; Ryan’s singing exposed
• 06:00-06:27 – Todd’s unapologetic lawnmower vocals; “Mo[w] like no one’s listening”

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Recap

The episode blends classic Midwest humor with genuine workplace advice (however tongue-in-cheek). The crew leans into their own reputation for being office noisemakers, ultimately embracing the idea that sometimes you just have to own your quirks—or find creative ways to cope with your coworkers’. The conversation is light, self-deprecating, and full of practical jokes, perfect for anyone who’s ever shared a workspace with a character.

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Midwest Vibe: Friendly, sarcastic, grounded in everyday experience, with plenty of playful shade thrown at both noisy coworkers and fun-hating office neighbors.

Transcript

[Miles]

Hashtag Miles advice. I have a co worker that makes weird, loud, obnoxious noises randomly. How do I deal with it?

[Host]

Very fitting.

[Todd]

Is someone in the office.

[Tyler]

It's gotta be. It's gotta be Tyler's burner.

[Jared]

No.

[Todd]

Taco Bell, Todd.

[Tyler]

Taco Bell, Todd, Tyler.

[Jared]

You guys, never once has Jared read one of my burners questions. I think I've only submitted like 3.

[Tyler]

But do better questions. Well, I mean, God, it's just again, so much limited information.

[Todd]

Right.

[Tyler]

If you like the guy, you then join in with him, you know, but if you don't, I'm guessing it's. I'm guessing it's an annoyance thing, right?

[Todd]

Yeah.

[Jared]

Otherwise he wouldn't have brought it to us. If he just was chill with the guy, he'd have been like, what?

[Todd]

And why, why is he doing them? Is he doing them to get a rise out of people? Is he doing them because he knows other people will laugh at it, or.

[Tyler]

Does he do it for the love of the game like Ryan does?

[Todd]

Yes. Or is he doing it like, is it just like an, like a Tourette's tick or something like that?

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Tyler]

What if he has Tourette's?

[Todd]

First question, lack of info.

[Jared]

Y.

[Tyler]

Clear that up. Sounds very Toretti to me. Sounds very Dominic Toretti to me. I think that's what it's screaming that like, maybe he's doing it for his family.

[Todd]

I think step one to figure, figure that out is do the sound back to him and if he gets mad that you're mocking him because he has Tourettes, he's going to say something about it. He or she?

[Tyler]

Yeah, I mean, it's like one of those things that, like, there's no. I don't know if there's a. And I can always find a way. But it's, it's so hard because it's like if you confront him about it, he's going to get offended, you know, and if you join in on it, you may just be encouraging it more.

[Todd]

Correct.

[Tyler]

And you could go the passive aggressive route, you know. Oh, I got a great one. Hopefully you're in like a office park, you know, somewhere type of deal. Basically just blast out an email, say, on the way home from work. Last night I talked to the neighbors and they asked if we could keep our dog down during the day. And they said like a. They just, I don't know, there's some loud barking or something, growling going on next door and it's really disruptive to our work environment. They'd be like, was anyone barking or Making any strange noises yesterday? You can. Let's just keep it down. We want to be good neighbors. Try that out.

[Todd]

Did anyone have a dog at the office yesterday that I didn't know about? Dogs aren't allowed. Number one. If there was, it was a perfect person who's pretending to be a dog. Shut the up.

[Miles]

Is there a karaoke singer around here?

[Todd]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jared]

Is there somebody in the dark room just kind of like moaning to songs that you could hear through your vent?

[Tyler]

Yeah, because at our last office, we had speakers in the warehouse. We had the bass all the way jacked out. Oh, yeah. We play music during the day that apparently the. The bass was reverbing off of the building next to us, and they said it was, like, disrupting their work and so we had to turn down the bass.

[Jared]

Yeah, they were an H VAC company, so that checks out.

[Tyler]

What a bunch of narcs.

[Jared]

What?

[Tyler]

I mean, talk about Debbie Downer.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Tyler]

The boys in the warehouse are just trying to get after it.

[Jared]

Just want to listen to Fetty Wap at lunch.

[Todd]

And it was. It was. It. It was usually like 5:00'. Clock.

[Tyler]

Yeah.

[Todd]

Or 4:30. Okay, sorry. We'll wait 30 more minutes.

[Jared]

Yeah, there was, like, you could tell when you guys were getting towards the end of the day.

[Todd]

Yeah. Yeah. Things got a little squirrely out there.

[Tyler]

And that shut the down pretty quick. So blame it on the neighbors.

[Todd]

Yeah, right.

[Miles]

What's your favorite random noise right now? Is that like picking your favorite flavor of ice cream?

[Todd]

I've been pretty calm lately, I feel like. I mean, I also spend a lot of time by myself, so.

[Tyler]

Actually, what was pretty funny is so Jake's in the cities, and so we were doing like, a Zoom call between me, Tyler, and Jake. So me and Tyler were technically here, but we were both in our offices on Zoom, and Tyler just goes miles. Can you hear Ryan singing right now? Really?

[Jared]

Yeah. I think you were in the dark room.

[Tyler]

Yeah. Recently.

[Jared]

Yeah, last week.

[Todd]

I. I haven't been in the dark room in probably.

[Tyler]

I can hear it. I can hear.

[Miles]

You're not helping yourself.

[Tyler]

Right? That's. Even then you're so. Then you're even further away than we thought. And he. What was he singing?

[Jared]

I don't remember, but it was.

[Tyler]

What did it sound like?

[Jared]

He doesn't, like, do the words. He, like, just kind of does the words a little bit. You, like.

[Todd]

It's classic, you know?

[Jared]

Like, people know the first part of a verse and then they mumble the rest. But you don't mumble the rest. You Kind of like just do the whole tone. Yeah. It was the day that the. They were. There was a group of people were here.

[Todd]

Well, it could have been one of them.

[Jared]

It for sure wasn't.

[Miles]

I mean, if there's.

[Todd]

If you're in an office, there's no proof you're right.

[Tyler]

The guy who sings loud by himself and makes noises all day or guests in a building that it's not there.

[Jared]

And sounds exactly like the guy. I'm on three podcasts with.

[Miles]

A tough one.

[Tyler]

If I closed my eyes. When you did that, though, I was. I was listening to Ryan, so that was definitely him.

[Todd]

I think I might just be into singing music these days.

[Tyler]

I. I. Yeah, for sure. I think. For sure. I think you do it so much that you'd like. It would be like, hey, you know what. What was your heart rate? You know, an hour ago? I'm like, I don't know. I just do it automatically.

[Todd]

Yeah.

[Tyler]

I don't. I don't need to keep inventory of that. It's like Ryan singing.

[Jared]

I don't have to tell myself to breathe.

[Tyler]

Yeah. It's an involuntary experience for Ryan.

[Todd]

Yeah. You guys should hear me on the lawnmower, because I can't with my AirPods in and the lawnmower going. You can't. I can't hear anything.

[Jared]

You're totally. Believe it.

[Tyler]

You're poor neighbor.

[Todd]

No, no, no lawnmower out here.

[Tyler]

Oh, yeah.

[Todd]

So I'm assuming the concrete guys out there and. And the subcontractors, they. And everything. Doesn't bother me, though. I'm not going to pretend to be.

[Miles]

If you got electric, they could hear you even better.

[Todd]

Correct. Yeah.

[Tyler]

Mo. Like no one's listening.

[Todd]

Exactly. And that's what I do. It's all about the art.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Host]

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[Tyler]

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