ThinkGeek Annoy-a-tron
JB: “I have 3 of these currently deployed at work. I put one in an audio guy’s office, he’s going crazy thinking there’s something wrong with his speakers. I tried to target people who frustrate easily.
This device has a built in magnet, so it’s easy to hide. It goes off just infrequently enough that it’s hard to identify/locate. And luckily, it’s got a long battery life.”
From ThinkGeek’s site: The Annoy-a-tron generates a short (but very annoying, hence the name) beep every few minutes. Your unsuspecting target will have a hard time ‘timing’ the location of the sound because the beeps will vary in intervals ranging from 2 to 8 minutes.
This thing is sheer genius. I keep meaning to bring a couple into my own office, although I suspect my coworkers would recognize it right away.
Link: ThinkGeek Annoy-a-tron
Ballpark price: $10
Posted: February 7th, 2007 under Electronics, Personally recommended by Linda, JB's picks.
Comments: 12
Comments
Comment from AmyW
Time: February 7, 2007, 11:43 am
Mwhu ha ha ha! THIS IS SWEET!
Comment from claire
Time: February 7, 2007, 11:46 am
well, that’s just evil. pure evil.
my boss will never see it coming….
Comment from vedjen
Time: February 7, 2007, 12:24 pm
Love it. That just might be the gadget to replace our recently deceased remote controlled fart machine.
Comment from samantha Jo Campen
Time: February 7, 2007, 10:19 pm
Holy crap I want one (not for myself, of course, but to piss off my co-workers)!
Comment from HollowSquirrel
Time: February 8, 2007, 8:14 am
OH I definitely need this for our surly secretary.
Comment from Deirdré Straughan
Time: February 10, 2007, 9:04 am
A few years ago I was staying in a place unfamiliar to me, with my daughter. In the middle of the night something started beeping - just one beep, at a regular interval (maybe two minutes).
It was impossible to go back to sleep. We ransacked the place trying to figure out if it was a malfunctioning smoke alarm (it sounded a bit like that) or burglar alarm or what. After about an hour I finally found it: the low-battery reminder on my cellphone!
Comment from MRW
Time: February 12, 2007, 9:42 am
That’s it, I’m getting one of these and stashing it in the most annoying co-worker ever’s office.
Comment from Jem
Time: February 13, 2007, 2:57 am
We almost bought one of those at Christmas…we bought a whole lot of other ThinkGeek stuff though. Its hilarious.
Comment from jb
Time: May 9, 2007, 1:32 pm
Wow. I want one! Imagine hiding one of those in somebody’s car.
Comment from jfyzqdfdhk
Time: July 3, 2007, 12:38 pm
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Comment from villalarm
Time: January 6, 2008, 1:21 pm
In the car is a good idea! Even better in somebody’s bedroom and make it go off abour 3am or so!
Comment from Pati Gulat
Time: March 14, 2008, 8:02 pm
We just ordered one !!! I can’t wait for it to come in !
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