I really don't know how I've lasted so long. 5 months so far at my new job. It's an okay job. Pay isn't as much as I'd like for the amount of work I do. But that's not the worst part of the job.

I work in IT, and we're all in an IT suite in the building. The suite is right off the main hallway, so you hear quite a bit of foot traffic. Probably once every two minutes, you hear nothing but "click clack click clack click clack" for 20 seconds straight while someone walks from one end of the hallway to the other in their heels.

Every time I hear it, it numbs my mind- and it feels like it hurts my brain- I genuinely cannot think or concentrate on anything else because I cannot get the sound out of my head. It pisses me off to no extent. I usually wind up plugging up my ears with my fingers (like a little kid) to block it out.

I can't have headphones in at work so there so listening to music to drown it out is a no go. Can't have a white noise machine either because it would make too much noise in the office (and not enough to drown out the original problem) and I can't wear earplugs either.

And I don't want to bring it up to my boss because I don't want to look crazy. I'm actually looking for a h job to get away from this but it's a shitty time of year to be on the job hunt. So I'm stuck with this noise and this life for now.

Anyone else have annoyances at work like me?