the beeping can be helpful, and annoying.....but as Ellen mentioned, everything in the house beeps.......
worst is the smoke alarm, especially if you have several, trying to find the one that needs the battery replaced.....what puzzles me, is mine are all hardwired in, and use a battery as a backup......how/why does that battery go dead under normal use?....makes you wonder why they don't recharge automatically.....
most beeps/chimes, you get used to, its when a mystery one pops up that turns you into Sherlock Holmes......
cleaning out the basement fridge only to discover I had a lime in there, then realized, it used to be a head of lettuce!....