Originally Posted by
TheMadBrewer
I think it must be where you are sitting -- I've noticed the same thing as the OP, sometimes the DING is so loud it wakes me up, even with QC2s!
I think the QC2's only reduce the ambient noise to make the ding more noticeable. One time on the A330, the ding didn't stop for like 5 minutes. I think a rather large pax fell asleep against the button and it drove me mad. Since I was sitting row 10 I think the speaker was right above me. Argh...