Would you very much mind fucking off?

Everyone has habits that people find annoying. Perhaps they are a little facial tic. Maybe an oft-used phrase that begins to grate on the nerves.

My flatmate T has a few little things that annoy me and if I was dating him (not in a million years!), would drive me over the edge. He eats terribly. He has a tendency to eat with his mouth open, thus giving me both an auditory and visual enjoyment of his meal that I would rather go without. N used to jiggle his feet in bed. B clicks his nails together (hard to describe). A very good girlfriend of mine, M, always checks herself out in any reflective surface - slightly disconcerting when you are talking to her and her eyes stray over your shoulder to find that she is ascertaining her visage in some surface behind you.

But apparently I drive a work colleague crazy with things I do - without even knowing it. She is in a separate office to me, which adjoins mine by a wall. Apparently this wall does little to dampen any noise generated in my office. As a consequence, I am constantly on edge about any conversation that I have in my office - for fear that it will annoy her. She is not shy of complaining about noise. But today things reached a new low.

I have been busily analysing data using Excel. Generating squillions of tables and graphs and generally "doing my job". It would appear that my jewelry is now a source of angst for my colleague. I wear a bangle on my right hand - a gift from my parents and a much beloved item. I never take it off. (Well, except at airports when I am forced to - and there is sometimes soap required for that feat). Apparently the "banging" of my bangle on the desk, as a consequence of me moving the mouse around is "driving her crazy".

So should I continue to "bang the bangle", let her go postal and leave me alone? Usually people find me annoying by the things I say - this is a whole new level to come to where I am able to cause distress by being productive!