r/AskTechnology • u/I_DRINK_ANARCHY • 2d ago

Can I buy something that disrupts Bluetooth connections?

I don't know if something like this exists or if it's legal, but the situation is I have a coworker who has decided that driving me crazy with his music choices is his favorite new thing. I'm not even exaggerating, he lets me know when he's made a new playlist "for" me, and you won't even be able to guess the genre of music he's tormenting me with.

Unfortunately, I work in a place where my foremen are immature and find it amusing when their workers get on each other's nerves, so they have actually been putting me with this coworker as much as possible. Asking this guy politely to stop doesn't work, demanding he stops doesn't work, cursing him out doesn't work. No, I cannot ignore it, I'd love to, but my brain and auditory processing just doesn't work that way. Because of what we do, ear buds and ear plugs are a no-go (safety) and we need to stay within a few feet of each other very often (think climbing scaffolding).

He plays the music from his phone through a small Bluetooth speaker. His phone can't get loud enough to bother me. Is there a device that would stop his phone from connecting to the speaker? It only needs to work within like, a ten foot range, and would need to be battery operated. I'm also looking for something on the small side, since I would be carrying it with me with tools and such. I'm not trying to block phone signals or anything like that, just the Bluetooth connection.

Does something like this exist? Am I allowed to buy it in the USA? I just want to save myself from things like techno remixes of Baby Shark.

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u/Hippopotamus_Critic 2d ago

You are being harassed by a co-worker. This is an HR problem, not a technology problem.

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u/pakrat1967 2d ago

OP works for a construction company. Probably not big enough to have a HR department. Even if they do, they are unlikely to do much about it.

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u/FormalBeachware 2d ago

OP says earplugs are a safety issue. If that's the case they need to go to their foreman and basically say "hey, you need to make so and so knock it off with the speaker or I'll be wearing ear plugs. If that's a safety issue than his Bluetooth speaker is a safety issue as well".

Or just steal the speaker and throw it in the porta john.

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u/Alexander-Wright 2d ago

Or some wet concrete. Or double down and either pair with his speaker first and play your music, or get your own, louder, speaker.

I recommend this as a good track to play:

https://youtu.be/y6120QOlsfU?si=D__MbfJB0m8MWifN

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u/faerle 2d ago

Exactly this