I have a phillips sonicare toothbrush and I was baffled when it emitted a loud beeping sound when it was done charging.

There is no reason on earth my toothbrush needs to alert me of something.

When you hire people to "innovate" they will whether its a good idea or not.

I have a whole box full of buzzers and beepers that I've liberated from their original equipment environments. Needy electronics are not in line with my idea of a quiet environment. I've made an exception for a pretty powerful Lithium-Ion/LiPo charger, that thing has the potential to burn the place down and I like the fact that it only alerts when it needs to and never 'just because'.

Huh. I'm on my third Sonicare toothbrush and none of them have done this.