I agree with you on the sound.Agreed. I wish this was easier for me to do. Everybody has different capacities to focus in different situations. I can study something intensely in a book or on the internet while the TV is blasting something dramatic (like in an NBA game) and not even notice what is happening. I went through law school studying with the TV on all the time for my wife, and it was like there was no sound. But when I'm at the top of my backswing, a sudden noise bothers me. I'm sure I'm not alone in that regard.
To me, it comes down to a balancing of "rights" or "conveniences," so to speak. A golfer really doesn't lose anything by waiting five seconds before they drop their club in the bag, or staying still for 3 seconds. How hard is it really to show courtesy to people? But then, we live in a world where people don't re-rack their weights at the gym, don't use turn signals, and throw their cigarette butts out their car window (so here in California they end up in the ocean). Uh oh, the old fogey is coming out again. LOL.
Question, do you wear a hat?