>...I was still getting interrupted by phone calls. Calls that would last 10-20 seconds, that type of conversations in an open space wouldn't be as distracting.

>...I was still getting interrupted by phone calls. Calls that would last 10-20 seconds, that type of conversations in an open space wouldn't be as distracting. Think about the other people around you. When you are getting phone calls in a private office you are not distracting them from your work - every phone call you get in an open floor plan will be distracting to everyone around you.