> the sales lady who sits next to me who holds conference calls all day long from her desk I've had this situation in the past a few times and to some degree t

> the sales lady who sits next to me who holds conference calls all day long from her desk I've had this situation in the past a few times and to some degree today. If we have to have open office plans then at least take some effort into grouping "talkers" together away from "heads down" people. Is that so hard? There's no real economic argument, as it's just putting some thought into where people sit. There's no collaboration argument, because people on the same team would site together. Etc. From the reactions when I've brought it up, that's a completely unreasonable request. The whole idea than anyone's productivity might benefit from a quiet work environment seems to make management/HR upset.