> It's depressing but there are many places where people prefer to use Hipchat and Slack to ping a nearby coworker rather than bother to take off headphones to

> It's depressing but there are many places where people prefer to use Hipchat and Slack to ping a nearby coworker rather than bother to take off headphones to talk to the person several feet away. I do that, because that way my colleague can address my query at his convenience, rather than at my own. If we need to, we can then hit a conference room (or go into one or the another's office, if our employer didn't have a godawful open plan office) to discuss.