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I don't want to have to wear headphones.

by thesmallestcat 10y ago

sotojuan 10y ago
> but have rooms available ... for heads-down working Seems like you don't have to.
- thesmallestcat 10y ago
  Is it so much to ask for silence at my own desk?
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- loco5niner 10y ago
  So, I can make one of those rooms my permanent office? Ok, I'm down with that. Otherwise, it's not the same thing.
  - pushECX 10y ago
    I basically did this at my job. The open office chatter and sounds really affects me, and I really don't feel like pumping more sound into my ears all the time just to drown out the sound I don't want to listen to. So, I started grabbing the same small private space in our office every day and worked there all day long. Now everyone knows it as my "office", even though it's mostly said as a joke.
headcanon 10y ago
For what its worth, I actually don't most of the time. A bit of ambient chatter doesn't really bother me, however that is of course down to personal preference. We try to accommodate people's working habits, but the floor I'm on is relatively quiet since its all technical folks (we have the sales people on another floor where they can chat away)
- divbit 10y ago
  A single person / noise source is super distracting, but ambient chatter is wonderful
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  - DashRattlesnake 10y ago
    > but ambient chatter is wonderful I respectfully disagree. Maybe it's OK if the chatter is indistinct and unintelligible, but if you're in an open plan office it's likely that some of the chatter is from your neighbors. The only thing more distracting than a single conversation next to you is two separate nearby conversations next to you.
    - divbit 10y ago
      Fair enough - and I expect it probably varies by individual. I would strongly wager that I get more done at a coffee shop, or some place with a low buzz, than sitting alone at my house - as long as the conversation isn't directly at me. I do bring some high quality over ear headphones with me in case it gets temporarily loud though.
      - divbit 10y ago
        Basically I think that as long as the conversation is interspersed / mixed enough that I can't easily understand what people are talking about, then I think it's not thought disruptive, and even beneficial in that case - I agree when people are talking loud / clear enough that you are basically a third listener in their conversation that it can be less than ideal.

I don't want to have to wear headphones.

sotojuan 10y ago

> but have rooms available ... for heads-down working Seems like you don't have to.

thesmallestcat 10y ago
Is it so much to ask for silence at my own desk?
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loco5niner 10y ago
So, I can make one of those rooms my permanent office? Ok, I'm down with that. Otherwise, it's not the same thing.
- pushECX 10y ago
  I basically did this at my job. The open office chatter and sounds really affects me, and I really don't feel like pumping more sound into my ears all the time just to drown out the sound I don't want to listen to. So, I started grabbing the same small private space in our office every day and worked there all day long. Now everyone knows it as my "office", even though it's mostly said as a joke.

headcanon 10y ago

For what its worth, I actually don't most of the time. A bit of ambient chatter doesn't really bother me, however that is of course down to personal preference. We try to accommodate people's working habits, but the floor I'm on is relatively quiet since its all technical folks (we have the sales people on another floor where they can chat away)

divbit 10y ago
A single person / noise source is super distracting, but ambient chatter is wonderful
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- DashRattlesnake 10y ago
  > but ambient chatter is wonderful I respectfully disagree. Maybe it's OK if the chatter is indistinct and unintelligible, but if you're in an open plan office it's likely that some of the chatter is from your neighbors. The only thing more distracting than a single conversation next to you is two separate nearby conversations next to you.
  - divbit 10y ago
    Fair enough - and I expect it probably varies by individual. I would strongly wager that I get more done at a coffee shop, or some place with a low buzz, than sitting alone at my house - as long as the conversation isn't directly at me. I do bring some high quality over ear headphones with me in case it gets temporarily loud though.
    - divbit 10y ago
      Basically I think that as long as the conversation is interspersed / mixed enough that I can't easily understand what people are talking about, then I think it's not thought disruptive, and even beneficial in that case - I agree when people are talking loud / clear enough that you are basically a third listener in their conversation that it can be less than ideal.