>> All of the conversations I overhear are from my team members, and are thus relevant to me. That's a problem for me. When I know conversations are not releva

>> All of the conversations I overhear are from my team members, and are thus relevant to me. That's a problem for me. When I know conversations are not relevant I can tune out. When I know the conversations may be relevant I can't tune out. This is fine if all I need to do is listen in on possibly-relevant conversations all day. But when I have to write code that requires deep thinking and concentration then all the conversations going on around me is a huge distraction and my productivity plummets.