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I worked in a hallway cubicle at a law office for a while. Once a day an attorney would start chatting with another behind my back and would stay there for an h
by mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
I worked in a hallway cubicle at a law office for a while. Once a day an attorney would start chatting with another behind my back and would stay there for an hour. I got so annoyed at some point that I stopped working for the entirety of their conversation any time someone started talking. I felt wrong for taking up company time but these people did not respect my space. At some point I also started just turning around and looking at them while they talked. A few got the point and left but others just kept on talking even after making eye contact.
- carlivar 8y agoThat seems really passive aggressive. Why not just ask them to have their conversation elsewhere?
- AstralStorm 8y agoThat almost never works in software jobs as workplaces are not mobile. Move a big desktop with hardware? Good luck. Try to access local state from a laptop? Does not work or is inconvenient. Multiply by number of people talking. Not talking also kills pair programming.
- golergka 8y agoWhy would he need to take his workplace anywhere? It's the talking people who need to take their conversation someplace else.
- mrhappyunhappy 8y agoTried that first of course.