This headline is obvious. I spend all day with headphones on with loud music to block out the absurd amount of noise. I will talk to my immediate neighbors th

This headline is obvious. I spend all day with headphones on with loud music to block out the absurd amount of noise. I will talk to my immediate neighbors through IM unless we need to have a full conversation. Open offices are the most discredited idea since phrenology, but they are cheaper. Everything else is rationalization by cheap, clueless managers who have no idea what it's like to try to concentrate amid chaos.