i worked with this guy who had alerts popping up on his screen for everything that was anywhere in his calendar (somebody else having a meeting in room X? he go

i worked with this guy who had alerts popping up on his screen for everything that was anywhere in his calendar (somebody else having a meeting in room X? he got an alert when it started), every email that arrived for him, and probably some other stuff, too. while you were talking to him, his head would twitch over to the monitor every time one came in, yet he never knew what email he'd received. i don't think i've ever met anyone who had a higher defect rate in their code.