12-01-2006, 06:38 PM
If you can't wear earphones, you can't do much except complain to your boss, or confront her directly and ask her to talk less.
I had to work for a couple of years in an area in which people using nearby office equipment chattered away, or hummed to themselves audibly and tunelessly, or popped gum, or did other distracting things. It really got on my nerves, but there was no way that people were going to remember that they shouldn't be chatting within earshot of people who were trying to work, unless the people affected by the disturbances made a really big stink.
The whole cubicle approach may be cheaper to set up, but it isn't good for productivity.
I have a client I'm about to cut loose because it's so painful dealing with this person. Of course, the fact that the client has found excuses to not pay me for the last work I did is also a big factor. But I was starting to feel like I needed tranquilizers just to have a conversation with this person, let alone be in the same small space for any length of time.
I had to work for a couple of years in an area in which people using nearby office equipment chattered away, or hummed to themselves audibly and tunelessly, or popped gum, or did other distracting things. It really got on my nerves, but there was no way that people were going to remember that they shouldn't be chatting within earshot of people who were trying to work, unless the people affected by the disturbances made a really big stink.
The whole cubicle approach may be cheaper to set up, but it isn't good for productivity.
I have a client I'm about to cut loose because it's so painful dealing with this person. Of course, the fact that the client has found excuses to not pay me for the last work I did is also a big factor. But I was starting to feel like I needed tranquilizers just to have a conversation with this person, let alone be in the same small space for any length of time.