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Originally Posted by Katsunami
What's the deal with that? WHY CAN'T PEOPLE JUST DO STUFF WITHOUT MAKING MAXIMUM NOISE ALL THE TIME... and if there's no noise, TURN UP THE RADIO SO LOUD I CAN'T ACTUALLY THINK ANYMORE?!
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Some folks need a fairly high ambient noise level. (I'm not one of them, and prefer silence.)
A former co-worker drove me to the point of mayhem. He put his phone on speaker to have both hands free, then carried on extended conversations with his friends ("What up. homey?") and I got to listen to both sides.
I am not able to treat speech as background noise. My mind insists on trying to parse it. (My SO is the TV watcher, and does so with headphones as a courtesy.) The sort of stuff I was doing required peace, quiet, and concentration, and I couldn't get it.
The co-worker got laid off in a move to cut staff and salaries. I fear my main reaction was relief.
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Dennis