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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I had a co-worker years back who drove me nuts. He sat in the cube next to mine, and would put his phone on speaker to carry on hands-free conversations with his friends, so I got to hear both ends of the conversation. My job tended to require peace and quiet, and the ability to concentrate on a problem and think through the best solution. Peace and quiet? What's that?  |
Which is why I wear headphones when I'm in the office. I can, and do, ignore everyone around me. If I'm working on a script or troubleshooting, I tend to listen to jazz, but if I'm writing, I switch to an upbeat mix of pop, rock, and jazz and crank up the volume a bit. Something about Boy George seems to make it actually easier to write. (But I can NOT listen to vocal music when developing a script or trying to troubleshoot something. For that, some West Coast cool jazz is best.)