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Good God coworker to my left (who is the Director of Finance, so I can't say much). Why are your personal phone conversations so FRACKING loud?

Do you really have to practically yell into the phone about nothing important? (Here's a hint, the answer is "no")

My job is editing. I have to read things, think about them, and reword them, because auditors don't know how to write. This is surprisingly difficult when someone is 4 feet away from you yelling into the phone about fitness balls.

STFU!

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Thank you!

Headphones, iPod, instrumental music.

Mannheim Steamroller Fresh Aire.

Lack of vocals makes it easier to work.

Mannheim Steamroller is like "theme music for work"

you'll recognize snippets as "hey that's the theme to the news on channel 12!"

StatmanCrothers wrote:Headphones, iPod, instrumental music.

Mannheim Steamroller Fresh Aire.

Lack of vocals makes it easier to work.

Mannheim Steamroller is like "theme music for work"

you'll recognize snippets as "hey that's the theme to the news on channel 12!"

Wow that is a great idea.

I'm not sure that stuff (listening to music while workign) is allowed. Besides, I never worked well to music. Always focued on the music too much. Can't even sleep to music.

My mom talks 20 decibels louder on the phone than she does in normal conversation. I have no idea why. She can be on the phone in the next room and I have to pause a movie or I will miss the dialogue, it's that bad.

JCShutout wrote:I'm not sure that stuff (listening to music while workign) is allowed. Besides, I never worked well to music. Always focued on the music too much. Can't even sleep to music.

Really? Not allowed? How can they prevent you from listening to head phones as long as you're doing your job?

JCShutout wrote:I'm not sure that stuff (listening to music while workign) is allowed. Besides, I never worked well to music. Always focued on the music too much. Can't even sleep to music.

That's why you listen to Mannheim Steamroller. Its not anything you'd listen to under normal "i'm going to listen to some music" but it got me through college.

Another suggestion: Get a voodoo doll of your co-worker

OMGROFLMFAO

I approve of this rant!

I am so lucky to not have to sit by this gal anymore. Not only does she not understand phone etiquette, but she has some serious sinus problems to boot. At the old office, I could hear her snort and sniff and grunt about every 15 seconds all day every day.

BTW, JC, if you felt comfortable listening to music while you worked, I am pretty sure no one would have a problem with it. When I was doing more head-down coding, I would listen to music all the time. No one ever said anything to me.

The other option is ear plugs. Think she'd get the hint???

Thing is, my area can at times rely on constant communication between myself and my immediate boss, so I have to be able to hear her. I also answer phones, so music might be distracting there.

P-Dub, you know about this woman. Did she play her Russian music all the time too? (The same fracking song all day every day! Its only a nice sound the first 137 times you hear it. Then it gets old).