Office noise bothers some people more than others

Post by Sandvich » Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 7:00 PM UTC

drhodes wrote: post #114

brailsafe wrote: post #36

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My biggest hurdle—aside from undocumented code—at my new company, is fucking mouth noises from coworkers and the sound of crumpling snack bags in an open office. It's to the extent where I have to leave the area and regain composure before mentioning it. If I can't find a way to manage, I'll leave, but I'm not in the financial position to have that luxury yet. What will probably happen, is I'll work up to a slow comp…

When noise gets bad for me, I put in foam ear plugs, wear large headphones and use the following command to summon a pleasant oasis somewhere under a tropical waterfall far from the misophonic hell. alias noise='play -n synth brownnoise synth pinknoise mix synth sine amod 0.02 80'

Post by pbhjpbhj » Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 7:01 PM UTC

rhizome wrote: post #88

asdf21 wrote: post #79

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Just chew nicotine gum, sheesh! These kids and their vapes.. Anyway, you're right, nicotine is a pain to quit and I wouldn't recommend it obviously. But vaping seems to be even more unhealthy and more distracting.

Nicotine gum is as expensive as cigarettes, if not more. I spend about $30/year for my vape supplies. I buy juice by the liter and the coils are the only other consumable and those are about $2 apiece every few months.

Post by grzm » Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 7:03 PM UTC

codemac wrote: post #120

Best reusable earplugs anyone? I've used the silicon moldable ones and the plastic ones that go in the earl canal - but they are not very re-usable, and when someone pops over to chat taking them in and out is a chore.

Post by generalpass » Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 7:05 PM UTC

Post by lowercased » Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 7:10 PM UTC

chadash wrote: post #103

jackhack wrote: post #80

There are two mutually exclusive groups of people: "Concentrators(1)" and "Communicators(2)". Concentrators must have conditions that allow one to form and hold complex ideas, and act upon them. This is almost always some degree of a quiet environment, without visual or auditory distractions. the opposite of the ideal conditions of Communicators. Communicators must interact with others to do their job. (1) Typical of…

Counterpoint: John von Neumann, arguably one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, claimed to do some of his best work in front of the TV. In my personal experience, I know plenty of engineers who don't mind noise. I think it's a personal thing more than anything and it's hard to generalize.