• Catfish
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    5 months ago

    Nothing but keyboard clicks and a loudly ticking clock. This office is so depressing.

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      5 months ago

      better than that monster who was playing music off a Bluetooth speaker the other week. Hopefully it means HR have taken them up to the 25th floor and pulled a Russia on them.

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        Or the people in my office that don’t know the concept of an ‘indoor voice’

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          Maybe you need to adopt the role of angry office teacher

          "UM, YEAR 9 44, MY GRADE 5’S ACT BETTER THAN YOU. NOW USE YOUR INDOOR VOICES OR YOU WILL ALL BE STAYING INSIDE AT LUNCH!

          Sidenotes:

          1. It’s always the bloody year 9s
          2. 44 wasn’t a random number, apparently 44 is the median age of an APS worker. They were the most office based field I could find stats on
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            I’m 45 and work in Victorian Public Service. I have never felt more average :)

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      I’d like that compared to everyone wearing headphones and being in random teams meetings all day. Can’t concentrate. Have to wear headphones and play music louder than I’d like.

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      Each to their own I guess, I much prefer a quiet office.

      We have a visitor here once every week or so who is one of those people that seems to think silence is a bad thing to be avoided, so it’s -endless- chatter, it’s a nightmare when I’m trying to concentrate.

      The odd bit of conversation is fine, but he seems to be deeply offended by silence and it drives us nuts!

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        Too much babble is bloody annoying, but listening to the day bleed away is it’s own awful