Noisy Coworkers And Other Sounds Are A Distraction In Workplace

Re:Noisy Coworkers And Other Sounds Are A Distraction In Wor... by Swizec on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @03:54PM (#12799872)

> I haven't quite figured out the difference between coffee shop noise and office noise — I just know that I can tune the former out, while the latter makes it difficult to concentrate.

Coffee shop noise is irrelevant, office noise might be relevant. You automatically pay attention even if you don't want to.

For me, noise cancelling headphones are a necessity. Impossible to get anything done otherwise.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Noisy Coworkers And Other Sounds Are A Distraction In Wor... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @04:38PM (#12800272)

Exactly this.

What finally made me buy a good set of headphones for work was a cow-orker that would regularly come to my office to talk to a colleague about some project. Nothing to do with my work, but the words he used made me involuntarily tune in to the conversation every 10 seconds, just because it sounded relevant.

[ Parent | on HN ]