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Re:An office with "library rules" by swah on Monday December 10, 2012 @06:36PM (#4902277)
With one coworker I believe its perfect, because any of the two can end the conversation.

When its 6, though, you get caught up in conversation from the other folks, just when you're trying to get into flow.

Re:An office with "library rules" by NegativeK on Monday December 10, 2012 @10:39PM (#4902914)
There's a happy median.

Don't throw darts at employees who don't engage in dart throwing. Don't be excessively loud. Don't drum on other people's desks.

On the flipside: don't get angry when people aren't enforcing library rules around you. Use headphones as a signal that you don't wish to be disturbed (and to block out noise, obviously.)

Et cetera.

Re:An office with "library rules" by swah on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @05:26AM (#4903934)
Well, I'm easily disturbed... If people start discussing something and laughing, I always end up too curious not to take my headphones off and participate...