Re:I’m Thinking. Please. Be Quiet.
by dredmorbius on Monday August 26, 2013 @09:41PM
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That can work for me, but the nature and quality of the noise matters a great deal.
I'm increasingly finding that even voices on radio (typically PBS/BBC type broadcasts) are distracting and/or annoying. I've been listening to classical radio, though the station I tune to most frequently has the annoying habit of adding some "light" (mostly pretty condescendingly stupid, IMO) chatter to their morning program. I generally switch away during that period.
I noticed one announcer who would begin breaks with a question (again, light/trivia), just before a pitch would begin. I found that tremendously annoying once I clued in to it, and again, switched away from her programming.
In an office, the problem with conversations is that, well, they're work related, which is to say, the consequences of conversations may affect you.
Cafe / public discussions are rarely of this nature. You can tune them out because they have no impact on you. One downside of finding a regular cafe is getting to know enough people that they do start to matter -- at which point your lack of social significance to what they say goes away.
Increasingly I find I vastly prefer a quiet and non-distracting environment. Diametrically opposite of open-plan offices.
I'm increasingly finding that even voices on radio (typically PBS/BBC type broadcasts) are distracting and/or annoying. I've been listening to classical radio, though the station I tune to most frequently has the annoying habit of adding some "light" (mostly pretty condescendingly stupid, IMO) chatter to their morning program. I generally switch away during that period.
I noticed one announcer who would begin breaks with a question (again, light/trivia), just before a pitch would begin. I found that tremendously annoying once I clued in to it, and again, switched away from her programming.
In an office, the problem with conversations is that, well, they're work related, which is to say, the consequences of conversations may affect you.
Cafe / public discussions are rarely of this nature. You can tune them out because they have no impact on you. One downside of finding a regular cafe is getting to know enough people that they do start to matter -- at which point your lack of social significance to what they say goes away.
Increasingly I find I vastly prefer a quiet and non-distracting environment. Diametrically opposite of open-plan offices.