Riddle me this

[snowsprite]

Why, for the love of god, do people working in an open-environment workspace feel the need to speak in high decibels while talking w/ co-workers, on the phone, etc? And they use SPEAKERPHONE...on full blast. I mean, WTF???

I need out of this fawking cube and into a hermetically sealed office!

I'm going to go smack my fist into a brick for a while and see if I can avert a killing.


Sprite

[Crinkle]

when they get up for a break go over and wipe something nasty on their phone reciever.

they talk loud becuase they want everyone to know how important they are and they do it during the short time that they are actually working.

[snowsprite]

when they get up for a break go over and wipe something nasty on their phone reciever.

they talk loud becuase they want everyone to know how important they are and they do it during the short time that they are actually working.

lol...I'll bring my cat to work tomorrow and wipe it's ass on multiple phone recievers.

You are SO ON with that assessment. I'd laugh my ass off if I wasn't so full of wild raging hate right now!


Sprite

[MakersTeleMark]

[pechelman]

lol...I'll bring my cat to work tomorrow and wipe it's ass on multiple phone recievers.

You are SO ON with that assessment. I'd laugh my ass off if I wasn't so full of wild raging hate right now!


Sprite

hahahaha that reminds me of funny story when my friends roomate was catsitting a cat for a weekend and it crapped all over my friends phone.
unfortunately he didnt realize there was crap all over it until after he picked it up to try and order some pizza.

ill never forget his reaction, totally priceless

hopefully that small anecdote made you forget annoying people

I work in a simialr environment, as Im sure many do, luckily all that annoying stuff is drowned out by the large factory setting im in with cranes and HVAC systems of death.

and its definitely to draw attention to themselves as they are perhaps lacking in self esteem due to insecurity issues such as small pp

[white]

Why, for the love of god, do people working in an open-environment workspace feel the need to speak in high decibels while talking w/ co-workers, on the phone, etc? And they use SPEAKERPHONE...on full blast. I mean, WTF???...Sprite

Because in general, people are just plain inconsiderate of others. Honestly, how often do you see anyone actually consider those around them? I'm a firm believer that it's human nature to look out for yourself first and everyone else a distant second...Unfortunately...

[fez]

we have a guy in our office who does that. we make all sorts of coughing and throat clearing noises (some of which can nearly induce vomiting) when he starts talking on the speaker phone. he usually picks up the phone pretty quick when we do that.

[flatNshallow]

I'm going to go smack my fist into a brick for a while and see if I can avert a killing.


Sprite

Why am I flashing to Alice from Dilbert...

MUST... CONTROL... FIST... OF... DEATH.

[snowdreamer]

I've learned to tune people out, but once in a while....
Last night at the gym while on the Xramp this damn woman was on the xramp.
For a full 20 minutes I was lucky enough to hear the conversation about her lucky
friend, who the friend is fucking and how lucky the friend is to have her as a friend.
YAH, thats it, lucky!!! She needs to get off that phone and work on that
fat ass.


Now back to you Sprite, hang in there. At least until you wipe your cats ass on the phone.
Good luck and post pics.

[Crinkle]

just remember, knowing this makes YOU better than them

[zion zig zag]

Because in general, people are just plain inconsiderate of others. Honestly, how often do you see anyone actually consider those around them? I'm a firm believer that it's human nature to look out for yourself first and everyone else a distant second...Unfortunately...

Ding ding ding! I've been sleeping with the window open lately and the number of pricks who will yell, honk their horn, slam doors etc at all hours of the night amazes me. Yesterday morning at 5am a group of three adult ladies out walking in the neighborhood felt the need to fucking yell at each other for about a block.

[Tippster]

You need to build a paperclip launcher and work on your cubesniping skillz.

[72Twenty]

Stand behind them and right before they sit down, putt their chair out from under them. Classic.

Point and laugh.

Then kick them in the ribs.

[Blatant]

put tooth paste around the ear piece of the phone, set the tube down next to phone, gather people quitely around and place a call from outside number, stand around and proceed to laugh ass off....never fails and the fact that the tube is right there gets them even more pissed.

[snowsprite]

I'm getting out the big guns: next fool that puts on that speakerphone ima stand up on my desk and start belting out "A Moment Like This" a capella at the top of my lungs. And that there's a fate worse than death!

Sprite

[bc]

Even worse than having a cube with neighbors who talk loud on the phone... moving into a large "semi-private" office. Two desks, no real partitions. With an office-mate who raises her voice 20 decibels higher than necessary for all phone conversations and is on the phone most of the day. I've taken to dragging my work into any available room with a phone & ethernet, even if I know I'll have to move in 30 minutes.

And I know it's not because she thinks she's important. She has the misconception that the elderly people she's speaking with will hear her better. Hello! Stop holding the phone with your shoulder and the mouthpiece plastered against your mouth and maybe they'll understand.

That's why I'm here now--the more I work late, the less I go crazy.

[P_McPoser]

Yesterday morning at 5am a group of three adult ladies out walking in the neighborhood felt the need to fucking yell at each other for about a block.

And that didn't turn into a four-some HOW?

[Humble]

quit

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[BigDaddy]

Why, for the love of god, do people working in an open-environment workspace feel the need to speak in high decibels while talking w/ co-workers, on the phone, etc? And they use SPEAKERPHONE...on full blast. I mean, WTF???

That's the reason I only work with mimes.

[snow_slider]

I agree with ther sentiment that some people are just insensitive. Take my neighbor, he was up bright and early this morning using his gas powered leaf blower to clear off his pool cover. This is at 6:45 am for fuck sake.

My wife stopped me as I was heading downstairs to get my paintball gun and elevate things to the next level. Good thing I am married to a reasonable woman or I'd probably be in jail right now.