Exactly this too. I see more and more people driving around town(unfortunately, using your phone isn’t illegal in my city yet..I’ve almost been hit several times by these drivers) holding their phone up to their faces while peering over the top of their phones to see where they’re going.

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Sadly, this won’t prevent them to talking like they don’t need the phone to be heard at the other side of the world.

When I buy a new graphics card for my computer I never, ever look at the top of the line.

Ducks are wonderful, but geese are not. Geese are the hellspawn of Satan himself.

I’ve always been under the impression that you HAVE to be unreasonable and childish to become a manager. Somehow it’s a respected trait among managers themselves!

...AND... honestly, you’re just annoying the crap out of the person on the other end of the phone. Contrary to the typical speakerphone addict, their audio quality is not that of a top FM station DJ’s mic. That even goes for the idiot I had to sit next to waiting for a connecting flight in Atlanta. Seriously? It’s…

My bike commute route includes a few miles on a canal trail, where I pass ducks regularly. I suggest actually exclaiming, “DUCKS!” when you see some. It really elevates the childlike joy.

The picture brings up an unspoken good point, I’m pretty sure my mood has substantially and sustainably uplifted since getting a cat and playing with it and petting it frequently.

You know the best way to deal with this? Tell companies to stop creating these “open” offices. There are studies that show this is more detrimental than efficient. Granted, using private cubes doesn’t block all of the noise, but it does help.

The walls in our individual offices aren’t that thin, but my co-worker’s annoyingly booming voice manages to get through them and whatever headphones I’ve got on. He tends to talk to himself a lot and reads emails out loud. There is no way I can address it without sounding like an ass.

I always love driving by a small section of land next to a stream here in Ypsilanti, MI; there’re always a bunch of ducks, geese, some seagulls in from the lake that are hanging around there all swimming and eating together. I call it the Great Waterfowl Congress, and people regularly stop by there to toss bread/etc.…

This. I work in an open office that has cubes with very low walls. I work around a few guys that either think they’re more important than everyone else or being discourteous to others in the office is perfectly acceptable in their culture (They’re from India). I’ve nicely asked the offenders several times to keep…

And then you remember that ducks have corkscrew shaped penises because they’re naturally evolved rapists.

Ducks are very important.

And if you’re using speakerphone in the office, CLOSE THE DOOR. (also, if you’re using speakerphone in a cubicle, I’ve probably already imagined your death)

I once shared an office with a middle-aged woman who chewed gum with her mouth open, possibly the most disgusting sounds a human body can make. It was years ago, I still get twitchy and nauseous when I think of it. I still can’t chew gum

This article ignores the many power dynamics present at most workplaces. I can only imagine the looks I would get at work if I was like “okay people, this is the official quiet zone now. take your animated conversations somewhere else.”

This. My company recently renovated my office space. I only asked for one thing: someplace quiet where I could get my shit done without a lot of distractions. I write code and it takes quite a bit of concentration. It seems like they went out of their way to give me the exact opposite. Open floorplan combined with…

I just wet the toothbrush so it seems like I brushed. Works every time.