What to do?
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Maybe they've complained about the noise coming from your headphones and how they have to shout to make themselves heard. Personally, I would talk direct to the person. Nothing nasty, just something along the lines of 'You have a very loud voice and I would appreciate it if you could keep it down a bit as it is very distracting". Failing that record the voice and play it back to your manager so they get a feeling of what you have to suffer. Or you could just stop whining and leave the poor old git alone. :)
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It isn't just the loudness it is also the sound of their voice. I have talked to them about yelling. It helps until they start talking to someone else and they start yelling again. I think if I stop whining the developer community would revoke my card. I think it is ingrained in us to complain. At least every developer I have worked with does. They complain about something than figure out how to fix it.
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"Pink Noise"????? Ok, I'll bite. What's Pink Noise?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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A quiet talk with your manager is in order. Explain the problem politely and without emotion, and inform him/her that your productivity is being adversely impacted by the noise. If they haven't already, they should read this[^] informative page. Good luck! /ravi PS: I too work in a fairly noisy environment and use pink noise to drown out the ambient noise. I can't write code with music in my ears and I find the pink noise really helps. I created the 1-hr
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
I too work in a fairly noisy environment and use pink noise to drown out the ambient noise.
Well I tried out some pink noise samples on youtube and they seem very distracting.
Regards, Nish
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Thank you for offering to make the pink noise available. I actually work better with a lot of noise around me. I talked to my manager already and my manager said there was nothing they could do. I am thinking about setting up a mic to record the person than feed the reverse wave into my head phones. I think that would cancel them out completely. Just thought of that from your pink noise example. Thank you very much for that.
GateKeeper22 wrote:
I am thinking about setting up a mic to record the person than feed the reverse wave into my head phones.
Your profile says : CEO, Drag N Drop Software So why don't you just move his seat elsewhere?
Regards, Nish
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"Pink Noise"????? Ok, I'll bite. What's Pink Noise?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Want to see what other people would do in this case. What would you do if the sound of the persons voice sitting next to you at work made you want to claw out your own hears so you didn't hear it any more? I have tried head phones but the person is old and hard of hearing so they yell and I can hear them no matter how loud I make the music. And trust me I listen to Heavy Metal so I like it very load. And moving cubicles is out too. No one wants to sit next to this person. It doesn't help they want to talk to me all the time either. But I have gotten past that. I just act extremely busy and pissed off all the time. Now they don't talk to me any more. Just wanted to see what other people might have for suggestions.
I had this issue at work. It got so bad that I went out and paid $300 for these[^] Bose Quiet Comfort 15 headphones. It sounds like a lot but it is totally worth it. In fact, after I explained the reason behind my rise in productivity, my boss actually reimbursed me for the headphones. They have both active and passive noise-cancelling effects that quiet the room almost entirely just by turning them on. Actually playing music through them ensures that you won't hear almost anything else even when they are on the lowest volume. Coworkers' annoying voices just melt away when I'm wearing these.
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GateKeeper22 wrote:
I am thinking about setting up a mic to record the person than feed the reverse wave into my head phones.
Your profile says : CEO, Drag N Drop Software So why don't you just move his seat elsewhere?
Regards, Nish
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Ah never mind, I missed the joke there. :doh:
Regards, Nish
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
I too work in a fairly noisy environment and use pink noise to drown out the ambient noise.
Well I tried out some pink noise samples on youtube and they seem very distracting.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
Nish Sivakumar wrote:
pink noise samples on youtube
Elephant YouTube! My handcrafted analog synth pink noise sample has no equal. :cool: Want? /ravi
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Nish Sivakumar wrote:
pink noise samples on youtube
Elephant YouTube! My handcrafted analog synth pink noise sample has no equal. :cool: Want? /ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
Want?
I'd liek to try it out, so can you email it to me? Thanks :-)
Regards, Nish
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
Want?
I'd liek to try it out, so can you email it to me? Thanks :-)
Regards, Nish
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All 302MB of it? :-D Email me your home address and I'll snail mail it to you. /ravi
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All 302MB of it? :-D Email me your home address and I'll snail mail it to you. /ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
All 302MB of it? :-D
Ah I forgot you were in Canada ;P
Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
Email me your home address and I'll snail mail it to you.
Will do.
Regards, Nish
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Want to see what other people would do in this case. What would you do if the sound of the persons voice sitting next to you at work made you want to claw out your own hears so you didn't hear it any more? I have tried head phones but the person is old and hard of hearing so they yell and I can hear them no matter how loud I make the music. And trust me I listen to Heavy Metal so I like it very load. And moving cubicles is out too. No one wants to sit next to this person. It doesn't help they want to talk to me all the time either. But I have gotten past that. I just act extremely busy and pissed off all the time. Now they don't talk to me any more. Just wanted to see what other people might have for suggestions.
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Stab him in the face.
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ChrisElston wrote:
Stab him in the face.
I find this to be the most useful suggestion on this thread. :laugh:
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Try this.... "Excuse me, can you PLEASE STFU????? - I'm trying to work here!!!!" That ought to do it. Seriously though, I had the same problem at my last company. Had a talker who just wouldn't shut up. I finally went to their boss. If they're being disruptive, and you can't work, report it.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
Kevin Marois wrote:
That ought to do it.
If not, follow up with ChrisElston's suggestion[^]...
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Want to see what other people would do in this case. What would you do if the sound of the persons voice sitting next to you at work made you want to claw out your own hears so you didn't hear it any more? I have tried head phones but the person is old and hard of hearing so they yell and I can hear them no matter how loud I make the music. And trust me I listen to Heavy Metal so I like it very load. And moving cubicles is out too. No one wants to sit next to this person. It doesn't help they want to talk to me all the time either. But I have gotten past that. I just act extremely busy and pissed off all the time. Now they don't talk to me any more. Just wanted to see what other people might have for suggestions.
I asked to move cubicles. If you can't move quit, if you can't quit, deal.
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Thank you for offering to make the pink noise available. I actually work better with a lot of noise around me. I talked to my manager already and my manager said there was nothing they could do. I am thinking about setting up a mic to record the person than feed the reverse wave into my head phones. I think that would cancel them out completely. Just thought of that from your pink noise example. Thank you very much for that.
GateKeeper22 wrote:
I am thinking about setting up a mic...
May be easier to just buy a pair of noise-cancelling headphones? /ravi
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Nish Sivakumar wrote:
pink noise samples on youtube
Elephant YouTube! My handcrafted analog synth pink noise sample has no equal. :cool: Want? /ravi
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Urgentzz, plz send the wavs...Can you put it up somewhere I can DL it? I usually listen to Classical and Jazz, but some pieces distract me too much that I start enjoying the music. Thanks
SG Aham Brahmasmi!
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Urgentzz, plz send the wavs...Can you put it up somewhere I can DL it? I usually listen to Classical and Jazz, but some pieces distract me too much that I start enjoying the music. Thanks
SG Aham Brahmasmi!
SimulationofSai wrote:
but some pieces distract me too much that I start enjoying the music.
Billions of blue blistering barnacles - that's precisely my problem! Email me your snail mail address and I'll drop a CD in the mail. It's too large (300MB) to email or upload. /ravi
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Want to see what other people would do in this case. What would you do if the sound of the persons voice sitting next to you at work made you want to claw out your own hears so you didn't hear it any more? I have tried head phones but the person is old and hard of hearing so they yell and I can hear them no matter how loud I make the music. And trust me I listen to Heavy Metal so I like it very load. And moving cubicles is out too. No one wants to sit next to this person. It doesn't help they want to talk to me all the time either. But I have gotten past that. I just act extremely busy and pissed off all the time. Now they don't talk to me any more. Just wanted to see what other people might have for suggestions.
Yup, that sounds about right. It wasn't intentional but it worked for me. Unfortunately, I can still hear them across the office.
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All 302MB of it? :-D Email me your home address and I'll snail mail it to you. /ravi
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