What's more distracting than a noisy co-worker? Turns out, not much

[Kent Sharkey]

NPR[^]:

According to workplace design expert Alan Hedge at Cornell, 74 percent of workers say they face "many" instances of disturbances and distractions from noise.

Headphones. They're made for a reason.

[den2k88]

Quote:

What's more distracting than a noisy co-worker?

20 noisy coworkers. Open Space. Sometimes I wish I worked in OUTER space.

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[ed welch]

How about having toy drones smash into your head? I think that's a bit more distracting. In the last place I worked they bought all these toy drones as a reward for completing a deadline. During the break the guys were trying them out and it turns out they are very hard to control...

[Marc Clifton]

Code Project. (and writing articles.) ;) Marc

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