Does anyone else hate sharing an office?
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I'm finding myself coming in to the office really early or leaving really late, and working over the weekends. I like the person I work with but somehow I never get anything done unless it is just me, the hiss of the aircon and my pc. I know this is a bad thing. One needs to work with others all the time. Any advice? well hell doesn't want you and heaven is full. Tom Waits
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I'm finding myself coming in to the office really early or leaving really late, and working over the weekends. I like the person I work with but somehow I never get anything done unless it is just me, the hiss of the aircon and my pc. I know this is a bad thing. One needs to work with others all the time. Any advice? well hell doesn't want you and heaven is full. Tom Waits
Do you work for SUN Microsystems? I hear that they are doing cubicle sharing now... ;P
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Do you work for SUN Microsystems? I hear that they are doing cubicle sharing now... ;P
Hee hee. No. I don't even have that excuse. We have a huge office. But just hearing someone breathing makes me feel like writing emails, drinking coffee, going for a walk, seeing what is on the code project etc well hell doesn't want you and heaven is full. Tom Waits
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I'm finding myself coming in to the office really early or leaving really late, and working over the weekends. I like the person I work with but somehow I never get anything done unless it is just me, the hiss of the aircon and my pc. I know this is a bad thing. One needs to work with others all the time. Any advice? well hell doesn't want you and heaven is full. Tom Waits
You have air con? I'm jealous now. Signature space for rent. Apply by email to....
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I'm finding myself coming in to the office really early or leaving really late, and working over the weekends. I like the person I work with but somehow I never get anything done unless it is just me, the hiss of the aircon and my pc. I know this is a bad thing. One needs to work with others all the time. Any advice? well hell doesn't want you and heaven is full. Tom Waits
Try listening to music in the office. Drinking In The Sun Forgot Password?
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I'm finding myself coming in to the office really early or leaving really late, and working over the weekends. I like the person I work with but somehow I never get anything done unless it is just me, the hiss of the aircon and my pc. I know this is a bad thing. One needs to work with others all the time. Any advice? well hell doesn't want you and heaven is full. Tom Waits
The sound of people on the phone I find particularly distracting, especially when they want to share their conversations with the world... however, I have learnt to deal with this by listening to MP3's through headphones :cool:
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I'm finding myself coming in to the office really early or leaving really late, and working over the weekends. I like the person I work with but somehow I never get anything done unless it is just me, the hiss of the aircon and my pc. I know this is a bad thing. One needs to work with others all the time. Any advice? well hell doesn't want you and heaven is full. Tom Waits
I sympathize with you, I also find the mere presence of someone else in the room distracting. It doesn't matter if I can't hear them, I just would prefer to be alone, when I work. The other thing that bugs me is people who don't knock when they open the door. If I'm deep in thought, I don't realize that they are there, until I get a big surprise. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.
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You have air con? I'm jealous now. Signature space for rent. Apply by email to....
My office's aircon isn't anything to be jealous over. it tends to suddenly decide to make the room as cold as possible, and will blow out a scary arctic gale -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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I'm finding myself coming in to the office really early or leaving really late, and working over the weekends. I like the person I work with but somehow I never get anything done unless it is just me, the hiss of the aircon and my pc. I know this is a bad thing. One needs to work with others all the time. Any advice? well hell doesn't want you and heaven is full. Tom Waits
I couldn't work if I'd be the only one in the office. I like people around me when I'm working. Especially you stay up with the news, problems and new projects. And most of the time if there's a programming problem or a customer reports weird (and I mean really weird) errors then the others can help you out. I found that information flow is much better that way.
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The sound of people on the phone I find particularly distracting, especially when they want to share their conversations with the world... however, I have learnt to deal with this by listening to MP3's through headphones :cool:
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I use the same technic, and it works find with me. The most difficult in this case is not to sing loudly :) The one who isn't misanthropist when 40 years old never loved human kind Qui n'est pas misanthrope à 40 ans n'a jamais aimé les hommes Nicolas De Chamfort (1740-1793)
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The sound of people on the phone I find particularly distracting, especially when they want to share their conversations with the world... however, I have learnt to deal with this by listening to MP3's through headphones :cool:
The following statement about your geekness is true. The previous statement about your geekness is false.
I alternate between listening to mp3s, or listening to the radio (I got a neat little £10 radio that plugs into the USB port of the PC, so it doesn't need batteries, and lets me switch stations from a winamp like interface) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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I'm finding myself coming in to the office really early or leaving really late, and working over the weekends. I like the person I work with but somehow I never get anything done unless it is just me, the hiss of the aircon and my pc. I know this is a bad thing. One needs to work with others all the time. Any advice? well hell doesn't want you and heaven is full. Tom Waits
In my office, we do not have private cubicles. So I am used to working with other ppl working arnd. But I certainly prefer to be alone when working late or on weekends. But most of the time, the deadlines are so tight that I hardly get time to bother about whats going around :) Tight deadlines are a good way of escaping yourself from distractions :-D . Tweety It's easy to sit there and say you'd like to have more money. And I guess that's what I like about it. It's easy. Just sitting there, rocking back and forth, wanting that money.
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I alternate between listening to mp3s, or listening to the radio (I got a neat little £10 radio that plugs into the USB port of the PC, so it doesn't need batteries, and lets me switch stations from a winamp like interface) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
I find that Windows Media player is cool for that too - a lot of radio stations stream live these days :-D
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I find that Windows Media player is cool for that too - a lot of radio stations stream live these days :-D
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Yeah, I used to use that until I got complained at by the IT department for using up too much bandwidth :( -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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I sympathize with you, I also find the mere presence of someone else in the room distracting. It doesn't matter if I can't hear them, I just would prefer to be alone, when I work. The other thing that bugs me is people who don't knock when they open the door. If I'm deep in thought, I don't realize that they are there, until I get a big surprise. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.
Colin^Davies wrote: If I'm deep in thought, I don't realize that they are there, until I get a big surprise. I used to have the same problem since I always listen to the laud music with headphones on so I can't much of what is going on around me. I solved it by simply sticking the wide-angle blind spot eliminating rear mirror in the corner of my monitor so I can see what is happening behind me. The mirror is one of these small ones (about one inch in diameter), with the sticker on the back, that you normally place on the actual mirror rear of your car.
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I'm finding myself coming in to the office really early or leaving really late, and working over the weekends. I like the person I work with but somehow I never get anything done unless it is just me, the hiss of the aircon and my pc. I know this is a bad thing. One needs to work with others all the time. Any advice? well hell doesn't want you and heaven is full. Tom Waits
Oh yeah, so hate not having my own space. I like to be able to hammer away at a project in silence without the phones blurting all over the place. I mean I once worked with a guy who must have had something wrong with him, he'd hum and tap his feet and twitch like mad, I mean sing the first bar of a TV show theme and he'd be off humming it all day. :wtf: Let us plead and scream for more home work, more flexible hours.... a return to closed offices. :mad:
I HATE OPEN PLAN OFFICES
:mad: Open plan doesn't increase communication, it annoys twenty people who don't want to hear Brian in Sales talking to Dick in Marketing about his new company car. It stops people going on the phone to a supplier with the correct f**k you attitude. :eek: Let us all now go plead with our bosses for walls, or time, or space. Jonathan Bond, BSc(H)
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I'm finding myself coming in to the office really early or leaving really late, and working over the weekends. I like the person I work with but somehow I never get anything done unless it is just me, the hiss of the aircon and my pc. I know this is a bad thing. One needs to work with others all the time. Any advice? well hell doesn't want you and heaven is full. Tom Waits
It's usually useful for me to have colleagues at hand to consult. But if I have to code something more complicated myself, I like to do it alone und undisturbed too. I usually stay at home to do it or do it over weekend. Pavel Sonork 100.15206
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I'm finding myself coming in to the office really early or leaving really late, and working over the weekends. I like the person I work with but somehow I never get anything done unless it is just me, the hiss of the aircon and my pc. I know this is a bad thing. One needs to work with others all the time. Any advice? well hell doesn't want you and heaven is full. Tom Waits
I have made several very helpfull discoveries. There are people who prefer working with others. I'm very lucky to be sharing an office and not a cubicle with another person. And I moved my PC so that my college is not sitting right behind me anymore. I think it was the feeling of something unseen lurking behind me that was so unsettling.;P well hell doesn't want you and heaven is full. Tom Waits
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I alternate between listening to mp3s, or listening to the radio (I got a neat little £10 radio that plugs into the USB port of the PC, so it doesn't need batteries, and lets me switch stations from a winamp like interface) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
That sounds like a nice xmas present for my mum - she loves listening to the local oldies station, Classic Gold, but can't at work at the moment as the boss would not approve. Something like that would be just the ticket! [edit] Oh yeah, I was going to ask you a question theere but forgot to put in in! :-o What do I need to know to buy one of these, or where can I find one?
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Whales are drinking all our water and eating our sailors...
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That sounds like a nice xmas present for my mum - she loves listening to the local oldies station, Classic Gold, but can't at work at the moment as the boss would not approve. Something like that would be just the ticket! [edit] Oh yeah, I was going to ask you a question theere but forgot to put in in! :-o What do I need to know to buy one of these, or where can I find one?
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Whales are drinking all our water and eating our sailors...
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/[^] then click on the Hifi/AV link Note that this little radio only picks up FM. You didn't specify if the station your mum listens to is FM or AM Be careful though - they like to charge stupid amounts for postage, so it's probably worth buying it along side other stuff to spread out the cost. Also keep an eye on their "today only" page (http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/[^]), as they like to put the radio in as a freebie with bundles (currently you get one free if you buy one of their ATI graphics cards.) Also it's worth noting that the software that comes with the radio is utter rubbish. You're much better off getting Radiator from http://flesko.cz/[^] (download their dlink driver too - don't even think of installing the one that comes with the radio!) -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!