Published on 12, July, 2020
Really struggled with office noise today. For most of the day I could count on there being at least three other loud conversations going on all within a 10m radius of my desk (open office about 200m long!). Even Flare Audio Isolate plugs were no defence, & music through PowerBeats needed to be too loud to be safe & became a distraction itself. Nearing the end of the day now but it's worn me out, I'm tetchy and can't wait to get home despite actually enjoying the content of my work. White noise through PowerBeats is finally masking it but without that it's like a scene from a movie when someone goes insane and the echo-y voices get louder and louder and more echo-y.
Gah!
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I find it hard at work with noise too. I work in a warehouse, so is naturally noisy but it is more so having to listen to radios blaring all day which I sometimes struggle to block out. What really gets to me though is when I am at my desk sorting out reports and half a dozen people will gather near the desk and have loud conversations distracting me to the point that I have snapped and told them to go away in not so polite a way.
Thanks grendalsbane, yes I have done similar in the past when people gather by my desk, yesterday though I tipped over from annoyed to shut down I think & became embarrassed and lost confidence in myself.