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From: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,comp.software-eng,comp.edu
Subject: Re: Offices versus Cubicles
Message-ID: <2094@pdn.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jan 88 14:18:04 GMT
References: <2058@pdn.UUCP> <82@sickkids.UUCP> <2150@geac.UUCP>
Reply-To: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach)
Organization: Paradyne Corporation,   Largo FL
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In article <2150@geac.UUCP> sigrid@geac.UUCP (Sigrid Grimm) writes:

>I've found that a *Walkman* can really help in an office-cubicle context.
>It does so by first removing the noise of conversations around you; it 
>helps cut out the whine of printers and the hum of other machinery too. 
>I also find that it helps to deter people from interrupting you. They can't 
>just walk into your area talking as they go, inadvertantly interrupting 
>you while you are in the middle of a stream of thought.


       This type of solution worked for me when I was a kid in high school.
I could drown out the other sounds in the house by playing my stereo while
I did my homework or studied.  However, this is *NOT* the ideal environment.
It is like putting a band-aid on a broken leg.  

       I'm sure that many people who work in environments where there are
cubicals have experienced people using walkmans.  In fact, some people here
have small speakers in their cubes!  The problem is that unless everyone
has them, then those that do not will suffer even further.  You can hear
the music from the walkmans in surrounding cubes.


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