Comments on: Pet Peeve #37: Noisy Side Conversations http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/05/22/30/ Still standing... Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Perfectly Me http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/05/22/30/#comment-38 Perfectly Me Tue, 22 May 2007 16:29:40 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/office-life/30/#comment-38 Hey, Mind. Good to see you over on this side. I've tried many methods. She's not really under anyone's supervision except either the VP or the Pres... not sure which. I've tried to talk loudly to my other co-workers when she says something and say, "Wow! Did you know that? That's real news to me! Glad I know it now!" It doesn't work. She talks that loud on the phone, in meetings, and when she is talking about so-and-so having surgery tomorrow when she is in your cube. My suggestion is to never tell her anything personal, like how your hemmorhids are itching. She just walked by again. I can hear her down the hall... about 40 feet away. Hey, Mind. Good to see you over on this side.

I’ve tried many methods. She’s not really under anyone’s supervision except either the VP or the Pres… not sure which. I’ve tried to talk loudly to my other co-workers when she says something and say, “Wow! Did you know that? That’s real news to me! Glad I know it now!”

It doesn’t work. She talks that loud on the phone, in meetings, and when she is talking about so-and-so having surgery tomorrow when she is in your cube. My suggestion is to never tell her anything personal, like how your hemmorhids are itching.

She just walked by again. I can hear her down the hall… about 40 feet away.

]]> By: Perfectly Me http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/05/22/30/#comment-2470 Perfectly Me Tue, 22 May 2007 16:29:00 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/office-life/30/#comment-2470 Hey, Mind. Good to see you over on this side. I've tried many methods. She's not really under anyone's supervision except either the VP or the Pres... not sure which. I've tried to talk loudly to my other co-workers when she says something and say, "Wow! Did you know that? That's real news to me! Glad I know it now!" It doesn't work. She talks that loud on the phone, in meetings, and when she is talking about so-and-so having surgery tomorrow when she is in your cube. My suggestion is to never tell her anything personal, like how your hemmorhids are itching. She just walked by again. I can hear her down the hall... about 40 feet away. Hey, Mind. Good to see you over on this side.

I’ve tried many methods. She’s not really under anyone’s supervision except either the VP or the Pres… not sure which. I’ve tried to talk loudly to my other co-workers when she says something and say, “Wow! Did you know that? That’s real news to me! Glad I know it now!”

It doesn’t work. She talks that loud on the phone, in meetings, and when she is talking about so-and-so having surgery tomorrow when she is in your cube. My suggestion is to never tell her anything personal, like how your hemmorhids are itching.

She just walked by again. I can hear her down the hall… about 40 feet away.

]]> By: Mindkiller http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/05/22/30/#comment-37 Mindkiller Tue, 22 May 2007 16:05:04 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/office-life/30/#comment-37 That there is a serious problem. Not to mention rude. In situations like that it is best to approach the boss and explain the need for intervention. Tension like that, or the need to willfully ignore a blatant distraction, can cause massive friction and un due stress in the work place. I mean come on there is no reason you should have to sit through someone else's converse, espetially when they are 4 cubes away. That what cubes are for, sound dampners and privacy(somewhat). Perhaps a reciprical action would get a point across. Talk loudly to a co worker in her hearing useing similar topics and cadence. I have done the same a few times i needed to. It has gone both ways. Good and bad. Yet both ways will get a message sent to the offender. You could always tell her to shut the yapping cuz it is causing stomach pains in the general area. That there is a serious problem. Not to mention rude. In situations like that it is best to approach the boss and explain the need for intervention. Tension like that, or the need to willfully ignore a blatant distraction, can cause massive friction and un due stress in the work place. I mean come on there is no reason you should have to sit through someone else’s converse, espetially when they are 4 cubes away. That what cubes are for, sound dampners and privacy(somewhat). Perhaps a reciprical action would get a point across.

Talk loudly to a co worker in her hearing useing similar topics and cadence. I have done the same a few times i needed to. It has gone both ways. Good and bad. Yet both ways will get a message sent to the offender.

You could always tell her to shut the yapping cuz it is causing stomach pains in the general area.

]]> By: Mindkiller http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/05/22/30/#comment-2469 Mindkiller Tue, 22 May 2007 16:05:00 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/office-life/30/#comment-2469 That there is a serious problem. Not to mention rude. In situations like that it is best to approach the boss and explain the need for intervention. Tension like that, or the need to willfully ignore a blatant distraction, can cause massive friction and un due stress in the work place. I mean come on there is no reason you should have to sit through someone else's converse, espetially when they are 4 cubes away. That what cubes are for, sound dampners and privacy(somewhat). Perhaps a reciprical action would get a point across. Talk loudly to a co worker in her hearing useing similar topics and cadence. I have done the same a few times i needed to. It has gone both ways. Good and bad. Yet both ways will get a message sent to the offender. You could always tell her to shut the yapping cuz it is causing stomach pains in the general area. That there is a serious problem. Not to mention rude. In situations like that it is best to approach the boss and explain the need for intervention. Tension like that, or the need to willfully ignore a blatant distraction, can cause massive friction and un due stress in the work place. I mean come on there is no reason you should have to sit through someone else’s converse, espetially when they are 4 cubes away. That what cubes are for, sound dampners and privacy(somewhat). Perhaps a reciprical action would get a point across.

Talk loudly to a co worker in her hearing useing similar topics and cadence. I have done the same a few times i needed to. It has gone both ways. Good and bad. Yet both ways will get a message sent to the offender.

You could always tell her to shut the yapping cuz it is causing stomach pains in the general area.

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