Common Office Distractions

[catsmeat]

At the moment, it's visitors to my new office.  They want to ask how much stuff I've squeezed in (it's smaller than the last one); can the office dragon around the corner see in (not unless she sticks her head out the window); do I like it (not I b****y don't - it's poky and incredibly hot) .... I could go on.  shutting my door gets the response "Don't you want to talk to anyone then?" to which the answer is frequently a resounding no!  I have work to do!

[raindance]

Who dared to mention chips? Now THAT's distracting!

The most distracting thing in my office is a colleague who has the loudest laugh one could ever imagine.  We can hear her at the other end of the building and, sometimes, outside as well.

Raindance

[tiffanyctd]

If I get one of the jobs I'm going for, my husband will be a major distraction! I'd be working in the same building, one floor down, in an office he visits all the time. Not that I'd mind...hee, hee!
Tif

[itsme_calista]

Unfortunately there are loads at my work  If I have the window open then the noise from the yard below is astounding, the guy from the shop smokes right under my window (which I intend to stop), if I shut the window then the office turns into a greenhouse

As the new face, everyone takes it on themselves to pop in and see me LOL, which is nice but highly irritating, but is slackening a bit.

Cali x

[diamondlady]

I have the office pest, continually in my office just to chitter chatter, and he has nothing else to do.  When he goes back to his cube, I get emails.  Sheesh, I do have work to do, regardless if bossie is on vacation this week or not, doesn't matter if he is here.  I do give it back once in a while but constant company, I don't need the office rumor mill to start.  I try not to socialize too much while bossie is away as I know we all have work to do, but sheesh short of being a pest...

Other than that, we had the same smoking issue, keep after it, the policy did change, not allowed to smoke within x amount of feet of the office.   Look up on the rules and regulations about it and make it a policy. I work for the CFO of the company and he didn't like it either as it blew right into his office window all year long.  I got it down wind and it was nasty.   He finally got sick of hearing me and smelling it himself and eventually changed the policy.  Good luck with it.

Oh and thanks for letting us know about Chips, I wasn't sure myself.  For us it's popcorn.  Heaven help the person that pops a bag during office hours.  I don't think it's allowed in our office until lunch time for the same reason as your chips.

Diamondlady
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Edited by diamondlady on 14/07/06 01:57 AM.

[cstillwell]

People who are on conference calls with their doors open and the speaker volume is all the way up.   The entire call can be heard by everyone.