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> I'm about to get my own private office, but for the
> past three years,
> I've shared one with a graphic designer, a webmaster
> and a projects
> coordinator. The distance from one desk to the next
> is about six feet.
> As a writer who concentrates best in quiet
> environments, I'm quite
> distracted by the commotion this causes, especially
> since each of my
> co-workers seem to work best with loud music. Have
> any of you dealt
> with problems like this?
People skills. Work it out between yourselves. You
share a working space, and though you have your
preferences as to how you work, you need to negotiate
a happy medium. Co-worker likes loud music? Ask
him/her to use headphones. You like lots of light and
he/she doesn't? Use desk lamps and not the overhead.
If this seems like too much to deal with, try
staggering your hours so your office mate gets "loud
time" alone and you get "bright time" alone.
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Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)
"As soon as you hear the phrase "studies show",
immediately put a hand on your wallet and cover your groin."
-- Geoff Hart
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