24 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 29 Jun \ on: A noisy office is a nuisance - The alter_native to officeworks? alter_native
I’ve always been super sensitive to noise. It’s often incredibly inconsiderate, and golden rule breaking, like all forms of pollution. I’ve never been required to work in an office though (with the exception of my college internship).
These days, I choose to work in @PlebLab but I have my own room and even then it can get pretty noisy (the dude in the office next to mine is on sales calls all day and is a total yeller). A few months ago I bought some noise cancelling headphones and it’s made a huge difference. I can effectively achieve complete silence even when things are really loud.
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Knowing how much I'd be using them, I splurged for apple's noise-canceling headphones. Like with most apple stuff, I suspect you can find something roughly equivalent for 30% the price.
Another alternative is earplugs. Most people hate having them in their ears but they are about the cheapest way to to.
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With noise solved, the main thing I'm frustrated by in most coworking spaces is that they don't have tons of cubicle-like private work areas. It's incredibly distracting to work in them and I'd argue it's why most of them are empty most of the time. I don't have much faith that will change anytime soon either, because the people running and working on the coworking spaces usually create private spaces for themselves, isolating them from learning about the problem. And, when they don't use their privileges to isolate themselves and have a front desk type of role, their job is to be distracted by the needs of the people in the space, so they see the distraction as a neutral thing at worst.
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