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Wednesday, January 12th, 2005 at 6:06 AM | 3 commentsActually, SHHH is already taken. But, I’m all for this campaign especially if you replace “Cell Phone User” with “Speaker Phone User.” My cubicle neighbor @(#$ me off. Part of it is the company’s fault as it no longer purchases head sets. So he would have to use his own money to buy a headset if he wants one. Yes, I talked to my boss about it and she can’t do anything about it because of company policy. Oh, what about tell him off? She said, “He’s part of a virtual team and needs to use it do his job.” Conference room won’t work as he has to work on the computer. I cringed almost all day today as he had it on a lot. Anyone want to make a donation?
Update: Yes, I’ve complained to the culprit on a few occasions. I wrote this entry because this is a common problem with cubicles not as fodder for gossip.
While you’re on ChangeThis, INA (information networks archives) is amazing. It’s not your usual manifesto. Instead it is a pictorial manifesto covering the arms trade, tobacco trade, government red tape, and others. Kind of scary.
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3 comments
scary, isn’t it? I’m plagued by a couple of these nearby-cube loud-talkers as well.
The funny thing is that everyone else around them mocks them. When they start the day with their daily “Hi, Mom” calls (at full volume, of course), we all start shouting “Hi Mom,” “Hi Dad,” “Hi John-Boy,” etc.
But they never get the message.
I can relate. In my prior employment, we had two cubicles sharing a single phone (think of sitting at your desk and the right-had wall of your cubile removed; you and your neighbor have a phone inbetween). Not only does this make a personal ‘personal’ call out of the question, but you either hope to become good friends or hope the other person goes on a lot of road-trips. (fortunately, we became good friends).
Right behind us was a manager, who had an office (a door and all!) who used his speaker-phone incessantly, even to talk with his latest female companion. Yep. You can imagine….
Well, I did request a headset but it hasn’t made it through the 16 levels of signature approval needed for the Company to spend the five dollars, so don’t blame me!
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