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Are you plagued by coworkers who have a tendency to speak loudly (regardless of the emotion in their voice) in an open work environment? It's as if they grew up in a house situated next to a busy railroad track. Or maybe they just like the sound of their own voice.
It's not that they're hard of hearing - they have no problem understanding courteous coworkers who have the sense to keep their voice down so as to not disturb others. Sometimes I miss her[^]
/ravi
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We have a person downstairs like that. I work upstairs. If I can hear him upstairs, imagine what it must be like downstairs.
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PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE THIS!
Jeremy Falcon
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At least that conveys emotion, and therefore a reason for the loud voice. My loud talker would say:
PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
/ravi
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Could be his way of showing he cares - about annoying you.
Jeremy Falcon
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Heh. Actually he doesn't know me. He stopped by from across the hall to speak to someone who sits near me.
And now I can hear an animated discourse about a piece of code from w-a-y across the hall. Get a (conference) room, you guys...
/ravi
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You'd hate sitting next to me then man. My voice carries. Just is what it is. And in case you're wondering, why yes I did grow up in a family of over-talkers that never wanted to let anyone else get a word in edge-wise.
Jeremy Falcon
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Acceptance can be the first step in recovery, if you let it.
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Except I like being loud. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and manly.
Jeremy Falcon
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loud talkers at the table in my family usually happens during intervention. I grew up in a family in which some had spurts of loud talking. It was mostly me but some family members would talk loudly at times during dinner but not every time. As far as work, it was different with most yelling after you did something wrong. I did not experience this as much after my first few weeks because after that I started becoming used to the environment and was able to perform better and not make as many mistakes or fix them before they turned into problems. I do not talk loudly as much now. I guess it might have had something with ear wax build up. No kidding! I even had the doctor come in and blast it all out of my ears when I was 12-13 (Name of the tool???).
Anyways, I have very few things that make me angry or have a need to shout.
jeffery
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my 2 sprogs come back from school and talk to each other like they are shouting across the school yard....think they forget they are standing next to each other with no background noise.
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DaveAuld wrote: and talk to each other Bless their hearts! That's so much better than texting each other!
I'm all for young 'uns talking animatedly. Matter of fact, that's a joy to behold. What gets me is adults who lack courtesy.
/ravi
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Maybe talk was the wrong word, bicker is more appropriate!
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She went out with common courtesy.
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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Yes, very annoying!
And I'm afraid I'm one of them... I just can't help it, but sometimes I talk loud and I don't even know it.
I tend to get a little less loud in the (late) evenings when I'm just chilling on the couch.
Try setting up a meeting in that environment and your problem is solved
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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You think talkers are bad?
One of my co-workers has a radio. I comment on ads (they're lying!!) and sing along with some songs (sorry, Meatloaf).
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Your co-worker listens to a radio without headphones!? Ugh.
/ravi
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Say again?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Yes sadly we are, one is a junior programmer who's scouse (Liverpool) accent get more prominent the louder he gets.
And also we have a member of the accounts team who I can only describe as a ladette, but she is a nice person too.
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Well there is one thing about getting old, you get senior discounts. I am not 60, yet, but have grey hair (what I have). So different places give me a discount without my asking. And I am not going to tell them different.
Got a small discount at lunch. Hey, every little bit counts.
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Corporal Agarn wrote: Well there is one thing about getting old
Trust me on this: it's a lot better than the alternative...
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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What is wrong with getting young?
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The second law of thermodynamics.
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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OriginalGriff wrote: The second law of thermodynamics.
Yup... *looking at the hair on back noises*
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You should see The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. Great movie about someone who is born old and grows younger...
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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