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[Prudence]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Hahaha, to the New Yorker in me, So. Cal is about as mellow as I can handle.

It could be worse - you could be up here in the feel-good PacNW where we're forbidden to ever make someone feel uncomfortable by asking them to respect boundaries.

Like my new cubemate, for example, who is so traumatized by her move from the lofty heights of office world to our lowly cube farm that we are not to ask her to stop humming along with her iPod All. Damn. Day. In fact, rather than inconvenience her but asking her to behave like a proper cube dweller, we will permit her to build her own little office of sorts with double-high cube walls and a "door" right in front of our shared window, thus blocking all our light and breeze (no AC). Because she wants it, and we can't say no because then she might not be our bestest friend any more!

No, conflict anywhere can not be tolerated, so whatever someone wants you have to give them. Otherwise you're infringing on their rights.