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[innerSpaceman]

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


Now, move it, granny ... that means you!.

[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.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Prudence

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.

It's funny cuz it's true

You must spread some Mojo around before giving it to Prudence again.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

It's funny cuz it's true

Can I get an "Amen"? But not too loudly, because we wouldn't want to make any non-believers uncomfortable by forcing them to acknowledge that religious beliefs exist.

[Alex]

If you truly wanted to avoid discomfort you'd simply stop having religious beliefs.

Give me your co-workers office number. I'll call her and ask her to kindly stop humming along to her iPod. It will be untracable.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Prudence

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.

My Pacific Northwest training must have been inadequate then because I would have no problem at all telling her to knock it off.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

My Pacific Northwest training must have been inadequate then because I would have no problem at all telling her to knock it off.

I still have a little soupçon of east coast left in me and thus I was able to tell the woman who was singing last week - not humming, but singing, loudly - to knock it off. (and she looked at me like I'd grown a second head, as clearly no one had ever asked her to curtail anything she felt like doing ever.) But there's not much I can do when the office manager arranges for facilities to wall off our window.

Yesterday my east coast granules had the day off so I engaged in properly authorized PacNW passive aggressive techniques. (Specifically, using my headphones that bleed sound and playing Disney themepark music. Guaranteed to drive the non-fan crazy.)