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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1659" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191115-office-noise-acceptable-levels-personality-type" target="_blank"><strong>Why office noise bothers some people more than others - BBC</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>No one likes an office whistler or pen clicker – but for some people, these noises aren’t just a nuisance, they’re a full-blown aural assault. Why?</strong></p><p></p><p>In 2016, the first scientists settled themselves in the Francis Crick Institute in London, a biomedical research facility that cost about £650m ($837m) to build. It took years to plan and was hailed as a veritable cathedral of science – with vaulted ceilings, tall glass windows and a vast central atrium. But just a year after the building’s grand opening, it became clear that there was a problem.</p><p></p><p>In the ‘collaborative’ open-plan space, the boisterous laughter of colleagues <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/francis-crick-institute-is-nothing-to-shout-about-tjlhq6nrm" target="_blank">celebrating their PhDs</a> mingled with the sound of hundreds of scientists earnestly discussing their projects – and created an environment where, some occupants complained, they could barely think, let alone <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/21/francis-crick-institutes-700m-building-too-noisy-to-concentrate" target="_blank">concentrate</a> on the next Nobel Prize-winning discovery.</p><p></p><p>For all its lofty aims, ironically, the building fell short in the face of some scientific truths – that, for some of us, listening to other people’s chit-chat can be about as enraging as having a colleague repeatedly click their pen against your forehead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1659, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191115-office-noise-acceptable-levels-personality-type'][B]Why office noise bothers some people more than others - BBC[/B][/URL] [B]No one likes an office whistler or pen clicker – but for some people, these noises aren’t just a nuisance, they’re a full-blown aural assault. Why?[/B] In 2016, the first scientists settled themselves in the Francis Crick Institute in London, a biomedical research facility that cost about £650m ($837m) to build. It took years to plan and was hailed as a veritable cathedral of science – with vaulted ceilings, tall glass windows and a vast central atrium. But just a year after the building’s grand opening, it became clear that there was a problem. In the ‘collaborative’ open-plan space, the boisterous laughter of colleagues [URL='https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/francis-crick-institute-is-nothing-to-shout-about-tjlhq6nrm']celebrating their PhDs[/URL] mingled with the sound of hundreds of scientists earnestly discussing their projects – and created an environment where, some occupants complained, they could barely think, let alone [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/21/francis-crick-institutes-700m-building-too-noisy-to-concentrate']concentrate[/URL] on the next Nobel Prize-winning discovery. For all its lofty aims, ironically, the building fell short in the face of some scientific truths – that, for some of us, listening to other people’s chit-chat can be about as enraging as having a colleague repeatedly click their pen against your forehead. [/QUOTE]
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