Posted by: pdragonfly81 in Jobs/Work life on Feb 19, 2010 12:24:20 pm CST
Working in a small office certainly has its advantages and disadvantages, but this is about a disadvantage. There is no privacy at all so any sounds such as chomping on food, rolling around in your chair, typing on your computer, phone vibrating, sneezing, sniffling, you name it, is all out in the open and within an earshot of my coworkers. I have been able to get used to such small annoyances because they're going to happen, we're all human, it's impossible for us to be completely still. I just can't stand it when my of older, crankier coworkers make me feel like I can't breathe without irritating them (these are all women). I guess since I'm practically the child of my shift (I'm 29, the others are in their 50s and 60s), I haven't quite reached their level of maturity so I'm automatically going to be annoying to them.
Thanks to the huge crash in our economy, these old biddies can't retire yet since they lost thousands of dollars from their retirement plan. I guess I can't blame them for being cranky.