honestly, that's why I'm hardly ever in the office. there's someone there who's noise profile is utterly unfilterable. they fiddle with things, drop things, fidget, cough, snort phlegm up their nose, subvocalize, and generally emit an air of restlessness. nice person though.
> they fiddle with things, drop things, fidget, cough, snort phlegm up their nose, subvocalize, and generally emit an air of restlessness
That list is entirely too familiar. Honestly, do you work in my office? Add to that: dictates constantly to their mobile phone using voice-to-text function (things like "Honey - period - I need you to pick up the kids tonight - period - Did you remember to take out the garbage - question mark - period") and has bouts of fist pounding on the desk when things don't go their way (such as when email takes more than 15 seconds to open) - and I will start looking for you here.
Has anyone ever told them that they're noisy? I suspect that I might be such a person, and explicitly tell anyone to go ahead and let me know if I'm ever annoying.
I think I'm approachable enough that they take the offer at face value, and not as a passive-aggressive "don't you dare".
This is a serious issue for me as well I've asked co workers I'm fairly close with and they say they don't notice me etc. I can't tell if they're just trying to be nice though, I think I'm a loud breather but I don't know how to prove it.
