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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
The office I work in used to be pretty bad for people chatting at cubicles. One of the problems was that the previous manager had an office that was a long way from the area where most of the noise tended to build. Another one was that he tended to sit in his office a lot and not really get out.
So when I was tasked with managing the office, I moved into a small office that is close to where the action was, and kept the problem people in that area so I could watch them more often. I took the quieter more independent people and moved them to the extremities (although surprisingly even they tend to be on the phone a lot they are just a lot quieter). I also try to make an effort to randomly get out and visit everyone to do spot checks on them. Although with a short staffed department it's not always easy as I still end up having to do a fair bit of work myself.
I still catch people on cell phones not working or on personal calls during work hours. As best I can I will ask them why they are on the phone about non work issues at that point in time. I know one guy I asked him how often he phones his wife at work at a much lower paying job....he said never. I asked him why it was okay for her to constantly phone him at his job which is the one that pays the bills in his family. He really had no answer for that. You can't deny people those important more emergency based calls....but it's difficult when you walk into a place where the culture has been to permit that type of activity and than you try to change 10+ years of bad habits that have developed. Which in the case of the office I work in...most people have been there for that long. I tell them at our meetings that they're all accountable to each other, and that their bonuses, and company share values are impacted when people don't do their work. So they owe it to each other to do their work in a timely and efficient manner. But it's cliquey, and you do run the risk of the different groups tying to fight each other.
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My ex was like this. I had to text her constantly throughout the day, everyday. If I went 2 hours into the morning without texting her, she would assume something is wrong, that im no longer into her and get mad at me. If I take too long to reply to her texts, she gets mad. She always expected me to reply to all her texts right away. There were some days where I didnt want to exchange 5000 texts with her and she wouldnt undertstand. I just remember this one morning I was literally sitting there saying to myself "am I seriously having to explain myself?"
Im all for texting, but at work and non stop? I dont know how people can focus on their job and text every 30 seconds. Its a major distraction. On breaks and lunches sure, but outside of that? No thanks. Its just like when im at home, I dont want to be focusing on work.