I did this and when he’d talk I acted like I didn’t hear him. Worked for me
Comment on how do I become the dullest, most boring coworker so this needy man leaves me alone?
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Headphones. Headphones are an excellent tool for isolation in a workplace because they don’t raise objections or cause friction like saying you’re uninterested but they tend to be very effective at deflection.
Just get a nice big obvious pair of headphones and put them on when he might come by and, if he waves or something just immediately respond with “Sorry, I’m in the middle of this can you message me?”
Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 3 days ago
haulyard@lemmy.world 3 days ago
And if they have the feature you could leave them in Tranparency mode, allowing you still hear everything going on as if you weren’t wearing them.
Burninator05@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Half the time when I’m wearing headphones they aren’t even turned on.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I went from AirPods to pros for the noise cancellation when I have to go into the office due to a very loud, annoying coworker. It was one of the best purchases I’ve ever made. Now I just ignore the noise and chatter and do my work.
tun@lemm.ee 3 days ago
me: (with my headphones put on) colleague: what are you listening to? me: (speechless)
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 days ago
16 hours of silence.
robocall@lemmy.world 3 days ago
16 hours of brown noise
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Taking pooping on the bosses dime to the MAXXXX.