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 1 month 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 1 month ago
haulyard@lemmy.world 1 month 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 1 month ago
Half the time when I’m wearing headphones they aren’t even turned on.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month 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 1 month ago
me: (with my headphones put on) colleague: what are you listening to? me: (speechless)
Valmond@lemmy.world 1 month ago
16 hours of silence.
robocall@lemmy.world 1 month ago
16 hours of brown noise
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Taking pooping on the bosses dime to the MAXXXX.