Music in the Workplace

[bogeyman]

Nothing more spooky than walking into an office full of devs, all with their headphones on, tapping away on their keyboards, or staring into space (conceptualising, clearly)...

Indeed. Whatever happened to the banter, practical jokes, fist fights etc.?

When I were a lad, the office was like Bedlam.

Most corporate dev farms now are full of insipid 20-somethings who look like pallid little weeds, growing in a polytunnel.

Vacant stares, blank minds, and the faint, endless 'tish tish tish tish' of the iPods.

They all seem to want to scream out "KILL ME NOW!"

[BoredBloke]

So in go the ear buds and crank up the volume on the iPod. Had them use the H&S argument but that didn't work. I just pointed out, the red flashing strobe is beside the fire alarm for people with hearing difficulties so I'll keep my eye on it after the room has emptied.

I think I'd be hard pushed to burn to death simply because I had my headphones on. It's not like I'm not going to notice the office suddenly empty, the strong smell of smoke and the flames lapping at my feet. Also what sort of hearless fekers would they be to evacuate the building and not to tell somebody because they had their headphones on.

[Platypus]

Is music allowed?

So you don't consider yourself a professional then?

[lilelvis2000]

Wife frowns on it. What does my wife have to do with it you ask? 'Cause we share offices.