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At work, the air conditioning grid is quite noisy (55 Db), too much air pressure. I asked to solve this to the technician but he told me there was not a solution since he cannot control air pressure.
The only solution I can think is to cover the AC grid. At this point I don't know if I should ask to do this or solve this by myself covering the grid one day when the office is empty.
My office colleagues haven't noticed this noise and I don't want to be the "problematic guy".
How should I approach resolving this? The noise is causing me difficulties in focusing and is quite annoying.
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At work, the air conditioning grid is quite noisy (55 Db), too much air pressure. I asked to solve this to the technician but he told me there was not a solution since he cannot control air pressure.
The only solution I can think is to cover the AC grid. At this point I don't know if I should ask to do this or solve this by myself covering the grid one day when the office is empty.
My office colleagues haven't noticed this noise and I don't want to be the "problematic guy".
How should I approach resolving this? The noise is causing me difficulties in focusing and is quite annoying.
work-environment productivity
edited Dec 17 '14 at 13:31
Elysian Fields♦
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asked Dec 17 '14 at 8:49
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closed as off-topic by gnat, Jan Doggen, Joe Strazzere, Jim G., Garrison Neely Dec 17 '14 at 15:23
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- "Questions asking for advice on what to do are not practical answerable questions (e.g. "what job should I take?", or "what skills should I learn?"). Questions should get answers explaining why and how to make a decision, not advice on what to do. For more information, click here." – gnat, Jan Doggen, Jim G., Garrison Neely
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Hi, I made a few edits to this to help make it more on topic. If they change your intent too much feel free to edit your question and further clarify - questions just asking "what should I do" without a specific question are difficult to answer in this setting.
– Elysian Fields♦
Dec 17 '14 at 13:32
Similar question about shared lighting: workplace.stackexchange.com/q/20988/325
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At work, the air conditioning grid is quite noisy (55 Db), too much air pressure. I asked to solve this to the technician but he told me there was not a solution since he cannot control air pressure.
The only solution I can think is to cover the AC grid. At this point I don't know if I should ask to do this or solve this by myself covering the grid one day when the office is empty.
My office colleagues haven't noticed this noise and I don't want to be the "problematic guy".
How should I approach resolving this? The noise is causing me difficulties in focusing and is quite annoying.
work-environment productivity
edited Dec 17 '14 at 13:31
Elysian Fields♦
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asked Dec 17 '14 at 8:49
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At work, the air conditioning grid is quite noisy (55 Db), too much air pressure. I asked to solve this to the technician but he told me there was not a solution since he cannot control air pressure.
The only solution I can think is to cover the AC grid. At this point I don't know if I should ask to do this or solve this by myself covering the grid one day when the office is empty.
My office colleagues haven't noticed this noise and I don't want to be the "problematic guy".
How should I approach resolving this? The noise is causing me difficulties in focusing and is quite annoying.
work-environment productivity
edited Dec 17 '14 at 13:31
Elysian Fields♦
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asked Dec 17 '14 at 8:49
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edited Dec 17 '14 at 13:31
Elysian Fields♦
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edited Dec 17 '14 at 13:31
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edited Dec 17 '14 at 13:31
Elysian Fields♦
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asked Dec 17 '14 at 8:49
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asked Dec 17 '14 at 8:49
biotech
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asked Dec 17 '14 at 8:49
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closed as off-topic by gnat, Jan Doggen, Joe Strazzere, Jim G., Garrison Neely Dec 17 '14 at 15:23
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions asking for advice on what to do are not practical answerable questions (e.g. "what job should I take?", or "what skills should I learn?"). Questions should get answers explaining why and how to make a decision, not advice on what to do. For more information, click here." – gnat, Jan Doggen, Jim G., Garrison Neely
closed as off-topic by gnat, Jan Doggen, Joe Strazzere, Jim G., Garrison Neely Dec 17 '14 at 15:23
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- "Questions asking for advice on what to do are not practical answerable questions (e.g. "what job should I take?", or "what skills should I learn?"). Questions should get answers explaining why and how to make a decision, not advice on what to do. For more information, click here." – gnat, Jan Doggen, Jim G., Garrison Neely
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Hi, I made a few edits to this to help make it more on topic. If they change your intent too much feel free to edit your question and further clarify - questions just asking "what should I do" without a specific question are difficult to answer in this setting.
– Elysian Fields♦
Dec 17 '14 at 13:32
Similar question about shared lighting: workplace.stackexchange.com/q/20988/325
– Monica Cellio♦
Dec 17 '14 at 17:29
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Hi, I made a few edits to this to help make it more on topic. If they change your intent too much feel free to edit your question and further clarify - questions just asking "what should I do" without a specific question are difficult to answer in this setting.
– Elysian Fields♦
Dec 17 '14 at 13:32
Similar question about shared lighting: workplace.stackexchange.com/q/20988/325
– Monica Cellio♦
Dec 17 '14 at 17:29
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Hi, I made a few edits to this to help make it more on topic. If they change your intent too much feel free to edit your question and further clarify - questions just asking "what should I do" without a specific question are difficult to answer in this setting.
– Elysian Fields♦
Dec 17 '14 at 13:32
Hi, I made a few edits to this to help make it more on topic. If they change your intent too much feel free to edit your question and further clarify - questions just asking "what should I do" without a specific question are difficult to answer in this setting.
– Elysian Fields♦
Dec 17 '14 at 13:32
Similar question about shared lighting: workplace.stackexchange.com/q/20988/325
– Monica Cellio♦
Dec 17 '14 at 17:29
Similar question about shared lighting: workplace.stackexchange.com/q/20988/325
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Dec 17 '14 at 17:29
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My office colleagues haven't noticed this noise and I don't want to be
the "problematic guy".
You don't want to be the "problematic guy", but are willing to be "the guy who covered the AC grid and broke the HVAC system"?
Ask management. Or ask the office manager.
If they are unable to make it quieter, ask to move.
If they refuse, you'll need to learn to live with the noise.
If you can't learn to live with it, you may need to find employment elsewhere.
answered Dec 17 '14 at 11:36
Joe Strazzere
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"learn to live with it" might not be an option. I program and have to stay focussed. One of the PC's here is noisy, dragging my concentration down the moment it starts.
– Martijn
Dec 17 '14 at 12:08
2
Ear plugs, headphones ...
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Dec 17 '14 at 12:12
1
Earbuds or headphones.
– Chris E
Dec 17 '14 at 12:13
Good noise-cancelling earbuds/headphones, in particular, can do wonders with mechanical sounds. Alas, they don't work quite as well with the co-workers who stop for half-hour chats right outside your office; the only solution to that is "hey, guys, would you mind..."
– keshlam
Dec 17 '14 at 14:06
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As Joe notes, you want to raise this to management.
Going and fiddling with air vents can lead to Trouble, especially if you break the darn thing somehow. I don't rightly know how you plan to "cover" it, or why you think that would solve the problem.
However, that is immaterial - if they do push back, then you will want a medical certificate of some sort. Go see your doctor, preferably before you ask them about this issue. Tell the doctor the story, and that you'd like a certificate from him expressing this as a medical issue of some sort.
Which it is, of course. This is adding to stress at work, and damaging your ears. I, personally, go mad when I can hear a slight whirring sound, and I know how much it distresses me. My sympathies for your current plight.
You can use the medical certificate if they push back, labeling this as a medical issue. Companies typically bend over to solve things like this.
answered Dec 17 '14 at 13:08
bharal
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You really don't want to be the guy who broke the air conditioner, Corporate air conditionsers are quite expensive.
– HLGEM
Dec 17 '14 at 15:00
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The problem is not the air comnditioner. The problem is you. You need to learn to concentrate when there is noise present. Period. There will never be a noise-free environment. You need to get noise cancelling headphones or you need to stop being distracted. That fact that you program for a living is an excuse not a reason. Everyone has to concentrate at work and everyone finds noise to be disturbing. Life is unfair and noise will always be present. You have to accept what cannot be changed.
answered Dec 17 '14 at 15:05
HLGEM
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Downvoted because unreasonable and unnecessary noise in a work environment is a solvable problem. If the OP talks to the office manager and finds out that there's no fixing it, he can't be moved, and noise-cancelling headphones aren't allowed, then he's hit the point of needing to deal with it or find another job, but there are still a lot of avenues to pursue before that point.
– Kelly Tessena Keck
Dec 18 '14 at 13:27
Air conditioning noise is hardly unreasonable noise.
– HLGEM
Dec 18 '14 at 14:09
Usually, no. But f it's running really high, or something's wrong with it, particularly if he has to sit right next to it, it certainly could be.
– Kelly Tessena Keck
Dec 19 '14 at 12:59
+1 I can concentrate next to a jackhammer on full power. Mind over matter - I don't mind and it doesn't matter.
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Dec 21 '14 at 15:22
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3 Answers
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My office colleagues haven't noticed this noise and I don't want to be
the "problematic guy".
You don't want to be the "problematic guy", but are willing to be "the guy who covered the AC grid and broke the HVAC system"?
Ask management. Or ask the office manager.
If they are unable to make it quieter, ask to move.
If they refuse, you'll need to learn to live with the noise.
If you can't learn to live with it, you may need to find employment elsewhere.
answered Dec 17 '14 at 11:36
Joe Strazzere
223k106656922
"learn to live with it" might not be an option. I program and have to stay focussed. One of the PC's here is noisy, dragging my concentration down the moment it starts.
– Martijn
Dec 17 '14 at 12:08
2
Ear plugs, headphones ...
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Dec 17 '14 at 12:12
1
Earbuds or headphones.
– Chris E
Dec 17 '14 at 12:13
Good noise-cancelling earbuds/headphones, in particular, can do wonders with mechanical sounds. Alas, they don't work quite as well with the co-workers who stop for half-hour chats right outside your office; the only solution to that is "hey, guys, would you mind..."
– keshlam
Dec 17 '14 at 14:06
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
7
down vote
My office colleagues haven't noticed this noise and I don't want to be
the "problematic guy".
You don't want to be the "problematic guy", but are willing to be "the guy who covered the AC grid and broke the HVAC system"?
Ask management. Or ask the office manager.
If they are unable to make it quieter, ask to move.
If they refuse, you'll need to learn to live with the noise.
If you can't learn to live with it, you may need to find employment elsewhere.
answered Dec 17 '14 at 11:36
Joe Strazzere
223k106656922
"learn to live with it" might not be an option. I program and have to stay focussed. One of the PC's here is noisy, dragging my concentration down the moment it starts.
– Martijn
Dec 17 '14 at 12:08
2
Ear plugs, headphones ...
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Dec 17 '14 at 12:12
1
Earbuds or headphones.
– Chris E
Dec 17 '14 at 12:13
Good noise-cancelling earbuds/headphones, in particular, can do wonders with mechanical sounds. Alas, they don't work quite as well with the co-workers who stop for half-hour chats right outside your office; the only solution to that is "hey, guys, would you mind..."
– keshlam
Dec 17 '14 at 14:06
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
7
down vote
up vote
7
down vote
My office colleagues haven't noticed this noise and I don't want to be
the "problematic guy".
You don't want to be the "problematic guy", but are willing to be "the guy who covered the AC grid and broke the HVAC system"?
Ask management. Or ask the office manager.
If they are unable to make it quieter, ask to move.
If they refuse, you'll need to learn to live with the noise.
If you can't learn to live with it, you may need to find employment elsewhere.
answered Dec 17 '14 at 11:36
Joe Strazzere
223k106656922
My office colleagues haven't noticed this noise and I don't want to be
the "problematic guy".
You don't want to be the "problematic guy", but are willing to be "the guy who covered the AC grid and broke the HVAC system"?
Ask management. Or ask the office manager.
If they are unable to make it quieter, ask to move.
If they refuse, you'll need to learn to live with the noise.
If you can't learn to live with it, you may need to find employment elsewhere.
answered Dec 17 '14 at 11:36
Joe Strazzere
223k106656922
edited Dec 18 '14 at 12:26
answered Dec 17 '14 at 11:36
Joe Strazzere
223k106656922
answered Dec 17 '14 at 11:36
Joe Strazzere
223k106656922
answered Dec 17 '14 at 11:36
Joe Strazzere
223k106656922
223k106656922
"learn to live with it" might not be an option. I program and have to stay focussed. One of the PC's here is noisy, dragging my concentration down the moment it starts.
– Martijn
Dec 17 '14 at 12:08
2
Ear plugs, headphones ...
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Dec 17 '14 at 12:12
1
Earbuds or headphones.
– Chris E
Dec 17 '14 at 12:13
Good noise-cancelling earbuds/headphones, in particular, can do wonders with mechanical sounds. Alas, they don't work quite as well with the co-workers who stop for half-hour chats right outside your office; the only solution to that is "hey, guys, would you mind..."
– keshlam
Dec 17 '14 at 14:06
suggest improvements |Â
"learn to live with it" might not be an option. I program and have to stay focussed. One of the PC's here is noisy, dragging my concentration down the moment it starts.
– Martijn
Dec 17 '14 at 12:08
2
Ear plugs, headphones ...
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Dec 17 '14 at 12:12
1
Earbuds or headphones.
– Chris E
Dec 17 '14 at 12:13
Good noise-cancelling earbuds/headphones, in particular, can do wonders with mechanical sounds. Alas, they don't work quite as well with the co-workers who stop for half-hour chats right outside your office; the only solution to that is "hey, guys, would you mind..."
– keshlam
Dec 17 '14 at 14:06
"learn to live with it" might not be an option. I program and have to stay focussed. One of the PC's here is noisy, dragging my concentration down the moment it starts.
– Martijn
Dec 17 '14 at 12:08
"learn to live with it" might not be an option. I program and have to stay focussed. One of the PC's here is noisy, dragging my concentration down the moment it starts.
– Martijn
Dec 17 '14 at 12:08
2
2
Ear plugs, headphones ...
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Dec 17 '14 at 12:12
Ear plugs, headphones ...
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Dec 17 '14 at 12:12
1
1
Earbuds or headphones.
– Chris E
Dec 17 '14 at 12:13
Earbuds or headphones.
– Chris E
Dec 17 '14 at 12:13
Good noise-cancelling earbuds/headphones, in particular, can do wonders with mechanical sounds. Alas, they don't work quite as well with the co-workers who stop for half-hour chats right outside your office; the only solution to that is "hey, guys, would you mind..."
– keshlam
Dec 17 '14 at 14:06
Good noise-cancelling earbuds/headphones, in particular, can do wonders with mechanical sounds. Alas, they don't work quite as well with the co-workers who stop for half-hour chats right outside your office; the only solution to that is "hey, guys, would you mind..."
– keshlam
Dec 17 '14 at 14:06
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
2
down vote
As Joe notes, you want to raise this to management.
Going and fiddling with air vents can lead to Trouble, especially if you break the darn thing somehow. I don't rightly know how you plan to "cover" it, or why you think that would solve the problem.
However, that is immaterial - if they do push back, then you will want a medical certificate of some sort. Go see your doctor, preferably before you ask them about this issue. Tell the doctor the story, and that you'd like a certificate from him expressing this as a medical issue of some sort.
Which it is, of course. This is adding to stress at work, and damaging your ears. I, personally, go mad when I can hear a slight whirring sound, and I know how much it distresses me. My sympathies for your current plight.
You can use the medical certificate if they push back, labeling this as a medical issue. Companies typically bend over to solve things like this.
answered Dec 17 '14 at 13:08
bharal
11.3k22453
2
You really don't want to be the guy who broke the air conditioner, Corporate air conditionsers are quite expensive.
– HLGEM
Dec 17 '14 at 15:00
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
2
down vote
As Joe notes, you want to raise this to management.
Going and fiddling with air vents can lead to Trouble, especially if you break the darn thing somehow. I don't rightly know how you plan to "cover" it, or why you think that would solve the problem.
However, that is immaterial - if they do push back, then you will want a medical certificate of some sort. Go see your doctor, preferably before you ask them about this issue. Tell the doctor the story, and that you'd like a certificate from him expressing this as a medical issue of some sort.
Which it is, of course. This is adding to stress at work, and damaging your ears. I, personally, go mad when I can hear a slight whirring sound, and I know how much it distresses me. My sympathies for your current plight.
You can use the medical certificate if they push back, labeling this as a medical issue. Companies typically bend over to solve things like this.
answered Dec 17 '14 at 13:08
bharal
11.3k22453
2
You really don't want to be the guy who broke the air conditioner, Corporate air conditionsers are quite expensive.
– HLGEM
Dec 17 '14 at 15:00
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
As Joe notes, you want to raise this to management.
Going and fiddling with air vents can lead to Trouble, especially if you break the darn thing somehow. I don't rightly know how you plan to "cover" it, or why you think that would solve the problem.
However, that is immaterial - if they do push back, then you will want a medical certificate of some sort. Go see your doctor, preferably before you ask them about this issue. Tell the doctor the story, and that you'd like a certificate from him expressing this as a medical issue of some sort.
Which it is, of course. This is adding to stress at work, and damaging your ears. I, personally, go mad when I can hear a slight whirring sound, and I know how much it distresses me. My sympathies for your current plight.
You can use the medical certificate if they push back, labeling this as a medical issue. Companies typically bend over to solve things like this.
answered Dec 17 '14 at 13:08
bharal
11.3k22453
As Joe notes, you want to raise this to management.
Going and fiddling with air vents can lead to Trouble, especially if you break the darn thing somehow. I don't rightly know how you plan to "cover" it, or why you think that would solve the problem.
However, that is immaterial - if they do push back, then you will want a medical certificate of some sort. Go see your doctor, preferably before you ask them about this issue. Tell the doctor the story, and that you'd like a certificate from him expressing this as a medical issue of some sort.
Which it is, of course. This is adding to stress at work, and damaging your ears. I, personally, go mad when I can hear a slight whirring sound, and I know how much it distresses me. My sympathies for your current plight.
You can use the medical certificate if they push back, labeling this as a medical issue. Companies typically bend over to solve things like this.
answered Dec 17 '14 at 13:08
bharal
11.3k22453
answered Dec 17 '14 at 13:08
bharal
11.3k22453
answered Dec 17 '14 at 13:08
bharal
11.3k22453
answered Dec 17 '14 at 13:08
bharal
11.3k22453
11.3k22453
2
You really don't want to be the guy who broke the air conditioner, Corporate air conditionsers are quite expensive.
– HLGEM
Dec 17 '14 at 15:00
suggest improvements |Â
2
You really don't want to be the guy who broke the air conditioner, Corporate air conditionsers are quite expensive.
– HLGEM
Dec 17 '14 at 15:00
2
2
You really don't want to be the guy who broke the air conditioner, Corporate air conditionsers are quite expensive.
– HLGEM
Dec 17 '14 at 15:00
You really don't want to be the guy who broke the air conditioner, Corporate air conditionsers are quite expensive.
– HLGEM
Dec 17 '14 at 15:00
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
0
down vote
The problem is not the air comnditioner. The problem is you. You need to learn to concentrate when there is noise present. Period. There will never be a noise-free environment. You need to get noise cancelling headphones or you need to stop being distracted. That fact that you program for a living is an excuse not a reason. Everyone has to concentrate at work and everyone finds noise to be disturbing. Life is unfair and noise will always be present. You have to accept what cannot be changed.
answered Dec 17 '14 at 15:05
HLGEM
133k25226489
1
Downvoted because unreasonable and unnecessary noise in a work environment is a solvable problem. If the OP talks to the office manager and finds out that there's no fixing it, he can't be moved, and noise-cancelling headphones aren't allowed, then he's hit the point of needing to deal with it or find another job, but there are still a lot of avenues to pursue before that point.
– Kelly Tessena Keck
Dec 18 '14 at 13:27
Air conditioning noise is hardly unreasonable noise.
– HLGEM
Dec 18 '14 at 14:09
Usually, no. But f it's running really high, or something's wrong with it, particularly if he has to sit right next to it, it certainly could be.
– Kelly Tessena Keck
Dec 19 '14 at 12:59
+1 I can concentrate next to a jackhammer on full power. Mind over matter - I don't mind and it doesn't matter.
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Dec 21 '14 at 15:22
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
0
down vote
The problem is not the air comnditioner. The problem is you. You need to learn to concentrate when there is noise present. Period. There will never be a noise-free environment. You need to get noise cancelling headphones or you need to stop being distracted. That fact that you program for a living is an excuse not a reason. Everyone has to concentrate at work and everyone finds noise to be disturbing. Life is unfair and noise will always be present. You have to accept what cannot be changed.
answered Dec 17 '14 at 15:05
HLGEM
133k25226489
1
Downvoted because unreasonable and unnecessary noise in a work environment is a solvable problem. If the OP talks to the office manager and finds out that there's no fixing it, he can't be moved, and noise-cancelling headphones aren't allowed, then he's hit the point of needing to deal with it or find another job, but there are still a lot of avenues to pursue before that point.
– Kelly Tessena Keck
Dec 18 '14 at 13:27
Air conditioning noise is hardly unreasonable noise.
– HLGEM
Dec 18 '14 at 14:09
Usually, no. But f it's running really high, or something's wrong with it, particularly if he has to sit right next to it, it certainly could be.
– Kelly Tessena Keck
Dec 19 '14 at 12:59
+1 I can concentrate next to a jackhammer on full power. Mind over matter - I don't mind and it doesn't matter.
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Dec 21 '14 at 15:22
suggest improvements |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
The problem is not the air comnditioner. The problem is you. You need to learn to concentrate when there is noise present. Period. There will never be a noise-free environment. You need to get noise cancelling headphones or you need to stop being distracted. That fact that you program for a living is an excuse not a reason. Everyone has to concentrate at work and everyone finds noise to be disturbing. Life is unfair and noise will always be present. You have to accept what cannot be changed.
answered Dec 17 '14 at 15:05
HLGEM
133k25226489
The problem is not the air comnditioner. The problem is you. You need to learn to concentrate when there is noise present. Period. There will never be a noise-free environment. You need to get noise cancelling headphones or you need to stop being distracted. That fact that you program for a living is an excuse not a reason. Everyone has to concentrate at work and everyone finds noise to be disturbing. Life is unfair and noise will always be present. You have to accept what cannot be changed.
answered Dec 17 '14 at 15:05
HLGEM
133k25226489
answered Dec 17 '14 at 15:05
HLGEM
133k25226489
answered Dec 17 '14 at 15:05
HLGEM
133k25226489
answered Dec 17 '14 at 15:05
HLGEM
133k25226489
133k25226489
1
Downvoted because unreasonable and unnecessary noise in a work environment is a solvable problem. If the OP talks to the office manager and finds out that there's no fixing it, he can't be moved, and noise-cancelling headphones aren't allowed, then he's hit the point of needing to deal with it or find another job, but there are still a lot of avenues to pursue before that point.
– Kelly Tessena Keck
Dec 18 '14 at 13:27
Air conditioning noise is hardly unreasonable noise.
– HLGEM
Dec 18 '14 at 14:09
Usually, no. But f it's running really high, or something's wrong with it, particularly if he has to sit right next to it, it certainly could be.
– Kelly Tessena Keck
Dec 19 '14 at 12:59
+1 I can concentrate next to a jackhammer on full power. Mind over matter - I don't mind and it doesn't matter.
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Dec 21 '14 at 15:22
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Downvoted because unreasonable and unnecessary noise in a work environment is a solvable problem. If the OP talks to the office manager and finds out that there's no fixing it, he can't be moved, and noise-cancelling headphones aren't allowed, then he's hit the point of needing to deal with it or find another job, but there are still a lot of avenues to pursue before that point.
– Kelly Tessena Keck
Dec 18 '14 at 13:27
Air conditioning noise is hardly unreasonable noise.
– HLGEM
Dec 18 '14 at 14:09
Usually, no. But f it's running really high, or something's wrong with it, particularly if he has to sit right next to it, it certainly could be.
– Kelly Tessena Keck
Dec 19 '14 at 12:59
+1 I can concentrate next to a jackhammer on full power. Mind over matter - I don't mind and it doesn't matter.
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Dec 21 '14 at 15:22
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Downvoted because unreasonable and unnecessary noise in a work environment is a solvable problem. If the OP talks to the office manager and finds out that there's no fixing it, he can't be moved, and noise-cancelling headphones aren't allowed, then he's hit the point of needing to deal with it or find another job, but there are still a lot of avenues to pursue before that point.
– Kelly Tessena Keck
Dec 18 '14 at 13:27
Downvoted because unreasonable and unnecessary noise in a work environment is a solvable problem. If the OP talks to the office manager and finds out that there's no fixing it, he can't be moved, and noise-cancelling headphones aren't allowed, then he's hit the point of needing to deal with it or find another job, but there are still a lot of avenues to pursue before that point.
– Kelly Tessena Keck
Dec 18 '14 at 13:27
Air conditioning noise is hardly unreasonable noise.
– HLGEM
Dec 18 '14 at 14:09
Air conditioning noise is hardly unreasonable noise.
– HLGEM
Dec 18 '14 at 14:09
Usually, no. But f it's running really high, or something's wrong with it, particularly if he has to sit right next to it, it certainly could be.
– Kelly Tessena Keck
Dec 19 '14 at 12:59
Usually, no. But f it's running really high, or something's wrong with it, particularly if he has to sit right next to it, it certainly could be.
– Kelly Tessena Keck
Dec 19 '14 at 12:59
+1 I can concentrate next to a jackhammer on full power. Mind over matter - I don't mind and it doesn't matter.
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Dec 21 '14 at 15:22
+1 I can concentrate next to a jackhammer on full power. Mind over matter - I don't mind and it doesn't matter.
– Vietnhi Phuvan
Dec 21 '14 at 15:22
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Hi, I made a few edits to this to help make it more on topic. If they change your intent too much feel free to edit your question and further clarify - questions just asking "what should I do" without a specific question are difficult to answer in this setting.
– Elysian Fields♦
Dec 17 '14 at 13:32
Similar question about shared lighting: workplace.stackexchange.com/q/20988/325
– Monica Cellio♦
Dec 17 '14 at 17:29