View Full Version : Cubicle neighbor plays games at work...
ProgMatinee
04-22-2008, 12:23 PM
Ok, so at work my cubicle neighbor recently started playing handheld game and leaves the sound on quite.
I suspect I am the only person who hears it, and the sound annoys me.
I have to say I can care less if she plays games, as I spend plenty of time at work goofing off too. Its just the sound is annoying.
What should I do?
Ignore it or tell her I can hear it?
Snitch her or if she's hot ,blackmailed her some sexual services.
BadMoon
04-22-2008, 12:27 PM
Tell her to use headphones.
The Craw
04-22-2008, 12:31 PM
id rat her out. get her *** fired. id rat you out too BTW for "goofing off".
id rat you out too BTW for "goofing off".
:lol:lol:lol
Sick Boy 82
04-22-2008, 12:32 PM
Just tell her to turn the sound off or to put on headphones nicely. If she ignores you, just let it slip to another, higher-up coworker, that it's getting annoying and hard to work. That person will more than likely say something to her or go higher.
The Craw
04-22-2008, 12:34 PM
just talk about her behind her back or start rumors about her. that's what people do where i work.
Batty
04-22-2008, 12:52 PM
Go over to her, slap it out of her hands, and yell "I win!".
BadMoon
04-22-2008, 12:54 PM
Go over to her, slap it out of her hands, and yell "I win!".
:rock:rock:rock:rock :lol
Vader AL
04-22-2008, 12:54 PM
Snitch her or if she's hot ,blackmailed her some sexual services.
:lecture:lecture:lecture:lecture:lecture
SpawnFan
04-22-2008, 12:55 PM
Blackmail, backstabbing and violence all sound like perfectly reasonable solutions to me! :D
Vader AL
04-22-2008, 12:56 PM
say, "Have you beaten your high score yet?"...that will give her a hint that you can hear it. If that doesn't work I say go with Shai's advice.
Batty
04-22-2008, 12:57 PM
Start humming the Mario Bros. theme loud enough for her to hear.
SpawnFan
04-22-2008, 01:02 PM
Start humming the Mario Bros. theme loud enough for her to hear.
Even better, bring a small children's synthesizer to work and start playing it on that! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ9fHr8wj28
ProgMatinee
04-22-2008, 01:10 PM
Great responses guys! :wacky
darthviper107
04-22-2008, 02:02 PM
That's all well and good but really, just to be nice you could just ask her to turn it down but you respect her desire to play the game.
Or if you just don't want to hear it at all, rat out on her and cleverly hide it so she doesn't know it was you.
Chimera 1
04-23-2008, 07:30 AM
or you could get a handheld also and the two of you can battle it out. then the noise wouldn't be annoying because you would be playing to.
occulum
04-23-2008, 07:34 AM
just bring a digital camera to work and take a pic of her playing games.
and tell her you have a dozen more from different days she doesnt know you took.
she'll be your slave from then on out ....
hairlesswookiee
04-23-2008, 01:37 PM
just ask her to turn it down. then ask her to share.
ProgMatinee
04-23-2008, 02:58 PM
2 people today did the passive aggressive thing and went on a "quest" to find the source of the annoying sounds. (I suspect they knew what it was all along.)
Here's a summation of what I over heard:
"What you doing?"
"I'm on my break."
"Ok, but we keep hearing annoying beeps"
"I got a new phone and don't know how to turn down the sound"
"Oh, we weren't sure what it was. Now that we know what it is maybe it won't be so annoying..."
Hopefully lady takes the hint.
Chimera 1
04-24-2008, 09:43 AM
2 people today did the passive aggressive thing and went on a "quest" to find the source of the annoying sounds. (I suspect they knew what it was all along.)
Here's a summation of what I over heard:
"What you doing?"
"I'm on my break."
"Ok, but we keep hearing annoying beeps"
"I got a new phone and don't know how to turn down the sound"
"Oh, we weren't sure what it was. Now that we know what it is maybe it won't be so annoying..."
Hopefully lady takes the hint.
See the problem fixed itself. No more annoying beeps. :banana
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