My administrative assistant sits outside my office. She constantly complains about sounds in the cube farm that are NBD. Now, I'm sensitive to real issues and address them - like people clipping their nails, talking super loudly on personal calls, popping gum, tapping a pen on the desk all. day. long., etc. But this woman gets mad when someone opens a granola bar. Or takes keys out of their purse. Or puts on a raincoat. She even complained about someone typing too much. Yes, typing in an office... Shocker.
She is my administrative assistant, so I've had conversations with her about this several times and it's a SMH waste of time when she brings it up. She just came into my office with an "emergency" about someone eating a bag of Famous Amos. I was like "people are allowed to eat at their desks, you need to find a way to focus on your work." She said she wants an office. Yea f-ing right. Even some managers are in cubes. I can't justify giving her an office because she can't handle office noises. Ugh.
What's up with your office/place of work lately?
*********************************************************************************