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Why does nobody talk about how loud those coworking space printers are?
I was at a coworking spot in Austin last Tuesday trying to get a contract out the door before a 2pm deadline. The printer in the corner started making this grinding noise every time someone ran a job, and it went on for like 10 minutes straight. I thought it was just me being picky, but the person next to me put on headphones and whispered "every dang day." Turns out that printer is a cheap Brother model that the space bought to save money, and it sounds like a lawnmower when it warms up. It killed my focus completely and I had to redo half a page of numbers because I kept losing my train of thought. Has anyone else run into a tool or device at a shared workspace that totally wrecked their productivity?
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ray6132mo ago
Got stuck next to a space heater at a WeWork that sounded like a dying fan every 15 minutes. Couldn't block it out no matter what I tried. Ruined my whole afternoon.
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kellyallen2mo ago
Used to think folks complaining about office noise were just being dramatic. Then I spent two hours next to a dying humming refrigerator at a co-working space. Couldn't focus on anything, kept noticing the pitch change every time the compressor kicked in. Total game changer for me. Now I get why people wear noise cancelling headphones everywhere. Have you found any way to deal with that kind of sound?
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