Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Cone of Silence for the office place

2009-05-11 Thread Martin Baxter
LMNAATWO! -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Cone of Silence for the office place Date : Mon, 11 May 2009 17:12:15 - From : "ravenadal" To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Martin, I have this laminated Dilbert

Re: [scifinoir2] Cone of Silence for the office place

2009-05-11 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr. Worf, from my own eight-year stint in Hell-slash-Corporate America, I believe that Management *wants* those words to flutter freely about. The more dissent in the air, the easier to herd the veal. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Cone of Silence

Re: [scifinoir2] Cone of Silence for the office place

2009-05-11 Thread Mr. Worf
This can be avoided if companies stopped using cheap baffles (wall partitions) between the cubicles. Most buy or rent to own those cheap thin white (or beige) baffles that come separately or part of the desk system. There are thicker partitions that have sound proofing built in that absorb sound. T

Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Cone of Silence for the office place

2009-05-11 Thread ravenadal
working for at the time. (The u-word was, in > Management's opinion, even more obscene than the n-, f- and k-words spoken in > succession, and had once, by my personal witenss, been grounds for immediate > termination. > > > > > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]-

[RE][scifinoir2] Cone of Silence for the office place

2009-05-11 Thread Martin Baxter
rounds for immediate termination. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Cone of Silence for the office place Date : Mon, 11 May 2009 16:48:17 - From : "ravenadal" To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com This is so pertinet. Just this morning, the woma

[scifinoir2] Cone of Silence for the office place

2009-05-11 Thread ravenadal
This is so pertinet. Just this morning, the woman I work with in the Quality Assurance lab was told to use her "inside voice" because she could be heard out in the cube farm and, apparently, the unfettered tone of her voice was frightening the corporate veal. ~rave! http://www.fastcompany.com