How to Cope With Singing Office Co-worker

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So straight to the point,

I got this lady sitting behind me who sings/hums EVERY DAY.
It has been happening for months, since me and her desk got put next time each other last September.

To get a better understanding, our seating is in a line with co-worker, me, singing chick, our manager, co-worker, co-worker then another row of co-workers next to our row.

I do try to listen to music as much as I can but still can't beat the amount of singing the woman does, and I can't listen to music all day.

Since its and office environment I can't just tell her to stfu, I have made a few tries to tell her indirectly by saying "Your singing puts me to sleep" "You sound like a bee humming around my ear" and she thought i was joking.... -_-'''


So one day after work i told her straight up I couldn't stand anymore, if you can't stop ( I knew she won't) i can ask to move my desk. So we both talked to our manager, manager talked to her separately, she stopped singing for a while, maybe 3 weeks tops, and now here she goes again, EVERYDAY!

If you wanna sing, go to a ****ing karaoke bar! Office is an office for work ffs!
I could tell her nicely again by saying "ok tune it down I cant focus" but it wont make her stop.... And the retarded thing is nobody else complains....


So has any of you dealt with anybody who lives in a bubble all the time like this at work???

Share your stories/opinions.
 
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Noise cancelling headphones. Complain to the boss daily. If that doesn't work assault rifle or a variation of weapons will get your point across.
 
Roomie said:
Noise cancelling headphones. Complain to the boss daily. If that doesn't work assault rifle or a variation of weapons will get your point across.
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Noise cancelling won't help with the singing. It may cancel the background hum and HVAC noise so the singing is more pronounced.

IEM's or closed headphones will isolate you from the singing (and office). If you don't want to listen to music all day, white noise at low volume should drown her out. Keep in mind that everything else will also be masked and you will have very little awareness about what is happening around you.
 
Fire, ice, acid, you name it, all have been in my consideration...!

Complain daily might be the way to go.

And yea, noise cancelling headphone won't work, it will actually make her singing more crisp with the white noise cancelled out.
 
Launch a multi million Law suit against the company for the constant torture. Say her singing has traumatized you. The manager did not to stop the unsafe work environment.

Wait this is not US. Go back to work and start singing. Be as childish as possible. Sing song she will hate like death metal.
 
Kill her with dubstep
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kickstartt said:
So has any of you dealt with anybody who lives in a bubble all the time like this at work???

Share your store/opinions.
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The new burr under my saddle is recent immigrants next door knife throwing in the back yard. That in itself isn't the problem, it's that the knives bounce off a piece of plywood leaned up against an overturned shopping cart. What a racket, hours on end. Experience tells me that there will be no good solution.
In the office, I would complain on a daily basis. I don't understand why nobody else is complaining, at work I'm one of few that complain about 5 different getto blasters on 3 different stations. I think the bosses are scared of the music crowd, could loose production.
 
kickstartt said:
So straight to the point,

I got this lady sitting behind me who sings/hums EVERY DAY.
It has been happening for months, since me and her desk got put next time each other last September.

To get a better understanding, our seating is in a line with co-worker, me, singing chick, our manager, co-worker, co-worker then another row of co-workers next to our row.

I do try to listen to music as much as I can but still can't beat the amount of singing the woman does, and I can't listen to music all day.

Since its and office environment I can't just tell her to stfu, I have made a few tries to tell her indirectly by saying "Your singing puts me to sleep" "You sound like a bee humming around my ear" and she thought i was joking.... -_-'''


So one day after work i told her straight up I couldn't stand anymore, if you can't stop ( I knew she won't) i can ask to move my desk. So we both talked to our manager, manager talked to her separately, she stopped singing for a while, maybe 3 weeks tops, and now here she goes again, EVERYDAY!

If you wanna sing, go to a ****ing karaoke bar! Office is an office for work ffs!
I could tell her nicely again by saying "ok tune it down I cant focus" but it wont make her stop.... And the retarded thing is nobody else complains....


So has any of you dealt with anybody who lives in a bubble all the time like this at work???

Share your store/opinions.
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Be a professional and follow protocol. Report it again and convey your expectation to work in a conducive environment.
Name's Tucker, not Sucker.
If your reporting structure does not tend to this, bring it to HR.

It's a very easy situation to tend to when done properly.
 
If the professional approach doesn t work: Start singing yourself, louder. Seriously. Then they will understand. Choose any song, even a children's song like old macdonald had a farm. Keep singing it repeatedly/endlessly. If you cant sing well, thats even better. They will ask you to stop.
 
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Document each time you reported it to the boss and then go to the HR department.
 
Yea I agree with the professional protocols on filing complaints. Day after day... until it goes up to HR, I think that's the best way.

Lowering myself to her level should be avoided, because I do want to last in the company for a while...

I dont know why the guy that sits adjacent to her never complains, nor my manager sitting behind her. One reason might be she's not facing them so her voice doesn't sound direct. And she is facing me.....
 
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You NEED to report it to HR.
 
Play an endless loop of the Chipmunks. We'll see who's lovin' life at the end of that day. Maybe a truce could be worked out.
 
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