Is there a mute button on this thing? Multitasking. We multitask all the time, even though studies have shown it doesn't increase productivity. So when you're running a report, getting the paperwork together for your next meeting, and putting the finishing touches on that presentation, the last thing you need is for a coworker to walk into your space unannounced and start talking. They usually get a half a sentence into the blather and then immediately interrupt with the inquiry, "Oh sorry. Were you in the middle of something?" No. I work here. Why would you possibly think I might be in the middle of something? Of COURSE I'm in the middle of something. If you walked into my office at 2 p.m. on a Saturday, that would be an appropriate time for you to ask if I were in the middle of something. Because at 2 p.m. on a Saturday, theoretically I shouldn't be. But if I'm here, on a work day, during work hours, in the office? I'm working. Unless I'm walking to a meeting or picking up som
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