The Unexpected Things
Aug. 22nd, 2013 10:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threemonkeysA little virtual aftershock from the July quake. We had a bunch of windows cracked on our floor from the first quake and the work to repair them has been going on for the last few days. It is very very noisy. The window frames are pretty old and metal the guys replacing them have to hammer & chisel out the now very hard putty/glue used to put them in place. The frames reverberate and cause a lot of noise.
I should mention at this point that they are doing this work from outside - we are on the 5th floor.
We have a few spare desks and the people closest to the work can relocate. I did that when they were fixing the window right beside me. But now I'm struggling with the noise as they move further along.
I've got ear plugs in - they are pretty good ones and are absolutely essential for the levels of noise being generated. But that's the thing - I really don't like the isolation of ear plugs. I can't listen to music through earphones either. I just don't like the way that they cut me off from the world. Some folk seem happy to isolate themselves away like this all the time. I'm sure some of you even prefer it. I just can't do it.
Time for another break.
I should mention at this point that they are doing this work from outside - we are on the 5th floor.
We have a few spare desks and the people closest to the work can relocate. I did that when they were fixing the window right beside me. But now I'm struggling with the noise as they move further along.
I've got ear plugs in - they are pretty good ones and are absolutely essential for the levels of noise being generated. But that's the thing - I really don't like the isolation of ear plugs. I can't listen to music through earphones either. I just don't like the way that they cut me off from the world. Some folk seem happy to isolate themselves away like this all the time. I'm sure some of you even prefer it. I just can't do it.
Time for another break.