I hate it when I'm trying to write and people are talking - whether to each other or to me.
That was the major reason I shut the door My office was just to the left as you entered the space. The DP people insisted on standing near the door, which was also near mine, to discuss anything and everything. It drove me nuts. My distractions from the writing were phone calls, leaving the space, etc., but the racket outside that door is what was a real problem. I also hated it when I would have the door shut and they would manage to get past Paulette, open the door and ask "Mind if we talk?" and when I would say "Kind of busy right now. How about later?" (and it seemed like it always happened when I had a deadline e.g. we had a 48 hour turn around if we got a query from the senate or assembly) it never seemed to register for them. I made it a habit to write and then set it aside and do something else, to return later and see if it needs more or something deleted. When I was in the Navy I sometimes had a private office, however not always, e.g. in one of my jobs I shared my office with my staff and finally had to put in a dutch door, (half doors??, to keep other personnel out.....as it was so distracting, particularly for my clerical assistants.
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Date: 2009-09-24 07:36 pm (UTC)From:That was the major reason I shut the door
My office was just to the left as you entered the space.
The DP people insisted on standing near the door, which was also near mine, to discuss anything and everything.
It drove me nuts.
My distractions from the writing were phone calls, leaving the space, etc., but the racket outside that door is what was a real problem.
I also hated it when I would have the door shut and they would manage to get past Paulette, open the door and ask "Mind if we talk?" and when I would say "Kind of busy right now. How about later?" (and it seemed like it always happened when I had a deadline e.g. we had a 48 hour turn around if we got a query from the senate or assembly)
it never seemed to register for them.
I made it a habit to write and then set it aside and do something else, to return later and see if it needs more or something deleted.
When I was in the Navy I sometimes had a private office,
however not always, e.g. in one of my jobs I shared my office with my staff and finally had to put in a dutch door, (half doors??, to keep other personnel out.....as it was so distracting, particularly for my clerical assistants.