I recently bought an excellent pair of noise canceling earphones. The problem is that my desk faces away from the door, so I never hear people calling my name or knocking. Experimental solution:pic.twitter.com/ANZ9UZUdiz
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I recently bought an excellent pair of noise canceling earphones. The problem is that my desk faces away from the door, so I never hear people calling my name or knocking. Experimental solution:pic.twitter.com/ANZ9UZUdiz
If people tap me when I'm in my headphones I nearly fall out of my chair in terror every time
It's true -- same happens to me. But I don't know what else to suggest. This is only Experiment #1. Stay tuned for others if it fails! What's your solution?
I just have my desk oriented toward the wall so I'm side-on to the door. At home, it brings my wife so much joy to hear me shriek, we just stick with it
I contemplated moving my desk but I love looking out of the window while I work. So if it's window + occasional shrieking vs no window + no shrieking, I might take the former...
Maybe just a mirror on the desk would give you enough of a cue that someone's behind you...
I contemplated that, so as a test starting paying attention to the reflections in the window. So far hasn't helped, but mirror might!
Would a light-emitting doorbell work/help?
Wow. You are all so much more creative than I am! I should look into that...
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