John,

I find that playing music (genre dependant on mood) in my office helps to mask all the "chaff" coming from the production floor.  Sometimes being able to close the door is a wonderful thing.

Talk shows are on my list of not acceptable forms of "background" as it is too easy to listen and stop thinking about the task at hand, but then I have a hard time with walking and chewing gum... I'm a guy and can only serial process.

Phil

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of J. Brewer
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 2:49 PM
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Subject: [TN] TN Walkman Radios on the Assembly line


I don't believe that anything can be more distracting and detrimental to quality of work, than
the normal din found inside most manufacturing facilities.  A knee jerk reaction might be
to ban them because "people cant concentrate", but with a little thought, the masking
off of much of the loud noise of machinery, co-workers yakking, pages blaring over
the PA system, fork lift OSHA horns blasting, etc etc could quite likely contribute
to a better environment in which to provide quality work.

The shops I've seen require one ear to be free to hear fire alarms, pages, etc which
seems reasonable.

John

PS: Re: soft music vs. other..... it's far better "every man for himself". If I had to listen
to opera or country music all day, it might lead to me attempting suicide via weller
solder pencil within a few hours!

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