Timeline for Is it ever acceptable to bring an infant to an office?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:48 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Aug 6, 2015 at 15:05 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackWorkplace/status/629307406653202433 | ||
| Aug 4, 2015 at 15:02 | comment | added | ereOn | I have to work in an open-space where there is this guy I dont know, whose loud annoying laugh makes me wanna punch him every single day. I would take a crying infant over that any day ! ;) It can always be worse. | |
| Aug 4, 2015 at 14:25 | comment | added | user8365 | Maybe you need to look into ways to make your work environment quieter in general. Some meetings and phone conversations can get loud, but most offices have addressed that problem by having appropriate spaces to make some noise. | |
| Aug 4, 2015 at 14:22 | answer | added | HLGEM | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 4, 2015 at 13:28 | comment | added | teego1967 | The thing you need to consider is the consequence of complaining about something like this. Sometimes parents get into a situation where there are no options. Give them a little slack and be nice about it-- it will be remembered and appreciated. Someday you'll need the tolerance and understanding of others too. If you have a history of being inflexible and intolerant, you'll not be able to bank on that when you need it most. | |
| Aug 4, 2015 at 13:08 | comment | added | Chan-Ho Suh | I suspect this is less about the distraction and more about the fact that you don't like children (and babies), and that's probably not helped by your coworkers conveying the attitude that everyone likes babies and expecting you to play-talk with the baby etc. (I just noticed someone above made an insulting comment to you because s/he couldn't understand why you don't like babies. Not unexpected.) | |
| Aug 4, 2015 at 11:48 | history | edited | user38706 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 4, 2015 at 11:42 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Aug 4, 2015 at 3:40 | comment | added | Chad Cooper | Yes, you are overreacting. It happened once for an hour. Most adults you know are way more distracting and annoying than an infant. Think about it. | |
| Aug 4, 2015 at 0:32 | answer | added | Joe Strazzere | timeline score: 11 | |
| Aug 3, 2015 at 23:57 | comment | added | Brandin | How often does this happen? Once it becomes on a regular basis, we can start talking about a distraction. | |
| Aug 3, 2015 at 23:51 | answer | added | Kerry | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 3, 2015 at 23:49 | comment | added | user38706 | Clarification: It did not appear that the baby was being brought to show off, this time; that had already happened months ago. | |
| Aug 3, 2015 at 23:45 | answer | added | thursdaysgeek | timeline score: 22 | |
| Aug 3, 2015 at 23:42 | answer | added | Wesley Long | timeline score: 7 | |
| Aug 3, 2015 at 23:31 | comment | added | Justin Cave | Is there a reasonable way to "remove the distraction"? Your boss brought a baby in for an hour. Presumably, your boss believed that the benefit of the meetings she had to attend outweighed the distraction of an infant for a brief period of time. If there is an easy way for you to remove the distraction by, say, relocating yourself for an hour, that's something that you're free to do when anything gets distracting. Otherwise, as with any other distraction in a normal office, all you can do is try to ignore it. | |
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| Aug 3, 2015 at 23:07 | history | asked | user38706 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |