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By Anonymous - 04/01/2026 20:00

Today, our desks were rearranged. I was seated next to a coworker who spends the entire day on the phone, chatting loudly with his relatives in another country while he works. I complained that it was distracting. Management won't do anything about it and warned me that "my complaints reek of racism." FML

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Just wear headphones that are noise canceling. I listen to music while I work and wear them so I don't disturb others.

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I do it too! And with such a chatty coworker, your boss and colleagues won't step in your office every five minutes to ask you to remove your headphones for a "work-related chat".

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