>>>>Can't quite remember - maybe it's frowned upon, maybe you get roped into work .. whatever.
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>>>As of this week our dept moved to a new location. Finally have my own office again. I can forward the calls to voicemail during lunch, but my damn door is made of glass, so I kinda have to answer it. Shucks.
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>>I had my own office, then the company expanded. Now I'm sandwiched between a motor-mouth and a boomer. Tant pis!
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>I disliked sharing an office at first, but once I was in with the right people, I was happy. One of the guys was the dept's eldest, put low ranking person. Yet a source of unofficial power and information. Very connected inside and outside of our company. Very handy person to have around. The other guy in my office was an engineer, who basically does the job of an IT guy. So a lot of collaboration could take place without having to book meetings and such.
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>"Boomer" is a baby-boomer?

No, I meant his voice. If he gets in a confab with a colleage his voics booms out and he forgets the other party is only a metre away.

The other is a female, who talks to customers on the phone a lot - very chatty and loud, and strident.