>>"Boomer" is a baby-boomer?
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>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.
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>The other is a female, who talks to customers on the phone a lot - very chatty and loud, and strident.

Not a good environment for a programmer. Damn earnest people.