In every office I’ve ever worked in there has always been at
least one person who seems to believe that standing over you, literally
breathing down your neck, while you’re working on something will make you get
it done faster. It doesn’t, not at
all. Even if that person’s breath is
reminiscent of the dump on a hot summer day and you’d gladly trade away 10
years of your life to make them go away sooner.
It just doesn’t work.
In fact it’s nerve wracking and disruptive. I type and do other office work much faster
and with very few errors if there’s not some jerk breathing down my neck. It’s not out of spite; it’s that the stress
and annoyance (not to mention the effort not to breathe through my nose if the
hoverer is the person with dump breath) aren’t conducive to efficient and quality
work.
So what about you?
Does it make it harder for you to work quickly and do a good job if
there’s someone standing over you? Have you
found a way to discourage the behavior?
