Our anonymous submitter found this on his keyboard at work one morning. His sheepish explanation? “I guess I really get into the music on my iPod…”
Admittedly, the note-writer has a point — that shit is annoying, yo! — but the contrarian in me still thinks the rest of the office needs to chip in and get our submitter a set of these.
related: suck on this!
158 responses so far ↓
#1
park rose
Pleasingly disruptive to concentration is what? I’m throwing it out there…
May 19, 2009 at 11:40 pm rating: +25
#2
oi
Please stop putting anonymous and printed notes on my desk.
It’s annoyingly disruptive to healthy office atmosphere and environment….
May 20, 2009 at 12:29 am rating: +11
#3
Brooser
Just to be spiteful, Mr. Anonymous should totally bring in a set of drums to the office. What? The note-writer just mentioned the desk…
May 20, 2009 at 1:27 am rating: +4
#4
Marklar
Marklar!
May 20, 2009 at 2:22 am rating: +1
#5
Canthz_B
Did I ever say I was Ringo Starr? Deal with it! Just like I deal with your disgusting perfume, which you must re-apply hourly!!!!!
May 20, 2009 at 2:23 am rating: +5
#6
Canthz_B
I’ll trade you a pen tapper for an Aretha Franklin wannabe any day!
♫ Whatchoo want? Baby I got it! ♫ ain’t always very enticing!
May 20, 2009 at 2:31 am rating: +6
#7
Canthz_B
WTF is an “or pen”?
Why are they playing Concentration when they should be working?
May 20, 2009 at 2:34 am rating: +5
#8
Canthz_B
Maybe anonymous would have taken this more seriously if concentration had just come over and asked nicely.
May 20, 2009 at 2:38 am rating: +1
#9
snee
it’s really not so bad until “in the air tonight”. double pencils everyone:
DOO-DOO
DOO-DOO
DOO-DOO
DOO-DOO
DOO
TCHCCCCCCCCH!
May 20, 2009 at 2:39 am rating: +4
#10
TTMS
It’s the ellipsis… that really upset me.
Just use a full stop, people…
May 20, 2009 at 4:31 am rating: +3
#11
Dangger
Some people can’t handle the fact that they need absolute silence to do stuff and they try to make it other people’s problem.
May 20, 2009 at 6:15 am rating: +3
#12
much to my chagrin
Someone who has time to write a PAN complaining about the noise has more free time than he or she is letting on.
May 20, 2009 at 6:54 am rating: +4
#13
Wade
I would rather listen to pencil and or pen tapping than the clickety clack of that cheap keyboard.
May 20, 2009 at 7:10 am rating: +4
#14
Holiday Djinn
Is this an office or a library? Come on people, there are plenty of annoying noises in the office over which you have no control.
The bitch who put this on you desk is just pissed that you can afford an IPOD, and that she cannot. Also, don’t worry about breaking her concentration, all she was doing was trying to beat her personal best on “Bejeweled”.
May 20, 2009 at 7:40 am rating: +7
#15
Woman on the Verge
Now that pencil drumming has been banned, the musically inclined worker is turning to quietly annoying air guitar.
May 20, 2009 at 7:50 am rating: +9
#16
CS harmonikah
The poster needs his or her own ipod.
If i was distracted by any slight noise anywhere in the office, i wouldnt get any work done either.
May 20, 2009 at 8:43 am rating: +3
#17
Mishee™
At least they didn’t ask them to stop singing along like I’ve been asked in the past…
May 20, 2009 at 8:46 am rating: +2
#18
Eva
Nothing is worse than a coworker of mine who goes here http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/music/piano/ and plays virtual keyboard ALL DAY.
May 20, 2009 at 8:54 am rating: +1
#19
claw71
I’m not a big fan of headphones/ear buds at work and people who tap pencils and pens to the rhythm of If U Seek Amy are just the tip of the iceberg. Do you know how many company meetings have been delayed because Nancy didn’t hear the announcement? I’m on a salary, people, when you waste my time I don’t get 1.5 times my base rate to make up the difference. Remember that when you’re trying to figure out why you always seem to park on carpet tacks. I hate i-pods/mp3 players at work.
It wouldn’t be so bad if we had more fires. This fact dawned on me during our last fire drill. Our designated safety director had to tap two of our most annoying employees on the shoulder because neither of them could hear the alarm over their i-pods. Sadly, fire drills out number actual fires 10 to 1 in this country. We don’t have enough attrition.
I’m hopeful that things will change. Like Rush Limbaugh, I too am counting on Obama to fail. As the economy continues to falter, cities will be forced to cut back on public safety while companies cut corners when it comes to things like fire prevention. That will create a perfect storm where office infernos become the rule rather than the exception. Only then will we see a reduction in the number of workplace i-pod users.
May 20, 2009 at 9:02 am rating: +9
#20
CS harmonikah
Damn kids and their rock music.
Back in my day….
May 20, 2009 at 9:06 am rating: +3
#21
morpho aurora
anonymous submitter should get a cheap ballpoint pen and click it, without any sort of rhythm. way more annoying than pencil tapping.
May 20, 2009 at 9:49 am rating: +3
#22
DearJane
I would rather hear the tapping of pen / pencils than the random terets like swearing that comes out of our back office on regular occasion
May 20, 2009 at 10:07 am rating: 0
#23
Andy
Someone has an iPhone…
Say you’re in your cube and want to drive your coworkers absolutely nuts, there’s an app for that!
May 20, 2009 at 10:11 am rating: +9
#24
claw71
Name this tune:
Your stupid coworker’s doin’ i-pod taps
It’s making you just stew
You sent a message to confront the crap
But he continues
Pick up the phone, I’m here alone
Call me for this task
Just ring: three six two for three six , hey
I’ll kick his emo ass!
Office dweebs, fixed dirt cheap
Office dweebs, fixed dirt cheap
Office dweebs, fixed dirt cheap
Office dweebs fear the thunder chief
Office dweebs fear the thunder chief
He got promoted but he is such a tool
Took credit for your work
Now he’s golfing and you’re stuck in here
You want to kill that jerk
Pick up the phone, I’ll crack his dome
It’s time to get that clown
For a price, I’ll cut him up nice
And beat his punk as down
Office dweebs, fixed dirt cheap
Office dweebs, fixed dirt cheap
Office dweebs, fixed dirt cheap
Office dweebs fear the thunder chief
Office dweebs fear the thunder chief
Super Glue
Astro glide
CRTs
ALL DIRT CHEAP
Stained necktie
Lost contract
CROP DUSTING!
ALL DIRT CHEAP, YEAH.
May 20, 2009 at 10:20 am rating: +8
#25
DearJane
Are you saying syllable counting is improved by the absence of underwear?
May 20, 2009 at 1:37 pm rating: +2
#26
MKAT
I’m a clicker not a tapper (of pens anyway..!).
May 20, 2009 at 2:04 pm rating: +1
#27
Gunderson105
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Needs more dots……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
May 20, 2009 at 3:06 pm rating: +2
#28
fluffy8u
I can stand the tappers (because I have buds in), what I can’t stand are those snot nosed PANers who insist on writing notes instead of actually confronting the annoyer.
Them and those guys who can’t use a tissue, they have to snort snot back up their nose because if you use a tissue, you killed a tree.
May 20, 2009 at 6:33 pm rating: +3
#29
Geek Goddess
You say you want some concentration
Well you know
We all want to change the job
You tell me that it’s evolution
Well you know
We all want to change the job
But when you talk about disruption
Don’t you know you can count me out
Don’t you know it’s gonna be alright
Alright (tap tap) Alright (tap tap)
You say you got a real solution
Well you know
We’d all love to see the PAN
Pencil me in for a contribution
Well you know
We’re annoying all we can
When you want ipods for people with minds that concentrate
All I can tell you is Kerry you have to wait
Don’t you know it’s gonna be alright
Alright (tap tap) Alright (tap tap)
You say you’ll change the constitution
Well you know
We all want to change your lead
‘Cause it’s the office institution
Well you know
Better sharpen your pencil instead
But if you go taking pictures of PAN notes now
You ain’t going to make it with anyone* anyhow
Don’t you know know it’s gonna be alright
Alright (tap tap) Alright (tap tap)
*even the ones that you originally had a chance with
May 20, 2009 at 9:32 pm rating: +4
#30
Diane
I have a staff member who compulsively flips his cell phone open and closed any time he’s standing. It’s in his pocket so he’s not checking the time or anything, just making a ‘clunk’ noise. It drives my other staffers up the wall. I’m to the point where I’m going to tell him to leave it in his locker, just so I don’t have to listen to the complaints. He also taps his pencils, drums his fingers, etc. Anything that makes percussive noise, he does it. I can see how that would be really obnoxious.
May 21, 2009 at 11:55 pm rating: +2
#31
Frenemy
ALSO!!!!!! PEN BUTTON CLICKING!!!!!!!! I AM SURE IT IS HELPFUL FOR YOU BUT NOT FOR THE REST OF US OR YOUR PEN!!!!!!!!!!! IT ONLY NEEDS TO BE CLICKED ONE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!
Jun 3, 2009 at 10:24 am rating: 0
#32
Anniee451
My supervisor is a notorious passive-aggressive note leaver (not to me; she makes ME make them up in power point and then puts them up) and she’s obsessed with doing certain reports only in pencil, and she constantly, constantly, drums on the desk with her fingers, annoying the fuck out of me.
I am buying her the drumstick pencils and as soon as my co-worker is back from surgery I’m giving them to her and we’re going to laugh our motherfucking asses off. THANK YOU PAN!!! (Thank you Terry!)
Jun 6, 2009 at 1:56 am rating: 0
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