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"Thanks for the tip!  I tried the earbuds trick for a while, but it doesn't always work as well as intended.  I actually use earbuds when I write at home to help keep me focus (music just turns into white noise to me).\r\n\r\nFor the most part, my co-workers leave me alone, but we all sit out in the open and when students come in demanding a status report on the request they made 30 minutes earlier, they don't allow earbuds to get in the way ;)  Now I seek refuge in a completely different building - regardless of my lunch time activities - in order to avoid them!"
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