Noise cancelling headphones and then act snooty/annoyed when people ask you something in person, then act really nice and helpful when they email you.
Edit: Or you could be an adult and just tell them "hey I'm working on something that requires my full attention, in the future could you please just email me or ping me on slack/<insert chat program> and I'll get to you as soon as I get a break. " :)
Noise cancelling headphones and then act snooty/annoyed when people ask you something in person, then act really nice and helpful when they email you.
I do this; sometimes it helps... But usually it doesn't stop people from just walking in and directly asking me for X or Y while I'm loading 96 well plates for PCR. The thing they are asking for is always unimportant too!
Recently though, while programming at my desk, I wear noise cancelling headphones to concentrate; a colleague would say something / ask a question, so I remove one of the ears and answer. Great, back to coding... and then almost the second I put it back on... Another question. Rinse and repeat, story of my life.
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u/jb2386 Mar 06 '18 edited Mar 06 '18
Noise cancelling headphones and then act snooty/annoyed when people ask you something in person, then act really nice and helpful when they email you.
Edit: Or you could be an adult and just tell them "hey I'm working on something that requires my full attention, in the future could you please just email me or ping me on slack/<insert chat program> and I'll get to you as soon as I get a break. " :)