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	<description>...and other distractions in a loud world</description>
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		<title>Distracted workers sues company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In November of 2008, an Irish court ruled against meat factory worker Hans Kelder who got his hand caught in a ham slicer at his workplace.  Of course, Kelder was suing his workplace for this incident.  Of course the fact that he&#8217;d let his mind wander while chatting up a coworker was his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Distractions of Your Own Doing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of distractions at the office&#8230;

Evidently, most of them are a direct result of your own doing.  Go figure.  Here are a few tips to help you:

The key board is for doing work- go ahead and keep that one.
The mouse is also pretty useful- you might wanna keep that one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.noisycoworkers.com/distractions-of-your-own-doing/</link>
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		<title>Stop Wasting Time!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I have been thinking about how I use my time.  I am HORRIBLE about wasting time. Like just now, when I was supposed to be writing this blog post, I might have wasted an inordinate amount of time on Facebook and reading blogs. When I was working in an office it wasn&#8217;t the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.noisycoworkers.com/stop-wasting-time/</link>
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		<title>Annoying Coworkers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I usually address the needs of the distracted worker in a cubicle.  I digress at times, but largely, I write for the rights of the interrupted  soul just trying to get his or her work done.
Today, however, I am writing to you, O Distractor.  Whether you are making inappropriate jokes, clicking your finger nails, tapping [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.noisycoworkers.com/annoying-coworkers/</link>
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		<title>If it works for IBM and came from Harvard&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quiet Time at Work?
I&#8217;ve heard of quiet times for children and of quiet times for spiritual meditation, but I&#8217;d never heard of quiet time for work.  According to a recent BNET article, IBM ,     Intel ,     U.S. Cellular and     Deloitte &#38;  Touche have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.noisycoworkers.com/if-it-works-for-ibm-and-came-from-harvard/</link>
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		<title>Traveling cheap (even with kids)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring is coming!
March 1st.  Hallelujah!- the worst 2 months of the year are over.  Seriously does anyone even like, much less love, January or February?  If you raised your cyberhand, I&#8217;d wager it&#8217;s because your birthday is in one of those awful months, and unless you are bringing world peace, then the event of your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.noisycoworkers.com/traveling-cheap-even-with-kids/</link>
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		<title>6 Tips to Keep You From Getting Sick</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cold &#38; Flu Season
I always dread this time of year. Christmas is over, and it feels like forever ago. It seems like it should be spring by now, but alas it isn’t.  A lot of us even still have snow on the ground- it&#8217;s pretty unless you can&#8217;t get to work or to the store.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.noisycoworkers.com/6-tips-to-keep-you-from-getting-sick/</link>
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		<title>Nothing to Listen to- is that good or bad?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Inc.com&#8217;s take on working from home
If you&#8217;ve read this blog for long, you must have figured out that I work from home.  I recently found a funny post that I can relate to in many ways.  This is her lead-in to 8 Work-from-Home Tips:
Inc. Magazine lives in New York City. I live in the Boston [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.noisycoworkers.com/nothing-to-listen-to-is-that-good-or-bad/</link>
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		<title>Visualizing Distractions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever charted where your time goes?  I never really thought about it until I saw this hierarchy of distractions.  It&#8217;s a little too true.  My first thought was: It&#8217;s a good thing I live in Scotland and don&#8217;t have an iPhone. Would you believe they just came out with them here?  (And I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.noisycoworkers.com/visualizing-distractions/</link>
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		<title>SAD- not just another acronym</title>
		<description><![CDATA[30 Rock
Liz: Work is awful. Everyone’s snippy and tense.
Jack: Well the lack of sun makes people depressed. It’s called “seasonal affective disorder.”
Liz: Oh, is that where the word “sad” comes from?
Jack: What? You think “sad” is an acronym invented by psychologists?
Liz: I’ve been stuck inside playing online Boggle. It’s messing with my head! STAR. RATS. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.noisycoworkers.com/sad-not-just-another-acronym/</link>
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