Michael Cooney
Senior Editor

Workers choose iPods over coworkers

Opinion
Oct 31, 20061 min

A survey of U.K. workers shows that many are turning on their iPods and tuning out their coworkers. Amen, we say. “By wearing the highly-visible white headphones, employees are sending a signal to colleagues that they don’t want to be bothered,” notes Simon Pole, of workplace interior experts Woods Bagot, which conducted the survey. Now, ssshhhh, Badfinger’s comin’ up. Via The Sun