'I don’t mean to scream’: Nightmare office environment causes employee to put up hilarious sign outside their curtained workspace

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    r/antiwork u/blue-jayne 6d I have this sign posted outside my work space.
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    Please knock before entering! (I am easily startled, thank you in advance!)
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    Please knock before entering! (I am easily startled, thank you in advance!) PLANT PROT
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    I don't have a door, I have a curtain that barely closes, and today for probably the tenth? twelfth? time, the head of HR purposely whips the curtain open without knocking as though she's trying to catch me in the act of something. I'm so irritated y'all... and that's just like, my smallest problem here. happy Friday I guess.
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    Crissix3.6d are employers having some kind of competition on how to create the work environment? lol this has all the Charme of a mall dressing room AA
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    issamaysinalah • 6d You have to go back to the office right now! No WFH. Proceeds to put you in a cubicle with a shower curtain for door
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    ImNeitherNor⚫ 6d Being the Wizard of Oz hasn't gotten proper respect Dorothy and her little dog ever since that whipped the curtain open.
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    blue-jayne OP. 6d hashtag stop whipping curtains
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    KittyLilith17. 6d Anarcho-Communist I'd scream. Make it embarrassing for them. "Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry. I couldn't help it. I tried putting up a sign but you must have missed it." Do it again every time someone whips open the curtain. Fake tears if you can. "Look, I'm sorry, I don't mean to scream, but I'm easily startled. I'm trying really hard not to cry, here, but I'm wondering if you're doing this on purpose?"
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    justalittlebleh ⚫ 6d • Then you could file a complaint with HR over a toxic work environment! Oh wait..
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    xenedra0 6d Alternate solution - put a hook on either side of the door frame (they make stick-on ones), then make a small hole on both sides of the curtain, push a string through each hole and tie those strings to the hooks. This way the curtain is fastened on both sides and would require someone to take the time to unfasten prior to opening. They'll probably still walk in without knocking, but at least you can hear them fiddling with the ties first. Velcro attachments could work too, but less w
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    chai-lattae. 6d Omg I startle easily too, so I understand OP. At least you have a curtain! I wish cubicle and "open plan" offices would die
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    Celoniae 6d • Same! I'm so much less productive in my open office because I'm always paranoid my boss/ coworkers are watching. I spend more time trying to look productive than actually being productive!
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    primal_ scream • 6d Next time she does it, jump, and then slump down into your chair and go limp, and don't respond until she starts to call an ambulance.
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    UnassumingOstrich • 6d omg i suggested waiting for her with a bullhorn but this is way better, OP
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    snoriangrey 6d That sounds like a rather hostile hr head, you should probably report them to hr.
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    laurasaurus5.6d Loosen the tension rod so next time she whips it open it rips the whole thing down and really highlights how violent she's being. Do you need the curtain closed for working with private data? Would it be more comfortable for you to rearrange so that you're facing the doorway and your screen is faced away, that way you can keep the curtain slightly open and see people approaching?
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    TrackLabs. 6d mf works in a cloth changing booth?
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    blue-jayne OP. 6d it is a former X-ray viewing space, I work in a doctor's office. honestly I would like it if it weren't for the door the way it is. I have to sit with my back to it as well.

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