Coworker demands silence at all times but plays TikToks out loud: 'I can’t wear headphones. They mess with my jaw alignment'

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  • Side view of a woman looking at her phone while sitting at her desk.
  • The coworker who demands "silence" but listens to TikToks at full volume...

    I work in an office where we hot- desk. This one girl let's call her Corporate Influencer Barbie always demands "quiet environment only" whenever she's working on "deep tasks." But she blasts TikTok POV edits with the volume on maximum like she's trying to DJ the break room.
  • Yesterday I politely asked if she could use headphones because I was in a meeting. She goes, completely serious: "I can't wear headphones. They mess with my jaw alignment." ??????
  • She then suggested I move because she "was there first," even though it's open seating. HR did nothing. I think they're afraid of her jaw.
  • Commenters gave their ideas on how to deal with this.

    DarkriderUWC 7h ago Id be ignoring her requests for total silence then. She can't have it just her way, not every workplace is Burger King.
  • sayevet • 7h ago Try agreeing with her in her own words? "I need a quiet environment when working on deep tasks." "Thanks for the tip about jaw alignment! I can't wear headphones now either."
  • A young woman looks at her phone while sitting at her desk.
  • jesusvert ⚫ 7h ago How do headphones mess up jaw alignment?
  • BufferingJuffy • 4h ago If the ear pads are large enough they can encroach on the jaw joint just below the ear...it's made worse by the compression caused from having one's head so far up one's one ass.
  • UnfairBooBear 7h ago . Ask her if she knows what a hypocrite is next time you are playing your music while she's doing her 'deep tasks'.
  • charlieQ90 .7h ago She wants to entertain the office, let her... Every single free moment you have you should go over to her and start watching her tik toks over her shoulder and laughing right in her ear.
  • Also, stop being nice about the noise level. You should be her new desk mate that constantly munches loudly on chips. Chew with your mouth open and stare at her daring her to say something just so you can tell her that you can't truth your mouth closed because of your jaw.
  • TheGirlwThePinkHair • 7h ago Be louder than her at all times.
  • OZFOX42 7h ago • I think "Jabberjaw" sounds like a better name for her. If she spent less time playing around with her phone and more time concentrating on doing real work, things would get done a whole lot quicker in that office. Next time she puts in a "formal request for silence" turn a deaf ear to her.
  • Hiitsmetodd ⚫ 7h ago Where do you work that people feel comfortable sitting at their desk watching TikTok's?
  • The-Girl-In-HR • 6h ago This isn't an HR issue. It's an issue for management. A supervisor could easily cone this issue.
  • JoeyJoJo_Senior • 7h ago That would be exactly the time I'd start breaking out my beatboxing skills (which need a LOT of training)
  • agmccall • 7h ago . Everyone in the office should just start blasting tik toks
  • Numerous_Exercis... 5h ago HR should ask for proof of a medical condition. Also disturbing others at work is a issue head phones or not.
  • Silly Tugboats • 4h ago If HR isn't gonna do anything, it's time to get petty and ignore her hypocritical demands of silence and play videos at full blast. I can't stand people like your coworker but they only learn when you throw their bs right back at them.
  • NutAli 6h ago . I'd hide one of those annoying noise things somewhere near where she sits, so she eventually moves! You can get them on Amazon and Ebay.
  • AnAnonymousParty 4h ago Perhaps you could teach her the proper way to wear headphones to avoid jaw injury, or maybe suggest ear buds which would effect your jaw in no way whatsoever, unless you chew them, so be sure to tell to not do that.
  • InTheFDN 4h ago I had a colleague a bit like this. Someone discovered that the sound of keys / loose change jangling really really annoyed him. Everyone suddenly had both more change in their pockets.
  • himantayontothemax · 4h ago . I would have blasted my tiktok beside her when she's blasting hers, but watching different tiktokers.
  • vampirebumbi • 7h ago Her excuse for blasting TikToks is jaw alignment, yet she demands silence from everyone else and HR lets her get away with it.
  • Acceptable-You-48... 6h ago I had this in a workplace once where the lady guy did this. They are a nightmare
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