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Scenario:

- Person A works requires social interaction to be productive.

- Person B works requires silence to be productive.

Problem:

- Person A is actively disrupting Person B's work to be productive.

- Person B is not actively disrupting Person A but Person A is left unproductive as a result of non-action

The only practical solution is to have Person A work with other Person As and have a separate work area for Person B's. The solution is not to sacrifice Person B's productivity for Person A's benefit. This is a managerial and office layout problem, characterizing it as a problem of Person B's ability to be understanding is not fair nor a rational course of action.



In fact, supposing it was a true case of something like misophonia, this attitude towards Person B ought to rightfully be considered a form of physical discrimination. I know that would not hold up in our current system, which is tragic.




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