[bitexploder]

I have never suffered the tyranny of an open office. I do use a loud keyboard and honestly can't imagine going without it.

I am easily distracted by sensory stimuli. It ruins my concentration. At home I have some nice in ear noise isolating ear buds and some of those ear muffs designed for yard work. My children can, and do, reenact world wars on the hard woods above me and I can't hear it.

If I ever were in an open office, when I do deep work, those things would stay on.

So I sympathize, but the open office puts knowledge workers who need to concentrate and type in a lose / lose environment.