[maxxxxx]

Exactly! In team rooms you can actually be loud and energetic whereas in open space everything needs to be hushed.

[styfle]

The worst is when someone walks over and starts talking but no one knows who they are talking to: Just me? My boss? Everyone? Is it rude if I don’t look and continue to focus on my work?

Everything can be heard and seen in an open office so I think it makes communication worse.