[ben509]

You have to pick your battles.

I've found I can politely request that people not have meetings standing three feet from me, and I can generally get people to not yell across the entire room.

But every now and then this womans let off her ear-shattering "AHHH HUHUHUHUHUHUHUHUHUH" laugh and not once has my muse inspired me with words that would convey a gentle, face-saving admonishment.

It's ultimately because she's laughing. Her laugh sounds like someone torturing a seal with a jackhammer, but my company policy is that it's a fun place to work. And that means people get loud, and if I don't like it, I can look for work elsewhere.