The Cubicle Farm Police

Did you know that if you thumbtack all of your important documents and information onto your cubicle walls that it could potentially damage the “insulation” that supposedly soundproofs your cubicle? Baloney! As mentioned in a previous entry, I have heard so many conversations swirling around my cube, I could write a book on em. Today, one of the conversations had me laughing – they had no idea I could hear them! So, obviously, my cubicle (and theirs) is not soundproof.

A month or so ago, a memo went out that we were to remove all documents and papers from our cube walls because the holes were ruining the soundproof insulation they were made with. I ignored the memo because I felt it to be somewhat high-schoolish and Big Brotherish. The nature of a cubicle farm is that nothing is very secret. Walls are what provide privacy - cubicle walls do not count! So, to think that my 10 thumbtacks are going to damage the ozone layer of my cubicle walls is just ridiculous! Hence, my snubbing of the memo.

Well, snubbers of memos are apparently checked up on by the Cubicle Farm Police. A few days later, I arrived at work to find all of the things that had been so neatly hung on the cubicle walls with my colorful thumbtacks the night before, were stacked on my desk. I was infuriated! How dare someone come into my personal space just to see if I had “toed the line.” We are NOT in high school – we are adults and I am sure we all understand that Cubicle Creators cannot possibly manufacture a true soundproof cube with 3/4 walls. I can still hear everything even though the thumbtacks are out and the “wounds” they made in the soundproof walls are “healed” (so, technically, I shouldn’t be able to hear anything, right?) 

Think about it – soundwaves in an open space carry… so my conclusion is that it is actually scientifically impossible to create a soundproof cube.  Guess it’s time to send my scientific findings to the Cube Farm Police so they can give up their catty cause.