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Is listening to music at work calming or distracting?

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Calming		80%	417 votes	Total: 521 votes
Distracting		20%	104 votes	Total: 521 votes

Calming

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by David Puckett

Like so many debates, this one is determined a great deal by each person's likes, dislikes, and policies at work. If it is to be a given that listening to music at work is allow...read more
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by Ethel Smith

Listening to music anywhere can have a mixed reception. However listening to music at work is an even more complex matter. Whether the effects of music are calming, distracting ...read more
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by Shawna Blake

Music is a wonderful, magical calming tool. It can transport you into a world completely different than that of what you are living in. Listening to music while at work is not o...read more
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by Matt Paul

In a typical indoors, low key, busy workplace setting, oftentimes the only sounds to be heard are of phones ringing, people chatting away, or that annoying sound of a person typ...read more
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by Lady Cynthia

There is an old saying that music sooths the savage beast. I've found this to be true, especially in the early morning hours. I'm not a morning person, but since my job is first...read more
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by Noleen Wyatt-Jones

I have always found listening to music calming particularly when I am at my most stressed or under pressure to deliver a piece of work and even those situations where you find y...read more
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by Laura Savvy

Listening to music at work is a godsend for me! If not for music, temperatures would run entirely too high. Allow me to tell you why. In the past, we had sharing, giving, hi...read more
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by Julie Somerville

I fully believe listening to music at work is not only calming; it makes the day go by faster. I think that all places of employment should allow workers to listen to music thro...read more
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by Rex Coker

Music calms the savage beast, it once was said. A day without music would be one less fun thing to have in our lives. Just as we have rhythm in dancing, we also apply music to o...read more
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by Annette Bromley

IS LISTENING TO MUSIC AT WORK CALMING OR DISTRACTING? I have always enjoyed listening to music and appreciate most types of music. Music soothes the soul, quiets the savage ...read more
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by Koski

When you have that catchy song you heard the other day, and you have it ingrained in your brain whether you want it there or not, it seems to be a little distracting. Sometimes...read more
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by Joel Blithe

Music is not only calming, but often it is absolutely necessary for reducing the stress of the work environment. I know that many may disagree with me on this point and argue t...read more
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by Ted Sherman

I can only speak for myself about listening to music at work. First of all, I'm long retired from the 9 to 5 office slavery I endured for more than 40 years. As of now, my daily...read more
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by Laura Leigh Fields

I love music. It sets my soul at ease. It frees my mind. When I am listening to music, I can relax. It makes me feel like I can concentrate better. I feel more motivated when th...read more
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by Carla Easterling

I most often work in the entertainment fields, not an office environment. When people are in a social setting music decides the attitudes and composure of the patrons. It sets ...read more
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by Chris Buyan

In the work place music can be an amazing tool. The sounds of music have the ability to be calming and helpful. Music, rather than being distracting, actually can help a person...read more
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by Sherrill Fulghum

As a general rule I would say that listening to music while working, or doing most anything else, has a calming effect on the nerves. However, the whole affair depends on the t...read more
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by Mary Caliendo

I personally think that overall music can be calming as opposed to being a distraction. After all, doctors have long suggested that people with high blood pressure should take s...read more
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by Sarah Frances Wright

I find that listening to music at work is comforting. I have worked without music and now that I have access to internet radio or personal choices from my own CDs downloaded, it...read more
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by Ryan Gray

As a college student I used to get irritated when someone nearby was "blasting" their music while I was trying to study. However, now that I am a member of the nation's workforc...read more

Distracting

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by Neil Dixon

We all love a bit of music to listen to during the day. A good song can lift our mood and has a direct link to altering our emotional state for both feelings of elation and sadn...read more
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by Ian Black

When it comes to the working environment, you are there to work, not to listen to music. Music, even though entertaining, can be distracting. I'm twenty years old. My favorite m...read more
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by Eudiah Kamonjo

They say that music is food for the soul. I do not totally disagree with this but then do we eat food throughtout the day-do we now? When i am working all i need is an interrupt...read more
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by R Marie Taylor

Just like cigarette smoke can irritate other people in an enclosed area, sound, even the wonderful sounds of great music can be a distraction, an irritant to someone that just d...read more
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by Russell Reeder

Listening to music at work can be whatever you make it. Depending on what kind of person you are you may be easily distracted by music. Also it depends on what type of music you...read more
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by David Elder

At the risk of offending those people who find it difficult to spend a single hour without the accompaniment of their favorite tunes, I would have to say that music has little o...read more
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by Barb Hopkins

I have always listened to music when I was working. Sometimes the music was piped in through the office P.A. system and other times it was through my own radio or CD player. A...read more
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by David Lohrman

It's difficult to determine if music is distracting or not, simply because it depends on the occupation. I can name a few where music enhances one's work, i.e. tatoo artist........read more
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by Angelina Locke

We all have those moments, when we hear a song; it can transport us back to times of pleasure and times of pain. Moments where all the troubles of the world disappear for two to...read more
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by Lesley Aeschliman

I have to admit that I had a hard time answering this question. But after careful consideration, and thinking about how the question relates to me, I ended up going with "distr...read more
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by madhu73

Music is calming provided you are listening and enjoying it. In todays age of fast life and multitasking, people are constantly juggling chores like reading and exercising, wa...read more

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