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| Calming | 77% | 1115 votes | Total: 1454 votes | |
| Distracting | 23% | 339 votes |
Calming
Created on: June 14, 2009
Music does indeed "soothe the savage beast". Whether listening to music while working is either calming
Created on: August 10, 2009
Music at work can be a calming and/or uplifting emotional, social, and motivational lubricant
Created on: July 07, 2010
Music is a huge part of people's lives. Studies have shown that listening to music not only at work,
Created on: January 11, 2011 Last Updated: January 12, 2011
Listening to music at work can be very calming and relaxing, keeping stress levels down and making the
by Elisha Daroy
Created on: January 15, 2011
Music is an art of medium is sound. It ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation
by Chris Allen
Created on: May 16, 2010 Last Updated: September 22, 2010
While I may have voted for the Calming side of the discussion, it is in actual fact a difficult question
Created on: May 17, 2011
Can we stay away from the word calming? If your job is in a production environment, I don't thing calming
by Ryan Gray
Created on: February 14, 2008 Last Updated: November 14, 2009
As a college student I used to get irritated when someone nearby was "blasting" music while I was trying
Created on: June 23, 2009
Music is a part of life. That is the largest point one would like to make. In a debate like this,
Created on: July 21, 2009
First of all, I would say it depends on what kind of music is being played, and what kind of work environment
by Joel Blithe
Created on: March 24, 2008
Music is not only calming, but often it is absolutely necessary for reducing the stress of the work
by Tyler Gloe
Created on: May 05, 2010 Last Updated: May 06, 2010
With the ability to change the mood of nearly any situation, music can be an intriguing way to pass
by piglover
Created on: May 25, 2009
I find music to be very calming at work. However, I would guess that it would depend on what you do
Created on: June 13, 2009 Last Updated: August 28, 2009
Everybody's job is hard and for the majority of people, nobody wants to be at their job. Given the choice
by Emilie West
Created on: February 19, 2010 Last Updated: February 20, 2010
Imagine the brain looks like a bunch of wheels, spinning like a carrousel around their axles when thinking,
Created on: December 31, 2008
Like so many debates, this one is determined a great deal by each person's likes, dislikes, and policies
Created on: August 16, 2009
If you read medical literature or just watch "Grey's Anatomy," you know that the attending surgeon usually
Created on: July 23, 2009 Last Updated: July 24, 2009
For me music really does have a calming effect. When sitting at my desk for hours at a time I feel
Created on: March 16, 2008
IS LISTENING TO MUSIC AT WORK CALMING OR DISTRACTING?
I have always enjoyed listening to music and appreciate
by Archie
Created on: October 29, 2008 Last Updated: October 30, 2008
In a typical indoors, low key, busy workplace setting, oftentimes the only sounds to be heard are of
Distracting
by Barb Hopkins
Created on: May 21, 2008 Last Updated: February 15, 2009
I have always listened to music when I was working. Sometimes the music was piped in through the office
by Neil Dixon
Created on: January 18, 2008
We all love a bit of music to listen to during the day. A good song can lift our mood and has a direct
Created on: October 23, 2009
Listening to music while at work is usually far more distracting than calming because in most types
Created on: February 04, 2010 Last Updated: February 05, 2010
Man should not serve two masters. What is the relevance of this saying to my point in debating whether
Created on: April 22, 2009 Last Updated: July 27, 2011
I feel like a horrible old curmudgeon for saying this, but I find listening to music intensely distracting
by Erin Smyth
Created on: July 22, 2009 Last Updated: July 23, 2009
For years I thought that listening to music at work would be a definite plus. Sometimes during school
by Ryan Seah
Created on: January 17, 2010
Listening to music distracts the mind, that’s it.
For the purposes of the vaguely defined title,
Created on: April 03, 2009
Whether or not music is calming or disruptive while performing job duties depends largely on the worker's
Created on: March 13, 2008
They say that music is food for the soul. I do not totally disagree with this but then do we eat food
by Freddy Tay
Created on: July 19, 2009
I was then at my final year in my polytechnic. She chose her place and settled down shortly.
Out came
Created on: January 17, 2008
Just like cigarette smoke can irritate other people in an enclosed area, sound, even the wonderful sounds
Created on: August 16, 2009
The beat, beat, beat of the music continues to rattle in my head as I head down the hallway and toward
Created on: January 16, 2008
I have to admit that I had a hard time answering this question. But after careful consideration, and
Created on: January 26, 2009
Is listening to music at work calming or distracting? I will have to say, "Listening to music while
by Ian Black
Created on: November 12, 2008
When it comes to the working environment, you are there to work, not to listen to music. Music, even
by Emily Hall
Created on: January 26, 2009
Before you know whether listening to music at work is calming or distracting, you must first consider
by David Elder
Created on: January 17, 2008
At the risk of offending those people who find it difficult to spend a single hour without the accompaniment
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