where I let some of it out

How did it go? By lunchtime, having used my headphones at least half of the time, I knew my friends and foes at the office. Friends mind their own business. Foes make me want to scream YOUR ASSERTIVENESS IS IN GREAT DANGER OF TRIPPING ON MY ASSERTIVENESS, YOU $*%^. As merry as any other office, you might conclude. The benefit: some 200 people use it, but only about 50 at a time, so there's a welcomed likelihood of not coming across them $*%^ too often. Much like the final years of university