I finally learned my lesson about bringing a laptop to a noisy cafe in Portland

I spent six months at a busy Starbucks in downtown Portland, thinking the white noise helped me focus, until my boss called out a typo in my code that cost us a deadline. Turned out the constant chatter and clanking were making me rush through my work without catching mistakes. Has anyone else had trouble realizing their favorite spot was actually hurting their productivity?

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the_lisa22d ago

Maybe the issue isn't the noise itself but the kind of noise. A cafe with music and soft hum might work better than one with loud conversations and dishes clattering.

juliawalker22d ago

Yeah, "soft hum" is key... had a friend who walked out of a place because the dishes were just too loud.