Sounds of the Office

As I sit here drinking my cup of coffee (and by 'cup' here I mean my third or forth with at least one or two more still to come) I find myself amused by the sounds I am hearing. There is definitely an ebb and flow of loudness... right now the tapping of keyboards sound like crickets on a quiet evening. There is also the low murmuring of people talking on phones all over the place and the occasional phone ring can be startling (especially if there is someone who hasn't figured out how to turn the volume down yet!) Then suddenly there is a loud laugh and 20 people on the phone at the same time talking, coworkers pause in the isles to chat with each other about something outside of work and the printer starts printing a 400 page report. The wave of noise crashes on the shore and as it pulls back you can hear just the tittering of keyboards once again.