Why can't I get any work done with my pet around?
Pets demanding constant attention right next to your workspace make it impossible to accomplish anything. When family members or roommates also treat your room as a hangout space, the constant interruptions prevent you from focusing on your tasks.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1quitting the job
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
Where this came up
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