In a ten-minute span at work today I witnessed:

1. A coworker practicing his chip shots with full, shoulder-high swings of a pitching wedge.

2. Another coworker doing her hair—with a hair dryer—at her desk.

We sit in an open-plan office. Both of these activities occurred within six feet of my seat while I tried to meet a Friday deadline for a client.

And one wonders why I pine for a door.