Its massage day here at the office. They pay to bring in two massage therapists, and you get to sign up for a complimentary 20-minute session. Its great. The room is all dark, and there’s one of those weird nature CD’s that Target always has on display — the one that some kid will always go push play on, driving everyone in the store nuts when the sounds of frogs and water and hippos come out of the speakers.
And today, believe it or not, one of the therapists didn’t bring a CD player. So they put out an All-Points-Bulletin for someone to give up their desk stereo for the day. Problem is, there’s only a handful of us who actually have a CD player. Most people are too serious to listen to music at their desk, or have to concentrate too hard to let music interrupt their train of thought.
I’m a graphic designer. Its not physically possible for me to work without music. I’ll fall asleep if the sounds of Rico Suave by Gerardo are not providing the background soundtrack for my day.

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