I work in a small office. We have our own space, but the setup is open - we don't have complete walls or doors. I call them glorified partitions. I always have a ton of paperwork to do and try very much to avoid office female groupie stuff. I don't have time to goof off and I'm pretty sure my boss expects us to act like grownups in his absence.
So the boss and the office manager are not here today, it's me, two other regular ladies, and one other lady (who normally does not work in the office) doing prep for a new store we are opening. The 3 of them are buddies and for the last 2 1/2 hours have been yelling to each other back and forth across the office. The non-office lady needs help using the computer, so there is that yelling, followed by a lot of giggling. And she talks to herself very loudly about what she is doing, like everyone else in the office needs to hear it. And she is saying constantly - you must think I'm an idiot. Umm...yes, I do.
I have a radio station on, am partially hard of hearing, and still having difficulty tuning them out. Two of the women are 51+, the other, mid-30s, but today are acting like high schoolers. And everyone wonders why I prefer to work Fridays when none of them are here.