Had to pick between sitting in silence or listening to my coworker's podcast recommendations

I work in a cubicle farm processing insurance claims, eight hours a day of staring at spreadsheets. My coworker Janet kept pushing her true crime podcasts on me, saying they make the day fly by. I finally gave in after a week and tried one about a guy who faked his own death in 1999. It was thirty minutes of ads and the narrator sounded like he was reading a grocery list. I went back to silence the next day, just the hum of the AC and my keyboard clicks. Honestly, silence is better because at least I can hear myself think about what I'm making for dinner. Has anyone else found that podcasts just add more noise to an already boring job?

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garcia.casey2d ago

That podcast narrator sounds painfully dry.

mark61113h ago

Is it the monotone voice or just bad writing?