Everyone faces noisy, obnoxious coworkers at some time during their working career. If you have done as much as you can to politely get them to stop, it may be necessary to get a little bit more creative, or possibly to get help from someone else. You may find that something like a comical gesture is surprisingly able to get the noisy coworker to realize that they are annoying you.

If your colleague hums, whistles or sings badly to himself or herself throughout the workday, you can do several things to block it out. You can just attempt to ignore it altogether, raise the volume on your radio, or buy yourself a set of earphones to eliminate the awful, distracting noise coming from his or her direction.

If that will not work and you know of other people who cannot stand the noisy coworker, try something else that everybody can participate in. Something funny that would do the trick would be to write up a petition to have them stop, have everyone sign it, and post it on his or her computer screen for when they return.

A problem solving method for a noisy coworker could be a petition filed as a collaborative group. It helps because it prevents you from being singled out as the only reason for your coworker to stop irritating noise. This way the coworker will not get annoyed with you and a friendly atmosphere can be maintained in the office. It will be quite amusing to see the reaction of the coworker.

If you are irritated by the sound of typing, telephone conversation, copiers, and other noises around the office, you do have the temporary option of unplugging the offending machines. If this is not a practical option, you may want to try moving your belongings to a quieter location or to an office basement. When people see that the noise is really bothering you, they'll try to correct the problem.

You can find creative solutions to the problems posed by noise in your office, whether it comes from a single employee or the combination of general office sounds. There are many humorous ways to make it clear that noise is a problem that needs to be dealt with, without being grossly insulting.

Encounters with less than amicable coworkers are inevitable, but you will still have to cope with them on some level. There are a couple of ways to silence a coworker who insists on whistling or singing through the work day. You can start by simply ignoring coworker by bringing your own music, or by using head phones. If other people agree that Annoying coworkers in the office cannot be allowed to keep disrupting people: everyone could sign a petition to stop them. So if you have problems with a Noisy Coworker or just the general Office Noise associated with work, then get creative to get your point across.