Cookies, Gossip, Cubes: It's a Wonder Any Work Gets Done at the Office.

Focuses on distractions and interruptions in the office workplace that can impact output and production. Results of research conducted by Sue Weidemann, director of research at workplace consultant Bosti Associates in Buffalo (N.Y.), indicating several forms of distractions daily; Average length of time it takes a person to recover concentration from a distraction, resulting in wasted work time; Comments from several individuals regarding the interruptions of co-workers who often like to talk or tell stories.