Earphones may be best way to handle moaning co-worker

DEAR ABBY: I work in a cubicle in close proximity to my co-workers. I can’t help but hear everything. A co-worker who sits next to me is driving me crazy. She spells her name wrong to customers every day, 20 times a day. She also makes seductive moans during the day. I almost want to peek over the cubicle to see what she’s doing.

When I have mentioned to her that perhaps she must spell her name so often to customers because she’s spelling it wrong in the first place, her retort is, “No, I don’t!” Everyone in the office can hear her, too. They think it’s funny.

Abby, she’s making me crazy. Should I record her for a few hours and play it back? Unless I do, she won’t believe she does it. By the end of the week, I can hardly speak to her. Please help. — TORTURED IN ORANGE, CALIF.

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