Sitting in an open-plan office lets you know that you're not "worth it". That you're not respected. And you're way too distracted to actually get much done. So you zone out with music, watch YouTube, hang out on HN, etc.
And then, because you're not productive, you're condemned to an open-plan future :(
Every person I work with daily could work at a place with a private office if they wanted.
Hell, I'm pretty sure if they asked seriously for a private office, the company would jump over itself to make it happen.
If you need to do passive aggressive stuff like refuse to work because you're in an open office that's rather unfortunate, a lot of very successful, productive, people work in open offices.
Sitting in an open-plan office lets you know that you're not "worth it". That you're not respected. And you're way too distracted to actually get much done. So you zone out with music, watch YouTube, hang out on HN, etc.
And then, because you're not productive, you're condemned to an open-plan future :(