Nobody talks to me, so when we are in the break room at work waiting for the event to be over, which can be sometimes hours, they'll all talk and joke, and I'll close my eyes, and turn on something on my iPod to try to drown it out, but I have to keep half an ear open in case they tell me to do something. I usually wind up listening, not out of malicious intent, but it seems to always be just above what I can manage on the volume on my iPod. I've noticed that people get mad at me for listening, and I don't understand. I don't even know how not to listen when it's all I can hear anyway. How do you tune out things like people talking when you can't avoid it?