Does this say something about your Typical American:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/12/30/google-got-it-wrong-the-open-office-trend-is-destroying-the-workplace/?wpisrc=nl_az_most
Don't get me wrong, I love my country but I'm not sure about your TA who plays his music too loud at night outside or with the window open, loose dogs barking all day, phone forever to ear, even when driving.....
....TAATNE who rides your bumper or misinterprets almost any posting for the worst....
Etc etc