Dear Bob ...I liked your column, "Office biogeography," (Keep the Joint Running, 2/26/2007). I appreciate that you covered the topic of workspace from the perspective of setting a physical environment to help people and teams to accomplish a desired function or goal.What I don't understand (as far as my company goes) is why everyone has to be treated the same to the point where everyone gets the same low-wall (3 Dear Bob …I liked your column, “Office biogeography,” (Keep the Joint Running, 2/26/2007). I appreciate that you covered the topic of workspace from the perspective of setting a physical environment to help people and teams to accomplish a desired function or goal.What I don’t understand (as far as my company goes) is why everyone has to be treated the same to the point where everyone gets the same low-wall (30 inch) cubicle regardless of job function and therefore the people who really need to extra privacy for big-thinking heavy-concentrating activities are subjected to the whim of any coworker who wants to interrupt. – CubicizedDear Cubicized …The answer is, I think, obvious: Many business executives think treating everyone fairly and treating them equally are the same. Maybe it isn’t quite that. Sometimes they treat everyone the same to cut down on the time they have to invest dealing with griping: If everyone gets the same-size cubical with the same walls, furnishings and so on, then it’s the company standard and everyone understands there’s no point arguing about it. Tailor workspaces to work requirements and those who get less will pressure their managers to give them the same dual monitor Mac that Marv in Marketing gets to use.It’s logic akin to the reason many companies institute restrictive dress codes.I’m sympathetic to your issue with interruptions. Much to my astonishment I find I haven’t written about this subject yet. It’s strange, since with some clients we’ve spent considerable energy trying to address the issue. I’ve added it to my to-write list. Thanks.– Bob Technology Industry