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Working in a factory or a field is definitely back-breaking labor, dangerous, equally hot and cold, and physically demanding. Traditionally, white-collar office jobs have been seen as cushy, easy, and pretty safe to such a degree that more and more people now work in front of a screen from a chair.

The result is that many of us are starting to learn the hidden dangers of an office, particularly in the summer. It’s not the hot sun that gets you, it’s the oppressive, ever-blowing air conditioning units. So enjoy this collection of officer workers lamenting the cold and be sure to upvote your favorites. 

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alfageeek Report

Susan Green
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s really nice though.

Me
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's almost everyone in our office. It's 106F outside and we're all wearing sweaters. The company gave everyone lap blankets for Christmas.

Cyber Returns
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Check your local labour laws as there are a lot of places that say if the temperature is below a certain point in an office environment, you can enforce a closure until the temperature problem is fixed

Rosie Red
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The skinny girls were always cold, but those of us with a little more meat on our bones were always hot.

Goose of the Ahonkalypse
Community Member
2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm cold regardless of the extra 40lbs I'm carrying. Actually the last work environment I was in all of us (7) different sized women were cold because 2 guys insisted on keeping the thermostat at 65 in the winter.

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ShyWahine
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2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Won't you be my neighbor?

Rebekah
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is exactly what everyone at my office does. We are all Mr Rodgers.

Michelle A
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me too. Even moreso in tje fall when i take off my jacker or coat and put on the office sweater

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dana2424
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i love this kisslove.space/dana2424

Amanda Hunter
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My boss was built like humpty dumpty and he'd access the AC and crank it way down. He'd ignore our protests. I end up wearing a winter coat and have to rub my hands together to stop them from going stiff.

Shara Kranz
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Scribbled on the wall of a cold basement classroom: "Many are cold, but few are frozen"....

Norman Beattie
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do you sing a little song and change into slippers as well ? :)

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    #2

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    mccanner Report

    Cyber Returns
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Therma-load. Going to and from a cold to heated environment repeatedly can be called Therma-loading

    Bec
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get in my car and the steering wheel is searing hot but it is so nice to be able to feel my fingers again!

    Me
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have walked for 10 minutes in 100F before I was thawed out.

    Justin Rogers
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try working Construction when it's snowing on you or raining sideways on you or 110° and you still have to bang nails. No ac or even shade or wet boots and cold tools

    Sara Wilson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to call it "thawing out"

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    Pheebs
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I run cold for my natural temp, and have been known to randomly walk outside just to stand in direct sunlight for a bit. Lizard baking is so nice after a freezing office.

    Anyone-for-tea?
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought this article was about it being too cold to work through natural temperatures, not because of AC! Doesn’t it make the heat harder to cope with if the outside and inside are two extremes of temperature? Surely AC should be enough just for it to be comfortable without sweating?

    David Paterson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My office is nicely warm, except on days where the outside temperature is 35 C plus. On 40 C days I walk outside and bask in the even hotter dry breeze coming off the air conditioner in order to warm up enough to go back in.

    Let's start with the good because, for the unaware, it might look like AC is the greatest scourge to the office worker. In reality, these units are actually pretty important for survival, for example, in the US, heatwaves statistically are one of the most dangerous weather patterns. Without modern technology or very specific building methods, we would have to spend most of the summer hiding from the heat instead of working or relaxing.

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    Similarly, AC is pretty important for maintaining clean and sterile air in places where that is vital for human health. In general, dampness is rarely a good thing, but hospitals absolutely need to make sure that transmissible diseases don’t just go from floor to floor, infecting every patient. People with allergies are also recommended to use AC at home to limit the risks of exposure. 

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    IntergalacticQ Report

    Phoenix
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's to mask the sensation of being in Hell.

    Rostit .
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It keeps those of us who are already dead from decomposing before Friday

    M.J.
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's called being preserved.

    Spittnimage
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To keep you awake...until hypothermia sets in.

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    WellingInKent Report

    Tee Rat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Start singing with your shawl covered friends and call yourself wrappers.

    K
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shawl, sweater, and a blanket… my bulky clothing and ridiculous garb in the heat of summer is my silent protest and prayer to the facility god that deemed tundra-level AC a best practice for work environments… have mercy on us

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    heathermhoover Report

    Elizabeth James
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Done that before, then you just hug the sheets of paper until all the warmth leaves them

    Silly-Rabbit
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! I feel this so much! I've worked in a hospital and have been known to walk to the cafeteria, get a styrofoam cup of hot water (usually reserved for tea) and take it back to my desk just to warm up my hands.

    BoredPamda
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked in a computer lab in undergrad and my coworker and I would both race to the back printer whenever someone printed something and fight over the warm paper

    Pheebs
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Building I worked in removed a whole bunch of walls to take one part of the building from tiny offices to open cube farm. Unfortunately, they didn’t think to then redo the AC vents in the ceiling to better distribute the air. One desk (mine!) had SEVEN vents directly above it. The building was set on 70-72 most days, unless someone got warm in the conference room 15’ from my desk and dropped the thermostat by me down lower. On a good day, the temp at my desk was 68. I had one of those car seat heater pad things on desk chair and TWO hoodies I had to layer, plus fingerless gloves. Hubs bought me a rechargeable hand warmer for the really bad days. I used to go stick my hands under hot water just to stop the pain in my hands and wrists. Plus I live someplace hot, so going outside was torture as I was dressed for much colder temps.

    Laura Gillette
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to heat up a mug of water in the microwave and hold it in my hands and everyone just thought I drank a lot of tea.

    PickledZucchini11
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm in this tweet and I don't like it...

    Me
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOL. I started drinking coffee and hot cocoa for that reason.

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    Now it’s pretty widespread and some areas would be close to unlivable without it. In the US, where AC has been around nearly everywhere since the 1970s, there are measurable demographic effects from its adoption. For example, the birth rate in spring used to be lower and heat-related deaths in summer used to be considerably higher. Particularly if one has an air-conditioned car, on an average day, you might only encounter the “real” weather when moving from a vehicle to a building. 

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    Jake B
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Won’t work. The last office I worked in had a fake one on the wall. I put it at 90, still 62 (Fahrenheit)

    Tee Rat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Talk about heated arguments.

    Murph
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The woman in charge of the thermostat in my office is post menopausal. FML.

    Midnightoil
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then take an outside job in the sun. You can always add a layer of clothing including long-johns, but people who are running hot can't take their skin off. Operating rooms are kept quite cold to inhibit transmissable diseases. We don't have 'Karens'. We just add a scrub jacket or long underwear if needed. No problems.

    RedMarbles
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does sharing (or joking about) the experience that you freeze in typical office settings make you a Karen? Totally get that ORs need to be cold and people who run hot can't continue to take things off, but I don't see anything wrong with commiserating if you're one of the ones who suffers from cold. Maybe I'm not objective, though, as someone who has sat in office environments in parkas and fingerless gloves. (BTW, I didn't downvote you).

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    Pink Princess
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    91 F is a rookie number. Call me when you get to 108

    Peaj
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not if humidity plays a factor! Which in Austin, it most certainly does! But I’m a desert girl, so 108° is more my jam anyway.

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    Brad Kacer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    91 ain't rookie if you live in Canada. We rarely get above 95, but that's not factoring in the humidex. I'm at the west end of Lake Ontario.

    Rahul Pawa
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wonder if she knows that it's pretty common for office thermostats to be fake.

    Katrina mills
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably 80% humidity. Austin heat can be miserable.

    Samsquatch
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell me when ya get to 41 Celsius and go to canadas wonderland outside for the entire day (yes i suffered the consequences at the end. Worth it.)

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    "Disembodied voice"
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know how to not be cold anymore: 1. Don't have body And you're done

    Matteic
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But then you never get to eat yummy foods again. That's a loss.

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    A. Starhawk Hunt
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Man had a parrot that liked to cuss, and he couldn't get to it to stop. So, frustrated one day, he grabs the parrot and shoves it in the freezer. He goes to take it out a little while later. Parrot looks at him and says "I'll be good, I promise!" Parrot then points a wing at a frozen turkey and says "What''d he do?"

    Vermonta
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It feels like you opened the oven door and walked in

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    Despite office workers almost universally freezing from the AC (and this includes me), the overall productivity throughout the last few decades has improved, with some studies indicating that escaping the heat has brought about roughly 24% improvements in efficiency. So at least bosses and managers have a reason to keep their employees in near-winter temperatures, as it does seem to motivate them to keep going. 

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    lydiadepillis Report

    Firstname Lastname
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People think I'm crazy for wearing a sweater during the summer at work, but my station is right next to the coldest source of air. Takes my body a short bit to defrost before the armpits start pooling sweat.

    Rostit .
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A few weeks ago I went around and closed/adjusted all the air vents to prevent this. I hope someone at your office can help you out the same way.

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    Samsquatch
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stick your fingers outside and keep your head inside

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    hannahmap Report

    brittany
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ive learned to keep a sweater with me regardless of how hot it is outside. its usually 66 or lower in the office

    Jennifer
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    F ing hospital. I wear long sleeves, long underwear and being a space heater. *I first wrote "space theater" and almost left it because how awesome.

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    BeeNasty_ Report

    Jake B
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Black sweater is code for ‘I need a parka and gloves for sub zero AC’

    Megalodon Meg
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have two black office sweaters currently on my chair and an effing space heater under my desk and it's July lol

    aubergine10003
    Community Member
    Premium
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOL I have a black cardigan for that very reason!

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    While warm temperatures might end up making a person sleepy, cold temperatures might make them lethargic. In theory, the cold could entice workers to move around a bit more to stay warm, but in an office setting, there is only so much one can do. Working at a computer, even very animatedly, is really just a lot of finger movements, while the rest of you remains motionless and still.

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    carolinebano Report

    Weirdo Axolotl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tbh I would love this bc I’m always hot.

    Lemme get the lemons
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same, I bring a portable fan and a spare occasionally to school because it gets so hot! Bare in mind this was only in spring

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    LeiLah
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So to torture women directly or indirectly...

    Z Alexi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most CEOs are still male in U.S. Most guys still wear suits. Suits, shirts [sometimes vests], ties become heavy & warm...so they cool the office for themselves. The hell w/women staff, their comfort isn't considered by selfish control freaks.

    Jennifer
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's also why Dan wears a shmedium t-shirt.

    I give up on society
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My guess is second one. Men are pigs and yes I'm a male . Still wrong

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    Susan Green
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always hate it in the summer when the office is freezing cold because they have the AC on high.

    Mary Mosher
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perhaps just take a sweater with you, and you can put it on if needed. I used to keep one just on the back of my chair.

    RedMarbles
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was never enough for me to simply put on a sweater. It required far more management than that and I still had to go run my hands under hot water in the bathroom periodically. I'm sure it's hard to believe for people for whom adding a sweater is the difference between being cold or not.

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    LeiLah
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to keep a pair of gloves at my desk. They only went 3/4 up my fingers so I could type and use mouse. They had a little flap pocket thing I could flip over my finger ends, making mittens, when on conference calls. This is how I prevented losing my fingers to frost bite. I live in SoFla, USA.

    LeiLah
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thankfully, we eventually got maintenance to come out to adjust the fully open, commercial vent... which was blowing directly on me... where I sat in my personal office... which was the size of a small closet... because it was formerly part of a true closet... which was never meant to be split (into to my office and a small closet)... which was located in a building of mostly large men... who work outside in garages all day... in South Florida... and needed to be able to come inside to cool down periodically.

    Gina Babe
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a space heater under my desk at my last office. I used to touch my foot with it I was so cold

    Benita Valdez
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could always change in the bathroom.

    Tee Rat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At work the break room is two completely different worlds. We walk out in shorts sweating from the heat talking to people in jackets and sweaters complaining about how cold it is. It's probably a good thing we've known each other for years.

    A. Starhawk Hunt
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am still wearing my big furry winter coat to work. I am sitting on it while I type this. It is July 1 in North Carolina

    Niki A
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a teacher, we aren't allowed to have blankets, heaters, thick coats etc. We also have no control over our classroom temperatures. So when it's cold we just get to suffer.

    Z Alexi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Teachers have unions...ask them to MOVE IT!

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    Deborah B
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bring your woolly tights in your purse and put them on in the ladies room, and keep a cardigan at your desk.

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    Tee Rat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Consistency so the misery can't escape.

    2x4b523p
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to work in a place like that. Barely any heating in winter and as soon as we got glimpse of spring the AC came on. I think the office manager had some disease when they don’t feel cold because he did not even wear a jacket when it was freezing outside. I sat there in my coat and hat all year long. Worst one was when I lived in very cold apartment for a year and the only time I felt warm through the winter was driving to/from work. It was depressing.

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    The result is that office workers have a strange dress code, where they might wear multiple layers of clothing, and bring a blanket and even thermoses just to maintain a certain body temperature while sitting in the middle of an urban environment. If one has to commute home, again, such as yours truly, this means being seriously overdressed compared to everyone else around you.

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    Samsquatch
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    @murdermittens if you are implying that climate change is not real then maybe visit canada

    MurderMittens
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    Because the climate change people don't actually give a poöp.

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    Annik Perrot
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WTF? Setting the (elecricity guzzling) AC so high that you need the (electricity guzzling) space heater. Something's not right there...

    Nicole Brookus
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every office I have had the misfortune to work in, at least half the staff is running space heaters under their desk. I don't know who the thermostat is set for, but it's not for humans.

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    Smiley MG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awe!!! The Wee little pilget

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    The only consolation is that one now knows, through the magic of the internet, that we aren’t insane for shivering in the middle of June, dreaming about warm beverages, and wrapping blankets around ourselves at work. At some point, one has to wonder if there is a more efficient way to cool an office while simultaneously not having all the staff compare whose breath is more frosty. 

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    ThatOnePortobelloMushroom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if you have anything that needs warming up you can put it outside

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    VourneenMcE Report

    Susan Green
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve done that many times.

    Happy Quokka
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Blasting AC is a status thing in Dubai.

    LillieMean
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    same. I understand that the air conditioning had to be cooler than usual due to the sensitive printing equipment. Photo and poster printer, for example, but in the summer I took off my woolen sweater and went outside in the warm summer air to warm up and take a creative break. Sometimes I considered wearing gloves when I felt like my fingers were freezing to the keyboard. It's a bit unfair, the men in the office were fine with a t-shirt, but the women were freezing even under layers of clothes.

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    xtineengels Report

    Sandella
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree. At home I can wear my oodie when it's cold, rather than freezing all day at work!

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    Pheebs
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m of the opinion they’re set for the one guy who is stocky, and sweats in any temp over water freezing. Or for the one person having a mother of all hot flashes. My stepdad used to keep the house freezing. I asked if he did that to control the amount of snow he wanted to see.

    Nelson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Former office temperature was controlled by alcoholic CFO who had the sweats everyday and set air conditioning to 60.

    Uncanny
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just wait til you’re no longer a ‘girl’ but a menopausal woman. You’ll be hugging the office aircon…and if you’re lucky, you’ll have worked there long enough that you get to decide what temp it’s set at. 😉

    Bec
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Men's professional dress includes a suit jacket

    The Short Lady
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know about young men, but the older ones wear a cotton tee shirt, a long sleeve shirt, a tie, and a suit, including jacket.

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    Cerridwn d'Wyse
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am one of those women that has that quote man's body unquote I really prefer the air conditioning on so I can be comfortable and I used to work with a bunch of women who even if you said it to 100 they were cold and it drove myself and a couple of the other women and the guys all insane we kept telling them put on another layer don't roast us

    John Legere
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A female body runs hotter than a males . When figuring for how much ac to put in a building using an a/c calculator it shows a man generates 80 btu and a woman 90 btu.

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    ClaireWayner Report

    Z Alexi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sleeveless dresses need to stay in the 1950s [when women were called "housewives" 'cuz guys thought they were married to the house]...they're hideous. No Upper Eastside event [mtg, party, dinner, dance, awards] has ever had a woman attendee in a sleeveless dress/blouse. Pants suits, pls; women marched for them in the '70s-'80s~~we couldn't wear them in jr h.s. or h.s.; some colleges would disallow...even after snagging JDs, judges wouldn't allow women to wear pants suits in "their" [taxpayer-funded] courtrms. Pelosi, Kamala, Hillary always wear pants suits. Guys can't put their hands up our dresses/skirts behind us walking up the stairs. [Yep, it's happened to 90% of women in Media Women group.]

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    PickledZucchini11
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ngl I look forward to sitting in my toasty car after work

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    mattlindner Report

    Jake B
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AI: snicker. They’ll never figure out it’s them

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    ThatFriendlyFox (she/her)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There’s ice in my veins. Litterally. My blood is frozen.

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    RandomEpiBioPerson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because you can always put on more clothes to get warmer, but people can only take off so many clothes to try and get cool, before they get fired.

    Nicole Englert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the dumbest reply and always the first thing out of people's mouths. If you expect people who are freezing to suck it up and deal, then people who are warm can do the same thing. Set the thermostat at a reasonable temp and let everyone adjust. When it is 20 degrees outside, you have the heat on set to 68-70. But when it is 80 degrees outside, you turn the AC to 60. Wait, what?? In the winter you keep it nearly 10 degrees warmer in the office. Yet in the summer all of a sudden you need it be 60.f-ing degrees?? How about the same temp all year long? When I worked office jobs I never had a separate winter and summer wardrobe. I had a winter wardrobe 12 months of the year.

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    Outgraygeous
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This! I never understood why it has to be sooo cold. Can't it just be cooler than outside?

    Skip62
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Got to move to keep warm. Can't be wasting company money by just sitting around and doing nothing.

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    Sandella
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a work jumper jacket thing, work hot water bottle, work scarf etc. All kept in my locker for every day use!

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    Bec
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a full sized knit throw on my chair, sweatshirt, fingerless gloves, and a mini space heater

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    Gg
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cold puts me right to sleep so I feel this in my soul

    Bec
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's made me unable to work

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    elonconomy Report

    Bec
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, warm those fingers on the hot steering wheel - heavenly

    Isaac Nemo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mr Teen Crypto.... elonconomy... Tesla... purging toxins... this post is such a huge red flag the bulls in Spain are getting riled up.

    Mrs S
    Community Member
    Premium
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Honda also.

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    Isaac Nemo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Edmonton, apparently this is a local thing Yeg is their airport code and they use yeg and yegwx as tags for posts about Edmonton (yeg) and local weather (yegwx).

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    Vermonta
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We used to bring heating pads

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    Benita Valdez
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We used to have an woman in AP who had the maintenance guy block the vent above her desk.

    Jake B
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Duct tape and trash bag. Do this after hours and use latex gloves leftover from Covid. Act surprised when they ask about the blocked vent.

    Bec
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My office is ina building that was completely open floor plan and then they built us tiny offices along the exterior - I thought it was gonna be so great to have a window. Nope, air blows constantly on me, on the cold window and on to me. I've literally been in tears some afternoons and there just isn't much they can do about it.

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    Jk
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That might be the hypothermia setting in

    David Gripon
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get it. I once worked in an office so cold, that I put my coffee in the fridge to stay warm longer.

    Apatheist Account2
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once asked my boss if he could find some time to talk about why our office was so draughty. He said "Of course - my door is always open..."

    Penguin Panda Pop
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope you truly are apathetic to the whims of popularity, because this needs more upvotes. Dad jokes for the win!

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    Z Alexi
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pls don't call yourself negative names...we have guys to do that to women [We've all heard mushrm-dik Trump demean women reporters at press conferences...& other places.].

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