Why does my office building have to feel like a meat locker? I swear they still have the air conditioning on as it’s about 5 degrees colder than it is outside. Everyone walks around with little fleece blankets draped around their shoulders like capes and there are a few with space-heaters on in their cubes.
I’m wearing a sweater and yet my nips are so hard they could probably cut glass.
— Brrrrr!
This article appears in Oct 1-7, 2009.
Are you a girl? Because if so WOOOOO. If not then UGH.
Is the controller of the air conditioning a man?
‘my nips are so hard they could probably cut glass’
That’s why.
We had the same issue in our office for awhile. Even tried the space heater, until it tripped a breaker. Now they finally shut the air conditioning off, but it seems they turned on the heat. Can’t win!
I think we work in the same office! I don’t even bother wearing blouses anymore because I end up with a sweater and a small blanket wrapped around me.
Sounds like you need to slap a couple of sanitary napkins over your razor nips.
Brrrrrrrrrr…it’s everywhere! To go shopping one needs to bring a sweater! The bank, theatres, offices, etc…they all set the air conditioning to the max whether it is necessary or not. Air conditioners should have thermostats instead of running non-stop. I hate air conditioning! It’s bad enough freezing all winter without it being forced on us when it’s not winter.
its just the time of year yesterday it was nice and warm, today its cold and shitty, the HVAC just can’t keep up, BUT if they turn it up and down every day that will make it much much worse. I usually try and bump it up a degree or so every week when the weather starts to cool off.
Hey Yorke, yes the OP is likely a woman. When was the last time that you heard a guy complaining that it’s too cold in the office? Hmmm, guy wears long wool pants, socks, closed toe shoes, long sleeved shirt, wool suit jacket and tie. Girl wears sleeveless silk top, short skirt and open toed shoes. Something has to give…she’s dressed like it’s friggin the Carribean or something.
You wear sweaters in the Caribbean?
Good un, Mole Rat = )
I have to opposite issue at my work – the air circulation is turned off and it is so stuffy you could nod off…..I take a bit of chill any day
OceanLady, you took the words right out of my mouth. These places need to learn that there’s a difference between cooling a place so that it’s not as hot as outside, and freezing us out so that we require a sweater or jacket in the middle of the summer. Summer should not require heavy clothing.
Commoner: That’s a sexist, blanket statement. Do you wear wool pants and jacket in the summer? Probably not and if you do, you have other problems to think about. I’m not going to dress in winter clothes in the summer just because some fool thinks that turning the AC to 10 degrees is a good idea.
The OP is talking about this time of year and not summer, I know, but the point is, the AC should not be cranked to that cold.
Commoner – holy shit, some women dress appropriately for work. Weird, right?
Now I’m gonna blow your mind: I own multiple pairs of wool slacks (gasp!) and (shock!) jackets! And I’m a woman! And I wear them all year round and I’m still freezing in this over-air conditioned cubicle village.
Crazy!
Amen TDF!
Commoner: You are not sexist. It is true that women are always complaining about the temperature. I am a women and I control the heat/air conditioning in our office. I have been here for 10 years, and I have only ever had 1 temperature complaint from a male worker. I get several each week from the female workers. There is definitely something going on here.
Turts:
That has to do with the differences between men and women and how our bodies control temperatures, it’s got nothing to do with what we’re wearing. To suggest that all women are running around their offices in minimal clothing, is sexist and ridiculous, and not true. What kind of office do you work in that the women are dressed that way?
Here’s an article on it, it’s a little dry, but it gets the point across http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_…
that must be one fun place to work at. down er’ down another 5 degrees janitor, i still can’t see miss bigasses nips. what a fucking cold bitch, this is, nyuk, nyuk.
oh and by the way, the sight of a woman’s nipples sticking out s sexy to a lot of us horny guys. i want to go to work there.
I have often wondered if the set of the show “Friends” was cold all the time? Ever notice Jennifer Anniston’s nips? She ccan have a wool sweater on and you can still see them! Then again, maybe she is just thinking about me 🙂