The air-con wars
Dec 3rd 2006 | 11:28 pm
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Re: The air-con wars
Originally Posted by artep
Hiya peeps
I've not been on here for a bit...so hi again to all who may or may not know me!!
Right, back to why I've put a thread up:
Anyone else having a bloody (almost literally) battle at work over the air con? A girl I work with insists on having the aircon up at at least 26 degrees...I sweat like a P.I.G (conjures up an unpleasant image, I know) It's a constant battle...I tweak it down a degree or two and she cranks it up every chance she gets...and whinges she's cold all the time!! It doesn't help that she's as skinny as a bloody pipe cleaner tho and therefore has no 'meat' to keep her warm.
I'm half thinking most of it is just a 'I've been here longer than you, so I'm in charge of the aircon' sort of thing.
Anyone else doing battle??
I've not been on here for a bit...so hi again to all who may or may not know me!!
Right, back to why I've put a thread up:
Anyone else having a bloody (almost literally) battle at work over the air con? A girl I work with insists on having the aircon up at at least 26 degrees...I sweat like a P.I.G (conjures up an unpleasant image, I know) It's a constant battle...I tweak it down a degree or two and she cranks it up every chance she gets...and whinges she's cold all the time!! It doesn't help that she's as skinny as a bloody pipe cleaner tho and therefore has no 'meat' to keep her warm.
I'm half thinking most of it is just a 'I've been here longer than you, so I'm in charge of the aircon' sort of thing.
Anyone else doing battle??
...i think air-con in shops and offices is freezing actually.I used to always turn it up as i am a cold person too..
I'm with the other woman on this i'm afraid.
You'll have to sweat this one out
Dec 3rd 2006 | 11:33 pm
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Re: The air-con wars
Originally Posted by paulrachel
wear less clothes for work then ...i think air-con in shops and offices is freezing actually.
I used to always turn it up as i am a cold person too..
I'm with the other woman on this i'm afraid.
You'll have to sweat this one out
...i think air-con in shops and offices is freezing actually.I used to always turn it up as i am a cold person too..
I'm with the other woman on this i'm afraid.
You'll have to sweat this one out
I wear trousers or a skirt and a short sleeved cotton shirt for work each day...in a professional environment you can't really wear shorts each day, so I'm wearing as little & as light clothes as I can get away with.
As martinw01908 said, you can always put a layer on but you can't really sit in an office naked!!
Dec 3rd 2006 | 11:42 pm
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Re: The air-con wars
Originally Posted by artep
Well me an one of my other co-workers sorted it....hehehehehe
We basically took the dial off the front the control while she was on lunch and moved it round a bit so it registers warmer than it actually is. We've only done it by a degree or so, so she shouldn't notice
.......well she didn't this afternoon!!!
We basically took the dial off the front the control while she was on lunch and moved it round a bit so it registers warmer than it actually is. We've only done it by a degree or so, so she shouldn't notice
.......well she didn't this afternoon!!!
Dec 3rd 2006 | 11:44 pm
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Re: The air-con wars
Originally Posted by artep
You can't generalise about temps in offices and shops saying they're *freezing* as places differ depending on what the temp is set to.....they're not universal.
I wear trousers or a skirt and a short sleeved cotton shirt for work each day...in a professional environment you can't really wear shorts each day, so I'm wearing as little & as light clothes as I can get away with.
As martinw01908 said, you can always put a layer on but you can't really sit in an office naked!!
I wear trousers or a skirt and a short sleeved cotton shirt for work each day...in a professional environment you can't really wear shorts each day, so I'm wearing as little & as light clothes as I can get away with.
As martinw01908 said, you can always put a layer on but you can't really sit in an office naked!!
please don't go naked!!i just like to be warm,
Take a jumper into work for her then
Dec 3rd 2006 | 11:51 pm
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Re: The air-con wars
Originally Posted by paulrachel
of course not please don't go naked!!
i just like to be warm,
Take a jumper into work for her then
please don't go naked!!i just like to be warm,
Take a jumper into work for her then
Yea I reckon I should take her a jumper....actually it would help if she actually ate something too. She's about 5'8" and weighs about 50kgs at the most. Now that's not a dig at skinny people before everyone jumps down my throat...it's just an observation...maybe if she ate more she'd feel a bit healthier.
Dec 4th 2006 | 6:49 am
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Re: The air-con wars
Originally Posted by artep
You can't generalise about temps in offices and shops saying they're *freezing* as places differ depending on what the temp is set to.....they're not universal.
I wear trousers or a skirt and a short sleeved cotton shirt for work each day...in a professional environment you can't really wear shorts each day, so I'm wearing as little & as light clothes as I can get away with.
As martinw01908 said, you can always put a layer on but you can't really sit in an office naked!!
I wear trousers or a skirt and a short sleeved cotton shirt for work each day...in a professional environment you can't really wear shorts each day, so I'm wearing as little & as light clothes as I can get away with.
As martinw01908 said, you can always put a layer on but you can't really sit in an office naked!!
Simplest solution is to put all the hot people in one office and all the colds in another, the two just don't mix.
Dec 4th 2006 | 7:03 am
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Re: The air-con wars
Originally Posted by artep
Hiya peeps
I've not been on here for a bit...so hi again to all who may or may not know me!!
Right, back to why I've put a thread up:
Anyone else having a bloody (almost literally) battle at work over the air con? A girl I work with insists on having the aircon up at at least 26 degrees...I sweat like a P.I.G (conjures up an unpleasant image, I know) It's a constant battle...I tweak it down a degree or two and she cranks it up every chance she gets...and whinges she's cold all the time!! It doesn't help that she's as skinny as a bloody pipe cleaner tho and therefore has no 'meat' to keep her warm.
I'm half thinking most of it is just a 'I've been here longer than you, so I'm in charge of the aircon' sort of thing.
Anyone else doing battle??
I've not been on here for a bit...so hi again to all who may or may not know me!!
Right, back to why I've put a thread up:
Anyone else having a bloody (almost literally) battle at work over the air con? A girl I work with insists on having the aircon up at at least 26 degrees...I sweat like a P.I.G (conjures up an unpleasant image, I know) It's a constant battle...I tweak it down a degree or two and she cranks it up every chance she gets...and whinges she's cold all the time!! It doesn't help that she's as skinny as a bloody pipe cleaner tho and therefore has no 'meat' to keep her warm.
I'm half thinking most of it is just a 'I've been here longer than you, so I'm in charge of the aircon' sort of thing.
Anyone else doing battle??
People are too cold,then too hot,you spend ages sorting it out and you walk no more than 5 feet and some buggers altering the wall stats!!!
We then made them tamperproof and within a few days we got calls that our stats had FELL off the wall.
Now anyone who smokes must go outside to a bus shelter type thingy and in this weather(wet East Kilbride),none of the complainers seem to moan when they want a fag in their mouths!
Dec 4th 2006 | 8:55 pm
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Re: The air-con wars
Okay, slightly disgusting but....
Make sure that on a really hot day, you go in without deodorant and don't have a shower and then make sure you hang around her all day and complain about the heat. If she doesn't have a problem with you by the end of the day, she will need her nose sorted out.
Make sure that on a really hot day, you go in without deodorant and don't have a shower and then make sure you hang around her all day and complain about the heat. If she doesn't have a problem with you by the end of the day, she will need her nose sorted out.
Dec 4th 2006 | 10:19 pm
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Re: The air-con wars
Originally Posted by annqldau
Normal people go to work dressed for the given temperature on that day so they wouldn't be carrying around extra clothing in case some nugget at work suddenly decides to turn the place into a fridge... :scared:
I don't WANT to turn the place into a bleedin' fridge!!! I just want to be comfortable at work. You can't tell me that working in an office where the temp is set to 26 degrees is acceptable OR comfortable.
