It's cold as heck here....
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pbrayWell, actually, we're expecting another day of near-record heat outside. But indoors it's so cold that I'm wearing a sweater and preparing to don a fleece jacket. Yesterday my fingers were so cramped with cold it was hard to type.
Yes, this is the stereotype of the American office building. There isn't a thermostat anywhere to be found, instead we're stuck with the building settings which is supposedly more efficient than allowing individual thermostats.
I've already closed off the A/C vents in my office, to minimal effect.
When I thought about the downsides of being forced to move out of the old building into this one, I'll admit I never gave a thought to the A/C. Putting up with the paint & construction setting off my allergies, yes. Sad to give up a window office for a windowless box, yes. But I didn't expect to freeze.
There's some hope that when this floor is fully populated with people and their computers that this will generate enough heat to offset some of the A/C. Otherwise, I'm getting a space heater. I'll apologize to the planet for the environmental absurdity of it, but I can't work if my fingers are numb.
Yes, this is the stereotype of the American office building. There isn't a thermostat anywhere to be found, instead we're stuck with the building settings which is supposedly more efficient than allowing individual thermostats.
I've already closed off the A/C vents in my office, to minimal effect.
When I thought about the downsides of being forced to move out of the old building into this one, I'll admit I never gave a thought to the A/C. Putting up with the paint & construction setting off my allergies, yes. Sad to give up a window office for a windowless box, yes. But I didn't expect to freeze.
There's some hope that when this floor is fully populated with people and their computers that this will generate enough heat to offset some of the A/C. Otherwise, I'm getting a space heater. I'll apologize to the planet for the environmental absurdity of it, but I can't work if my fingers are numb.
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Date: 2007-06-28 12:49 am (UTC)Our building is just awful -- the story is that someone dared someone else to put up a building in X weeks on X $$, and it shows :^P. (OTOH, the university let us use it rent free.)