I complain about the temperature in the office

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: saxophonoia

Originally posted by: PingSpike
I can't stand people who complain its cold...because cold is usually 68, or 72...PUT ON A SWEATER RETARD.

Is it just me, or is there a disproportionate number of women who lack the ability to maintain a healthy body temperature. Every freaking woman at my office has an electric space heater blowing on her legs and I'm in here sweating like a pig. Maybe if you ate something besides two kumkwats everyday your crap factory could produce more heat?

I dunno. I guess my hairy legs may also help to trap more heat.

yeah space heaters are popular with the women here too......i'll go to look at their pc's and they've got the space heater on when it's reasonable here in the office. Totally uncalled for.

I have sent out two company wide emails asking staff to stop running space heaters right next to their computers. I didn't think it was a good thing that a PC's case was hot to the touch.

 

[Dedpuhl]

Originally posted by: theGlove
maybe it might be 79 at the place you are sitting but i bet yours is just a fluke position

I found out that our building has six climate controlled sections. I happen to be in a section where one secretary claims it is freezing (75F is her definition of freezing). My boss told her to drop it immediately.

It feels great now at 72F.

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
68 is perfect...

Being too hot is the worst thing in the world. At least if you are cold, you can put a sweater on or something...

I agree. You shouldn't be sweating while sitting at your desk. But if it's really cold, wearing a sweater won't help keep your hands from getting cold. And typing with cold hands is not good.

I'd say the perfect office temp is 70. Unless you are allowed to wear shorts to work. Then 72-74 would be ok.

Being older and being female seem to be two traits that cause people to want it warmer. There is one woman who I have to help with our software occasionally. Her office is always like 85 degrees and she is sitting in there with a sweater. Luckily, it's a stand-alone office so nobody else has to be permanently subjected to those conditions.

 

[CRXican]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
72 is ideal. 79.5 would have me complaining as well.

that's for sure, I'm cooking in my cube right now, drinking this coffee isn't helping

 

[PliotronX]

This might have something to do with it. Personally I function better in the lower 70's, but hey, who can argue with statistics? :roll:

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: Dedpuhl

Originally posted by: theGlove
maybe it might be 79 at the place you are sitting but i bet yours is just a fluke position

I found out that our building has six climate controlled sections. I happen to be in a section where one secretary claims it is freezing (75F is her definition of freezing). My boss told her to drop it immediately.

It feels great now at 72F.

Yeah, one of the contract programmers who was here when I started use to complain about how cold it was all the time. Her definition of freezing was pretty much anything below 80. She talked about having a swimming pool at her house, but even in the middle of summer when it was 95 outside, she always said it wasn't warm enough to go swimming yet.

 

[liquidblue]

Originally posted by: PingSpike
I can't stand people who complain its cold...because cold is usually 68, or 72...PUT ON A SWEATER RETARD.

Is it just me, or is there a disproportionate number of women who lack the ability to maintain a healthy body temperature. Every freaking woman at my office has an electric space heater blowing on her legs and I'm in here sweating like a pig. Maybe if you ate something besides two kumkwats everyday your crap factory could produce more heat?
I dunno. I guess my hairy legs may also help to trap more heat.

lmao!

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: PliotronX
This might have something to do with it. Personally I function better in the lower 70's, but hey, who can argue with statistics? :roll:

I can.
Sure, you will type more accurately with warmer hands.
But at 77, you will also have a lot of unhappy employees sitting at their desks sweating. And that cannot be good for productivity. Unless of course, your business is simply a typing service.

 

[Elbryn]

my office has been running at 84F lately.. ac guys are looking into it. atm i have doorway open to much larger/cooler hallway and a fan blowing in.

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: saxophonoia

Originally posted by: PingSpike
I can't stand people who complain its cold...because cold is usually 68, or 72...PUT ON A SWEATER RETARD.

Is it just me, or is there a disproportionate number of women who lack the ability to maintain a healthy body temperature. Every freaking woman at my office has an electric space heater blowing on her legs and I'm in here sweating like a pig. Maybe if you ate something besides two kumkwats everyday your crap factory could produce more heat?

I dunno. I guess my hairy legs may also help to trap more heat.

yeah space heaters are popular with the women here too......i'll go to look at their pc's and they've got the space heater on when it's reasonable here in the office. Totally uncalled for.

I have sent out two company wide emails asking staff to stop running space heaters right next to their computers. I didn't think it was a good thing that a PC's case was hot to the touch.

I have heard that space heaters screw with the electrical signal on the circuit. I have never read anything about it, but it makes some sense. PCs are picky about their power, and I have seen 3 power supplies fail on a machine near a space heater. We removed the heater, and the supplies stopped failing.

Oh, and yes, lots of women use space heaters at all the offices I have worked in.