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Post by kathsherman on Jun 20, 2009 12:26:21 GMT -5
For several years, I have been struggling with the temperature of the air conditioner at work. I work/stand at the main reference desk of our local public library and a few of the newer workers have adjusted the thermometer to a lower temp.! One day last summer, the room was 66 degrees. Too cold!!! I try to dress in layers and consider others, but 72-74 degrees is appropriate for a public building. This summer, after speaking to the staff, I wrote to the "head librarian" and yesterday my boss had a sealed (lock/key) thermometer installed and sent an e-mail to all staff regarding the new installation. I have worked there since college and most understand my need to keep my hands and feet warm. I understand the newbies don't "get it" even after I have given them info regarding sclero. Can't they see my curly fingers ? I try not to complain but, enough is enough ....So, now, I am very comfy while helping my patrons ;D... Kathleen xo
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Post by Cubby on Jun 20, 2009 12:32:56 GMT -5
Hey, the answer to your question is that the NEWBIES don't get it. The YOUNGUNS as I call them, are clueless. Perhaps for their age, they should be. Were we like that???
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Post by deannagraham on Jun 20, 2009 12:58:30 GMT -5
Alas, rudeness, self service knows no bounds of age, sex, creed or national origin. It has been my experience, however, that big heavy people always complain about "its hot in here." I am very glad for you that your boss stopped the thermostat wars. I hate to be cold!
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Post by jeffn on Jun 20, 2009 18:23:56 GMT -5
For a public building or work place 72 - 74 is proper. Glad you won that one Kathleen. The lock should stop the fooling with the setting. 72 and dry should be fine for the vast majority. Somebody will always be too hot or too cold though. Everybody wants to be comfortable. I'm not sure its malice. Before I had SD when I was had AC running in my bedroom I always wanted to feel that it was working, as in really cool. Being in the northeast we don't live in AC all the time like many areas of the US maybe that is why I used to like to really feel it the few time I had it running. When I go to my inlaws house and it is 80 outside and they have every door and window closed because its "cold", they are in their eighties and no AC, hot and still in there. I understand but still don't like it but it is what they need and it is their house. I'm fortunate in that once it hits the 60s I am usually ok with the Raynauds but I know many are not.
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Post by kathsherman on Jun 20, 2009 19:02:40 GMT -5
Thanks guys....I believe the majority of our staff is perfectly content with a base temp. of 72. Eventhough 66 degrees doesn't seem too cold, our library cools quickly and feels like a tomb.....I also understand that some folks get warm (here, NY in the summer) and blast the AC, but I'm so glad we will be at a moderate temp this year and hopefully comfortable for everyone. I haven't had an ulcer in years and want to avoid them at all cost...I remember the PAIN.
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Post by jeffn on Jun 20, 2009 19:12:05 GMT -5
Its all those damp old books making it seem colder than it is. ;D
Stay warm!! No ulcers!!
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Post by littlered on Jun 20, 2009 21:48:45 GMT -5
Kathleen, My office has a war of heat & cold. The manager put a "lock box" on the controls and is the only one to change the temps. But some coworkers complain but they are also the ones that complain about a lot more than hot & cold. congrats on winning this one Little Red
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Post by steve201 on Jun 21, 2009 9:19:31 GMT -5
I work in a huge 6 story building where ...believe it or not..doesn't have an ac system..it has air...but no heat..they rely on people's body heat to raise the temp......I have 2 or 3 vents over me and I get cold...my desk mate and I both are older and freezing our butts off...so....I got a couple of heaters...I have one at my feet that I crank up and it keeps me warm...I also have learned to dress in layers.....even in the summer the building can get cold...so...for you to get the boss to put a lock on the thermostat is great.....glad your comfortable but you could have also gotten or had the office get you a heater if your sitting at a desk all the time....
glad it worked out for you...some people just don't understand what is going on with us....my boss will walk by and ask why it's so warm in our area....when I tell him I have this disease..he gets the blank deer in the headlights look...of course he understands my diabete's....
Steve
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Post by ndpblake on Jun 21, 2009 9:43:11 GMT -5
It's 78 degrees for me and my husband even when I was young and healthy, and 60 degrees for my son. I thought 78 deg. was the recommended temp. by our electric utility company to save energy, but maybe not. Even at 72-74 degrees, to me, is freezing and an energy gobbler. However, I like the swimming pool at 88 degrees. That takes a lot of energy!
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