Words fail.
This is an east coast humidity phenomenon, mostly. It drives me crazy. There has to be better ways to cut humidity than sitting in a room that is 48 degrees.
I always heard that women had an extra layer of fat on them. But they are always complaining of the cold.
They could do what I did and dress in layers. I put on or took off my jacket or vest as needed. I also did not wear clothing more suited for the beach then the office.
And the victims of ISIS and Boko Haram whine and complain, like the whiners and complainers they are, while there is real suffering going on in DC.
Wow.
Soon we'll get "the lecture" about wasting energy from those enamored with global climate change.
Learn to live without your sweater girls!!
It’s a trick to get the womens’ nips showing.
My wife and I have issues over the temp in the house. Cold blooded women. That’s the issue.
Because it’s easier to add clothing than to subtract it...
Silly.
Frigid women used to be seen as a big problem. That was long ago, before they heard Helen Reddy ROAR!
Microaggressions against women. As evil as man-spreading, I tell ya. I never knew how victimized I’ve been over the years.
A man in a 3 piece wool suit in the same office as a woman with a short sleeveless summer dress. The man complains it’s too hot and the woman complains it’s too cold.
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Blacks will fight over too cold an AC or too low a heater
White males and I guess Eskimos
Unite!
Man-Cooling!
How sexist. lol
Set the thermostat to MANLY!
I’ve been dealing with this for years. My theory is that most office buildings have one master thermostat that controls the entire building, or a maybe a few that control entire floors. The thermostats in individual offices are almost entirely cosmetic—they’re there to make the occupants feel like they have some control. The master thermostat is controlled by the building maintenance guy. This guy is on his feet all day, doing a lot of manual work to keep the building running. He works up a sweat and sets the master thermostat to a temperature that makes sense to him. As a result, a lot of the sedentary office dwellers get cold.
I get cold in the office, and my solution is a sweater and a space heater. So long as they don’t try to take away my heater, I’ll get along just fine.
There’s no need to turn this into a drama about sexism. Just deal with it.
LOL! I’m sitting here with a cardigan on. I’m working in the basement of our building. For some reason, it always gets colder down here in the afternoon.
FINALLY
I’ve had to suffer for years when I go into a building where fat women with their bellies sticking over the top of their short shorts will say Oooo doesn’t this cool air feel GOOOOOOOOD” even though its turning me blue with icicles hanging from my numb nose...
I carry a jacket or sweater with me in the car in 80 degree weather for just that reason..