Is your office cold?

[EsmeraldaX]

....because mine is freezing.

All summer I have to wear heavy winter sweaters and boots and long pants just to avoid shivering.

Today It's going to be upper 70's out and I made the mistake of wearing a long skirt , light top and a cardigan. With open toed sandals. What a mistake!

I'm freezing!



How anyone can be comfortable in this is beyond me. Everyone else in my group is cold too (except one woman who is always hot and sweating even in the dead of winter).

They say they can't do anything because it's the building management that controls the temp. ; not the actual companies.

Brrrrrr.....

 

[stinkerbelle]

the AC doesn't kick on until...oh yes...right now.

I have a heater under my desk...yes, I've been known to crank it up on 90+ degree days...cause it's THAT cold in here.

But i always keep a sweater at my desk - 3 actually...2 in my desk, on one me.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

I am considering bringing in a space heater but they are technically not allowed.

But I need something. I wouldn't mind dressing in heavy winter clothes except I have a long commute and it seems silly to have to change when I come in and when I leave, not to mention to go out at lunch!

I wish I had a window to open and let in some

 

[Trish Bessette]

Mine is the same

I am so cold it is not funny. I look like a crazy person in the summer coming in with a sweater in my arms

It is suppose to hit 80 today and when I walked in to work at 8 a.m. it already had the air conditioning going.

Oooh...maybe I can call in sick and blame it on the cold work conditions

 

[tkyes]

I'm usually a little chilly in my office. I often have my coat on for the entire day. I love when people ask "are you cold?" um, no actually I'm really hot, do you think taking off my coat might help?

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Yep it's freezing in here. I have to dress for my "office weather" rather than the temperature outdoor. It makes lunchtime interesting when I run errands and it is 90 degrees out, like today.

 

[gallaj0]

As one of the unfornate people who work in building services, I hear complaints like that all the time. In my building, we keep the temp set at 72 degrees year round, which has been determined to be the best temp for the most people. There are people who thin that's too cold, but also as many who think it's too hot.

Check your area to see if there are any vents blowing down towards you; the air temp coming right out of the vents is usually around 60-65 degrees; moving you seat could make a difference. If you can't move, most vents are adjustable, and can direct the air in a different direction, or even be individually shut off.

To people who bring in heaters for under your desk; please don't. By running a heater while the air conditioning is on, you are actually fooling the thermostat into thinking it is warmer than it is, and the AC will run that much longer, if not all the time.

There are many things that effect how people percieve the air temp; the two big ones are body wieght, and smoking. having low amounts of body fat, adn especially during a diet, you feel much colder than you would normally, or with more body fat.
And smoking is horrible for blood circulation, especially into the hands and feet, they will feel colder than normal, especially right after a smoke; nicotine constricts the blood vessels.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Originally posted by Miss Jasmine
Yep it's freezing in here. I have to dress for my "office weather" rather than the temperature outdoor. It makes lunchtime interesting when I run errands and it is 90 degrees out, like today.

Thats how it was for me the other day. It was up around 85 and I was going out to lunch and I had to walk oustide for about 15 minutes to get there wearing a winter sweater, long courdoroy pants and heavy winter hiking boots.

I don't understand how we can have the technology to send IMs to the next floor, process billions of peices of data in miliseconds, coordinate shipments to get out same day etc. but we can not figure out how to regulate office temperatures!

 

[TEENEE]

It's freezing in out office too. Chrissi Pooh and I keep sweaters and blankets at our desks. She even has fuzzy slippers. Our companies logic is that that cool temperatures will keep the cold viruses under control. There may be some truth to their theory. Many companies and schools around here fought with flu bugs over the winter but we didn't really have a problem with it.

 

[stinkerbelle]

also - most people get cold right after lunch - all the blood is going to their tummies for digestive purposes.

I actually have a "cathy" comic up in my cube that depicts the "office temp" situation (i know - so sad...such a cliche...a cathy comic)

anyway - women generally dress 'lighter' in the summer - capris, sandles/mules, lighter shirts...men wear the same thing year round - so they generally don't get as cold.

And - I'm sorry - but if I didn't have my heater - I wouldn't be able to concentrate. I rather be sitting here, sweating my **** off, then freezing and not being able to type my hands are so cold. (I'm on the 7th floor and I have a window seat...so yes, I get REALLY cold in the winter.)

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Originally posted by gallaj0
As one of the unfornate people who work in building services, I hear complaints like that all the time. In my building, we keep the temp set at 72 degrees year round, which has been determined to be the best temp for the most people. There are people who thin that's too cold, but also as many who think it's too hot.

Check your area to see if there are any vents blowing down towards you; the air temp coming right out of the vents is usually around 60-65 degrees; moving you seat could make a difference. If you can't move, most vents are adjustable, and can direct the air in a different direction, or even be individually shut off.

To people who bring in heaters for under your desk; please don't. By running a heater while the air conditioning is on, you are actually fooling the thermostat into thinking it is warmer than it is, and the AC will run that much longer, if not all the time.

There are many things that effect how people percieve the air temp; the two big ones are body wieght, and smoking. having low amounts of body fat, adn especially during a diet, you feel much colder than you would normally, or with more body fat.
And smoking is horrible for blood circulation, especially into the hands and feet, they will feel colder than normal, especially right after a smoke; nicotine constricts the blood vessels.

According to the thermometer I have at my desk, it is 56 degrees in here. That, IMO is too cold. 72 would be heavenly!

There are no vents blowing on me directly. I checked the ones closest to me. I can't go into someone else's area and check their vents but most of the people around me are cold too.

I am slightly heavier than I should be for my height, and I don't smoke. I think it's just really cold.

 

[maroney495]

Okay I'll be different. I actually have the opposite problem. During the winter time I need to wear my summer clothes to work. I love sweaters, but can seldom wear them as it is too hot. Then in the summer I BURN up. I quess it is just me as I will be in my office with an extra fan going and one of the teachers will come in and say "sure is cold in here". But if I go to their room it is like walking into a sauna for me.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Hahaha

I just got this from someone in my office :

 

[snoopy]

Yup. Unfortunately.

I'm prepared though, I have my cardigan and scarf and when it gets really hot in August, thereby forcing the people around me to want to feel like they are in the middle of winter, my gloves.

 

[DebbieB]

We have the opposite problem, it's warm, I don't think they turned on the AC yet. The thermometer I keep at my desk says 78. I have a little fan.

 

[mickeyboat]

Our building thermostat was set at 71 degrees and we were always freeizing. We talked to someone in maintenance and he said that for an office, 74 should be the minimum because we are not moving around all the time. They turned it up to 74 degrees! I am comfortable most of the time now. I only have to wear my heavy sweater early in the morning and sometimes after lunch.

Hooray!

Denae

 

[gallaj0]

According to the thermometer I have at my desk, it is 56 degrees in here. That, IMO is too cold. 72 would be heavenly!

56 is WAY too cold. There must be someone who can contact the building management to take care of this; AC's can get broken and stay on all the time just as easy as breaking and not working at all. The building management should know about this; they are paying for the electicity to run an ac all the time, as well as the wear and tear on the unit.
There are acceptable ranges for air temp in an office building according to building codes and standards. This is below that standard.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Originally posted by gallaj0
56 is WAY too cold. There must be someone who can contact the building management to take care of this; AC's can get broken and stay on all the time just as easy as breaking and not working at all. The building management should know about this; they are paying for the electicity to run an ac all the time, as well as the wear and tear on the unit.
There are acceptable ranges for air temp in an office building according to building codes and standards. This is below that standard.

Our building guy (contact with building management) knows about it and supposedly they have nothing on right now. No AC. No heat.

 

[Robmom]

I thought I was the only one that is cold in their office. I too, carry a sweater in the summer to wear in the office. I also have my little heater cranking. It can be unbearable sometimes. Today I just have a sweater on, not the heater. Oh - I also drink hot water just to warm up.

 

[Disney Ella]

Freezing! And I used to complain about it until the air conditioner broke in the middle of last summer and it took two months to get a new one. (We were actually allowed to wear shorts to work.)Now I'm happy being cold.