Vent--coworkers that are constantly cold

[DisneyBeagle]

This is more of a vent than anything. I know there are times when a building is warmer or colder than you think it is going to be and you haven't dressed appropriately that day. However, when you have worked in an office for well over a year and the thermostat is kept on average around 72 degrees please don't constantly complain that you are cold while waltzing around in short sleeves and shoes without socks. We have to choose a temperature that is pleasant for as many people as possible....we can't turn the heat up to 79 or 80as you've requested. If you know that you are cold EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR (winter or summer), please dress warmer. This isn't rocket science people

One of my coworkers is ALWAYS cold. I understand that some people are cold a lot of the time. What I don't understand is why she doesn't dress more appropriately to help warm her up. I would think she would wear a sweater or long sleeve shirts...no such luck. You'd think she would wear thick socks...nope she's in sandals most of the year. She walks around making this shivering face and it's driving me crazy. I understand that she is cold because she mentions it at least 5 times a day.

Wow...I feel better now.

 

[CF'er]

I am always cold and work with people who are always hot. I wear long sleeves year round and sometimes a jacket if I can get away with it. I try to keep something warm with me.

 

[MM27]

I'm just the opposite. I can't stand being hot. In my classroom I tell the kids that unless it is raining or snowing, the windows will be open. My room is on the 3rd floor of an old building and the windows face the sun in the morning. It's now the end of April and I still have kids that complain that they're cold. Bring a sweater people

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

i used to have a boss like that, and she controlled the theromstat. it was horrible. in the summer it would get up to 80 degrees in the office on some days.

and here's the thing, she wasn't even out in the area WE were in, as her employees, she had her own office with it's own thermostat. but she thought that since she likes it warm in her office, that it should be warm thruout the entire building. and she'd also put a HEATER in her office in the middle of summer....

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Whatever happened to keeping a light sweater or a jacket at work?

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

Whatever happened to keeping a light sweater or a jacket at work?

i know! i've always got some kind of sweater with me at work.

 

[canadianjovigirl]

That would be me in my office but i dont complain about it i wear a sweater and have a heater under my desk......................

 

[MinnieMe87]

I am always cold, and I work with two women who are always hot. I never go to work without some sort of sweater or sweatshirt and I always have my space heater readily available.

 

[Tinkmom75]

I dress in layers. Although I used to wear a jacket when I was cold (not a suit jacket, but a spring jacket). It was so annoying because at least 10 people would say "are you cold?" I wasn't complaining I was just wearing a jacket. I started saying "no, I have my jacket on so I'm warm"

 

[jiminyC_fan]

OP, I can sympathize with you. Dress appropriately and be prepared and all is good.

 

[*JoGo*]

I am ALWAYS cold. I work in a preschool, so unfortunately I can't bring a space heater. I wear 3 shirts (tank top, long sleeve shirt, then work polo or work sweatshirt) PLUS a jacket/sweater to work.... the whole school year. In the winter, I wear socks & uggs. I'd wear boots all year also if it didn't look funny!

All my coworkers know I'm always cold. It's normal. But I don't whine.

 

[Wishing on a star]

Do you have co-workers who agree with you????

Maybe you all can 'present' her with the gift of a nice soft warm sweater!!!!
Pay her off for her silence!!!!

 

[iwrbnd]

I am always cold and work with people who are always hot. I wear long sleeves year round and sometimes a jacket if I can get away with it. I try to keep something warm with me.

Me too! And I walk around with my space heater!

One lady I work with always opens the window even when it's snowing outside. One time I said "Why does your hot always trump my cold?" She said "Because there's only so many clothes I can take off!" Ha, ha! She does have a great sense of humor!

 

[Luv Bunnies]

I work with the Queen of Cold! The teacher in my classroom complains constantly about being cold. She wears several layers to work everyday and turns the thermostat up as high as it will go. She's called maintenance many times to say the heater doesn't work properly. The guy comes and checks it and says it working fine.

The thing is that my other co-worker and are the aides. The teacher does her share of work, but our work is much more physcial. We're moving chairs around the room, setting up snack, hoisting kids onto the changing table, running them back and forth to the bathroom down the hall and dealing with behavior issues which often requires physically moving kids (we're a special ed class). The teacher mostly sits in front of the class at circletime or sits at a table for centers. We're getting hot and sweaty and want to turn down the heat and she's complaining that it's cold! It can get very frustrating!

 

[aprilgail2]

I like it cold- keep the A/C on at home 60-62...but our locker room at work is in the low 50's when its summer and the A/C is on...thats a bit cold even for me! But we just bring sweat shirts and sweat jackets and wear them when we are sitting in there.

 

[Maridw]

I am one that is always cold. I take a light jacket with me to the movies in the summer. I always kept a sweater or light jacket at work for when I was cold.

It is just courtesy to be accommodating to the majority, not the minority.

I agree with Wishing on a Star - maybe pitch in to get her a sweater to leave at work.

 

[Sparx]

72 is almost too hot for me! I like it cold.

 

[bettymae1121]

This is more of a vent than anything. I know there are times when a building is warmer or colder than you think it is going to be and you haven't dressed appropriately that day. However, when you have worked in an office for well over a year and the thermostat is kept on average around 72 degrees please don't constantly complain that you are cold while waltzing around in short sleeves and shoes without socks. We have to choose a temperature that is pleasant for as many people as possible....we can't turn the heat up to 79 or 80as you've requested. If you know that you are cold EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR (winter or summer), please dress warmer. This isn't rocket science people

One of my coworkers is ALWAYS cold. I understand that some people are cold a lot of the time. What I don't understand is why she doesn't dress more appropriately to help warm her up. I would think she would wear a sweater or long sleeve shirts...no such luck. You'd think she would wear thick socks...nope she's in sandals most of the year. She walks around making this shivering face and it's driving me crazy. I understand that she is cold because she mentions it at least 5 times a day.

Wow...I feel better now.

Conversly...if you are always complaining about how hot it is in the office, don't come dressed in a wool turtle neck sweater, heavy cotton pants and knee boots and then turn the termostat OFF so your co-workers (who did dress in winter type clothing but not so heavy that they could attempt an expedition to the Antartic) are freezing to death!!!! I swear it was so cold in that office my fingers would turn blue some days (and YES I kept a sweater at my desk, my request for a space heater was denied due to safety concerns). If it wasn't for my arthritic boss that sat near a drafty window insisting that the heat at least be on a little bit, I think I would have sucumbed to hypothermia.

Thank goodness I now work from home full time! No more termostat wars!

 

[PirateSnowmen]

I have the same problem, but it's with my roommate. Try bringing that coworker home with you and having to live with them in a small room 24/7

Seriously though, my roommate is ALWAYS cold. She wears sweatshirts in 95 degree weather. I, on the other hand, LOVE cold. I'm always in shorts when it hits 65-70 degrees. I like keeping the room around 70 degrees, she would rather it be 85. One time she set the temperature in our room up really high without my knowledge, which resulted in me waking up at 5am absolutely soaked in sweat without any blankets on. I got up and read the thermostat: 83.4 degrees. I looked over at her and she was wrapped up in 3 blankets.

Not only is she always cold, but she is ALWAYS complaining about it. Always.
Her: "I'm soooo cooollldddddd"
Me: "Then put a sweatshirt on or something"
Her: "But I don't wannnnnaaaaaaa"
Gotta love 19 year olds who whine like they're 5

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

My classroom tends to run cold, so I keep a cardigan at work. What drives me nuts is one of my students. He has a tendency to flip out (like throw chairs across the room flip out), and all I've heard all week is him yelling that it's cold. I can override the temp by 2 degrees, but that's it. It's frustrating, because it's something about the environment that I can't change, and it's causing him to have more problems than normal. (And that's saying a lot!)