Space heaters in the office... In the summer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I always wear a sweater, have warmer shoes, and drink warm beverages at work and am still freezing most of time.

Get a space heater - it really helps.

We're not allowed to use space heaters, so I'm currently wearing a fleece jacket. I rarely wear summer dresses or skirts but on the odd occasion I do, I keep a blanket in my desk to wrap around my legs. The woman next to me is wearing a fleece snuggie. And it's, what, 90 degrees outside?

[Anonymous]

Man I want a space heater. I'm sick of freezing. Men shouldn't be allowed to wear suit jackets in the summer.

[Anonymous]

I am not able to use a space heater. I'm jealous of you all that can.

I'm the only one freezing in my dept of men...and freezing environ. They make fun of me for being cold and wearing a sweatshirt year round and a blanket. I can't wear fun summer clothes, because I would freeze. Yet, going outside for lunch in heavy winter clothes is not an option.

UGH.

[Anonymous]

We aren't allowed to have space heaters, but man, I wish I could. Our building is *freezing.* I walk two miles every day during my commute while pushing a stroller, so I need to dress appropriately for 90+ degree weather. Then, I need to put a blanket on my legs and a sweater and sometimes fingerless gloves so I can work. It's ridiculous. Don't run the A/C so cold, and stop assuming that the average office worker is a man wearing a wool-blend suit.

[Anonymous]

If it is illegal, please post documentation. My question is, can it be considered workplace harrassment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry about the lower level comment. But I will say that the women who do this often wear summer outfits including sandles and unlike one of the pp's make very little effort to dress for the environment. And our workplace is not set at 64. Brrrrr.

Um, if it is eighty or ninety degree outside, then they are dressed reasonably for the environment. The men wearing pants and long sleeved and sometimes even ties and jackets are the ones not dressed reasonably.

[Anonymous]

Funny that this thread popped up!! I'm in my LEED green building with my space heater!

I just can't wear pants in the summer. It's WAY too hot to walk to work in pants. But I do wear sweaters daily and closed toed shoes. I'm so sick of freezing...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a major crime you guys!

A major crime? Like akin to murder? Federal or state? Please post the statute.

[Anonymous]

I think it's the menopausal women in my office that push for the freezing temps. Men here walk around complaining too.

I'm pushing for telework just to escape this freezing office.

[Anonymous]

Let me get this straight, OP.

You're upset because it's not green to use space heaters, and it's bad for the environment.

But you're perfectly okay with your building being air conditioned to the level of an arctic tundra. Because -- that's good for the environment???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this straight, OP.

You're upset because it's not green to use space heaters, and it's bad for the environment.

But you're perfectly okay with your building being air conditioned to the level of an arctic tundra. Because -- that's good for the environment???

Ding ding ding!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me get this straight, OP.

You're upset because it's not green to use space heaters, and it's bad for the environment.

But you're perfectly okay with your building being air conditioned to the level of an arctic tundra. Because -- that's good for the environment???

Ding ding ding!!!

Exactly, the irony is comical.

My office is mostly men who wear suits so they keep it at below 65. I'm 36, fat, not in a lower position and still freeze my ass off. But what really pisses me off is that higher management has thermostats in their offices and they can make if colder if they needed to. But hell no. We all have to freeze.