(C) Common Dreams
This story was originally published by Common Dreams and is unaltered.
. . . . . . . . . .
Some Like It Hot [1]
['Amy Zipkin']
Date: 2005-01-23
KERRY McCLOSKEY, director of research at a media company in Manhattan, describes her office as having "very strange temperature pockets." During the winter months, Ms. McCloskey keeps a red sweater handy and leaves a suit jacket in the office. Occasionally she wears a scarf.
"It's hard to keep your thoughts from wandering with goose bumps on your arm," she said. She particularly dislikes the seventh-floor conference room, which she calls so cold that "when you open the door, you can almost see your breath." Her only recourse when she is cold is to call a maintenance person to adjust the thermostat down the hall.
Ms. McCloskey is not alone. A May 2003 survey by the International Facilities Management Association in Houston says being too cold was the No. 1 office complaint, followed by being too hot, poor janitorial service, not enough conference rooms and not enough storage and filing space in a workstation. The association conducted similar surveys in 1991 and 1997, and a spokesman, Donald Young, says the same complaints led both times, although once hot edged out cold.
Winter took its time arriving this year in New York. Temperatures in the 50's during the second week in January were unusual. With oil prices at or near record highs in the Northeast, and colder temperatures returning, companies are again keeping a watchful eye on the thermostat to minimize fuel costs.
[END]
---
[1] Url:
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/23/jobs/some-like-it-hot.html
Published and (C) by Common Dreams
Content appears here under this condition or license: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0..
via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/commondreams/
