On 12/11/2016 11:29 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 12/11/2016 10:18 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>>>
>> I'm reminded of an older woman I worked with who was always trying to
>> adjust the thermostats in the office. She was always complaining about
>> being cold. Little did she know they weren't actual working
>> thermostats. (There seems to be some psychological benefit to letting
>> people *think* they're changing the temp. In fact it was all controlled
>> by building maintenance.) Lady, just wear a sweater or a jacket. The
>> rest of us really were glad she couldn't set it to 82°F.
>
> Years ago I worked with a woman that had a little thermometer on her
> desk and she was always turning up the heat. One day she went to lunch
> and a guy moved the glass thermometer so it read two degrees higher. She
> was much more comfortable and left the thermostat alone.
>
LOL the little mind tricks. We were always saying, "Beverly, just put
on a sweater!" It was bad enough they kept the temp rather warm in the
to begin with (in the summer). I had a small fan on my desk. Most of
us did. This woman still thought it was cold. Put on a sweater!

Jill