Air-conditioned discomfort
One would think that with the price of fuel these days that people wouldn’t be so aggressive with the heating /cooling of their businesses. Heating never seems to be an issue. I cannot think of anyplace I have ever gone into where I was shedding clothes because it was too warm. However Pharmacy Chick keeps clothes in her trunk because there seems to be an abundance of businesses who run the A/C til frost forms on the windows.
Take today for example. The Chick’s decided to grab a burger before church. It wasn’t very warm today, only about 72 and cloudy all day, so it was not like we had a heat wave going on. We got out of the car and I asked Mr Chick to open the trunk to grab my fleece. He just rolled his eyes and popped the trunk. I had been here before, I knew exactly what it was going to be like and I was right. It was FREEZING in there, in fact there was NOBODY eating inside the restaurant, everybody was outside. We joined them. We positioned ourselves fairly near the door and almost everybody who walked to the outdoor eating area said the same thing: ” Sheesh its cold in there, lets eat out here!”
Now ya gotta know that all that air conditioning is costing somebody money. Even we are fairly careful about turning on the air at the Chick household. We dont like to see our electric bills escalate into the triple digits just because we want to be cool. We save it for when we need it. So what is the purpose of having a room temperature that is in the low 60’s when its only 72 outside?
Even experts suggest you heat your house to 68 in the winter and cool it to 78-80 in the summer. Church wasn’t much better. I remember the days before somebody donated air conditioning to our church sanctuary. Granted there were some days where some fans and ice water would have gone a long way during a sermon, but I’d trade that over needing fleece in July.
Perhaps its just me. I like to be warm. I am not an Eskimo at heart. I’d wear flip flops over boots anyday and my outdoor activities revolve around sun not snow. I am the first to put on pants when it cools down and the last to go sleeveless when the temperature goes up. I am ready for a hot-flash.
Even my store is guilty of this. Until it reaches into the 90’s where even the A/C cannot even keep up, our store is routinely 65 inside. I know this because I have a thermometer in the pharmacy. I wear long sleeves all year long. I’d love to know, if they would raise the temp up to 70, how much money in utitilies would they save.
Maybe enough to give me a raise…its been awhile.
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