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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Shady Pioneer on 19 March 2013, 09:05
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I know a lot of you work in cold environments but I work in an office (graphic design) so end up sitting on my arse pretty much all day. We have no heating apart from a blower which takes some of the sting out of the air, but we can only use this very occasionally as it is not meant to be used for prolonged periods of time. I'm sure there is a law against this.
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...was 39c in the shade today here and this is "cool" :whistle:
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Take a big dose of man the f up.
I was lying on my back all last week in the snow with a 12mm board insulating me.
Office boys, bunch of fannys. :tongue:
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http://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/faqs/temperature.htm
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Yup, so my company is breaking the law. It's no wonder the vinyl warps and things go wrong in this place. I'm surprised I'm able to type this with my icicle fingers!
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why isn't there a heating system of some kind?
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why isn't there a heating system of some kind?
Because the boss' are cheap. Too expensive apparently.
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Refuse to work. And if they sack you do them for unfair dismissal or join a union only cost you about £11 a month and they will fight your corner for you.
Me personally I raised this issue with my area manager and he said "it is what it is" so I went above his head to his boss next time he was in my shop he opened my till took £30 out and gave it to me and said "send someone to wilco and buy a heater for behind the till" :)
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Im stuck in a drafty old farm shed which my employers call a stores, last year it was -15 in here. We have a heater but it takes until atleast dinner time to get warm.
This year i think the coldest was about -5.
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why isn't there a heating system of some kind?
Because the boss' are cheap. Too expensive apparently.
When our buildings heating is down (usually runs out of oil, yes it is an old oil burner) then we use our portable air-conditioner to heat us up, it cost my boss about £300 4 years ago and is still chugging along quite happily during the hot summer months and cold winter months when the oil's used up (or stolen). Everyone else in the building soon pop in to warm up.
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It was a mild 27 C on poolside most of my shift today, got to about 28 C at about 1pm so I rolled my sleeves up 1 notch and put the fan on setting "2".
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I know a lot of you work in cold environments but I work in an office (graphic design) so end up sitting on my arse pretty much all day. We have no heating apart from a blower which takes some of the sting out of the air, but we can only use this very occasionally as it is not meant to be used for prolonged periods of time. I'm sure there is a law against this.
loooool office we are hard done by! this does make me giggle.
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My heart bleeds.
9 degrees would seem like a trip to the Bahamas to be honest.
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I know a lot of you work in cold environments but I work in an office (graphic design) so end up sitting on my arse pretty much all day. We have no heating apart from a blower which takes some of the sting out of the air, but we can only use this very occasionally as it is not meant to be used for prolonged periods of time. I'm sure there is a law against this.
loooool office we are hard done by! this does make me giggle.
1st World problems :grin:
Try working outside for a living.........
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What you all fail to realise is in an office, I sit still doing no physical body movement. I would easily prefer to work outside in the same weather because at least I'd be moving around. :whistle:
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Invest in a body warmer and man up :smiley:
I work in an office which is not a lot warmer plus it has a bare concrete floor, all I do is layer up as required.
But you are right in what you say about offices and it is hard to get warm.
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What I would not do for 9 degrees, crucifixion is to good for you they only hung me the right way up yesterday.
Designers what have they ever done for us
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hapily take some of the heat from in here, the heaters are set at something rediculous like 30 odd degrees :shocked:
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^ Same as my office normally, and there is no maximum apparently. Betty Swollocks in the middle of -2c weather is wrong. :lipsrsealed:
All the man up comments gotta be from people who physically work...Remember this the next time you are on your break and sit still for a couple of minutes and then want to go back to working. :whistle:
And Shady just get up and wander around the office space and warehouse till your warm enough to work again. if the boss says owt say your keeping warm and that the cheaper option rather than losing man hours this way would be to install a heater the cheapskate fecker
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Anyone else noticed that Shady keeps working for knobs? :lipsrsealed:
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Anyone else noticed that Shady keeps working for knobs? :lipsrsealed:
You don't know the half of it. :lipsrsealed:
^ Same as my office normally, and there is no maximum apparently. Betty Swollocks in the middle of -2c weather is wrong. :lipsrsealed:
All the man up comments gotta be from people who physically work...Remember this the next time you are on your break and sit still for a couple of minutes and then want to go back to working. :whistle:
And Shady just get up and wander around the office space and warehouse till your warm enough to work again. if the boss says owt say your keeping warm and that the cheaper option rather than losing man hours this way would be to install a heater the cheapskate fecker
I'm glad someone understands what I'm saying. :rolleyes: I do my best to keep warm but with the amount of work on it's tricky to get up and move around. I wear thermals and more layers than I care to wear but I have no choice.
Need a new job I think.
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I know a lot of you work in cold environments but I work in an office (graphic design) so end up sitting on my arse pretty much all day. We have no heating apart from a blower which takes some of the sting out of the air, but we can only use this very occasionally as it is not meant to be used for prolonged periods of time. I'm sure there is a law against this.
I feel your pain. The heating in our building broke last year and we were down to 8 degrees for a few days.
We're all developers - so the job is being sat down for 7 hrs, just typing. So there's no real way to continually be warm.
The biggest issue is just cold hands. Typing with cold hands is a PITA and typing with gloves on is impossible. So whilst your body can be warmer with more layers, there's nothing that can be done with the hands!
There is no legal minimum (thank god, I'd have staff walking out on me) - but as posted earlier, a "suggested" minimum from the HSE.
Blower heaters are no real use, they won't increase the temperature in the room very much (only feel hotter if you are in front of it). Instead, we got a few electric oil radiators; a single 3kW oil radiator could heat a 500 sq. ft. room from 8 degs to 22 degs in ~2hrs. So its far cheaper than a blower being on all day, its near silent and works a treat.
We've got the spares stowed for a rainy day; but if its always cold where you are; get an electric oil radiator - they're only about £80 for a half decent branded unit with electronic climate control - and ~30p per hour to run during the initial heat up (2hrs) - then its only pulsing on thereafter. Works out about £1.50 a day in electricity.
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Oh yes, cold hands. Surprised mine haven't fallen off!
I would put those ideas forward but my boss' will not listen, they are proper tight with things like this. The blow ran out a couple days ago, so we have been in the complete cold since Monday. Ridiculous.
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My office is always f**king freezing and you are right, it makes it bloody hard to work. As for 'sissy office boy' responses, I have worked on building sites and as a black smith on an off since the age of 14 (first 'proper' job this year). If your cold on site chances are your not working- go dig out some foundations for half an our or mix up some gobbo and tell me your cold. :lipsrsealed:
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I've been in a house with no heating for the last 4 weeks.
So cold you can see the steam coming off my piss!
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Just got back from perth!! 5 degrees at gatwick when we landed!! Take me back now!
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Oh yes, cold hands. Surprised mine haven't fallen off!
I would put those ideas forward but my boss' will not listen, they are proper tight with things like this. The blow ran out a couple days ago, so we have been in the complete cold since Monday. Ridiculous.
Why not just buy your own between you? Grab a Maplin plug socket power meter - and then all chip in towards the exact added electrical cost - then its fully paid for ... they surely can't have anything to say?
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Oh yes, cold hands. Surprised mine haven't fallen off!
I would put those ideas forward but my boss' will not listen, they are proper tight with things like this. The blow ran out a couple days ago, so we have been in the complete cold since Monday. Ridiculous.
Why not just buy your own between you? Grab a Maplin plug socket power meter - and then all chip in towards the exact added electrical cost - then its fully paid for ... they surely can't have anything to say?
That's a fair point. I will speak to the guys soon and see what they say. Didn't think about that.
It's good to talk. :kiss:
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I would buy my own heater but wouldn't pay anything towards the electric
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I would not be sitting in an office that is 9 degrees. Fair enought if your outside and moving about grafting but being static in that cold all day isn't good for you. I would of went home until they sorted it out. Surely an oil filled heater would make the world of difference at relitively low cost.
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not unlown for the workshop to be negative temps in the morning, thats a b!tch when wireing.
thankfully built myself a heater :smiley: flat out hits 45C in less than 30 minutes but its only 850 sq ft
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In 1963 my dad was working at Airfix in Wandsworth, it was so cold they put their feet in boxes of straw and rags under their benches, the mice used to get in the boxes with them to keep warm!
I am used to my office being cold, I prefer it. I hate it in the summer when its 45'c as is usually the case when you work in an industrial building.
Added bonus is my office is to cold for most of the people who annoy me :grin:
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On a different note then: how many people take a change of shirt to work for sweltering summer offices? 45c in a shirt would leave me with some serious damp patches
Manual working need not answer as I think the outcomes would be obvious!
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You want to work over here, 45c in the shade isnt too bad but working on top of a silver silo wearing overalls, chemical suit and a full face respirator is f**king murder. I've lost 8kg since I got here...
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You want to work over here, 45c in the shade isnt too bad but working on top of a silver silo wearing overalls, chemical suit and a full face respirator is f**king murder. I've lost 8kg since I got here...
is that all? I'd be down to 10st I reckon. That heat sounds :sick:
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I'm now well under 10 stone!
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I'm now well under 10 stone!
im 6ft tho! It be a case of skin n bones as Foo Fighters say!
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Am 5'11...and skin and bones....20oz steak and chips for dinner though :cool:
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Am 5'11...and skin and bones....20oz steak and chips for dinner though :cool:
be thankful your in oz as that steak :lipsrsealed: :grin: