# ARRRGH!!! It's 64 degrees in the office! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2002, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230 "2002-07-10T12:04:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/1 "2002-07-10T12:04:54Z")
I just walked into the office and some nitwit has dropped the temperature to 64 degrees! And the air conditioner is running full blast right now, bound and determined to keep the office at a finger-numbing 64, no more, no less. I’m wearing a thin skirt and a sleeveless sweater-vest: forecast calls for 90 outside (with rain, but that’s a different matter). Had i known, I would have brought one of the sweaters I so dutifully packed away in storage last night (finally got around to cleaning the closets, wish I had known, I would have saved one of them out). And the thermostat box is key-locked, so I can’t do anything about it 'til someone in authority gets here. Looks like I’m gonna be hunched over my desk for the next couple of hours. I am not a happy owl right now. ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/2 "2002-07-10T12:08:47Z")
I used to work in an archive where it was a chilly 68 year-round. But at least you knew it was going to be cold enough to hang meat in there and could dress accordingly. Now I’m in a public library where the temperature varies depending on what part of the building you’re standing in–it’s not supposed to be that irregular, but it is. Unfortunately, today is proving to be a stiff-nipple day for me, too. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/3 "2002-07-10T12:15:41Z")
Try to use a stick or stiff wire to reach through the vent holes of the locked cover and pump it up to 68 or so ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/4 "2002-07-10T12:23:22Z")
Vents are on the top of the cover. Push buttons are on the front, with a mere micron of clearance and a sharp angle I would have to maneuver around. Trust me, thought of that. And the break room has tubular plastic hangers (checked there for any wire ones). Gah. I’m ready to build a bonfire on my desk. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/5 "2002-07-10T12:27:05Z")
Paperclip - it’ll work, if you bend it right. We’ve got the same sort of box at work. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/6 "2002-07-10T12:34:26Z")
Lemme unclip one of the chains on my desk (paperclip chains!) and try that. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/7 "2002-07-10T12:44:10Z")
EFF EFF EFF EFF EFF EFF EFF!!! The paperclip scratched the plastic cover!!! On much closer inspection, it’s looks like I wasn’t the first to try that. But at least it’s jacked up to 73. ::walks away, whistling innocently:: ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/8 "2002-07-10T13:20:56Z")
Gah! You’re one of those paperclip chain makers? You…you…bad person, you! AAAAARRRRRRGH! ---
**Author:** ![EggNogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EggNogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EggNogg)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/9 "2002-07-10T13:32:50Z")
64 degrees = the nipple spotting temperature HURRAH egg ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/10 "2002-07-10T13:33:05Z")
Yup. And a rubber-band baller, too. (There’s gotta be a better way to say that…) Wanna see my abstract sculptures made from binder clips? And it’s now up to 68 degrees. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Big\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/11 "2002-07-10T13:40:52Z")
I fixed the little “key” problem here in our office. I “accidentally” gave the plastic cover one hell of an elbow while moving a box. Cracked that sumbitch in three. Nobody has replaced it yet. Odd… ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/12 "2002-07-10T14:02:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by screech-owl \* > Yup. And a rubber-band baller, too. (There’s gotta be a better way to say that…) I _like_ the way you said that… > [@](#): > > _Also originally posted by screech-owl_ > Wanna see my abstract sculptures made from binder clips? > > And it’s now up to 68 degrees. Is that the same as “Wanna come up and see my etchings?”? ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/13 "2002-07-10T19:39:57Z")
It’s a finally toasty and acceptable 72 in here right now. But someone (obviously not ME) has knocked the thermostat down to a chilly 68. **I** . . . **DON’T** . . . **THINK** . . . **SO**. :mad: I have the feeling this is tantamount to office wars. I can attach the paperclip chain to the rubberband ball for a hefty morningstar. I can use another paperclip chain for a garrotte. I have plenty of rubber bands for sniper attacks. Two rulers glued into a “v” and a rubber band make a great slingshot. As Bob is my witless, I shall never be cold again. \ Let the games begin. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/14 "2002-07-10T21:29:01Z")
Who keeps turning the AC down? I’m assuming if the thermostat is under lock and key is must be someone IN AUTHORITY. Can you ask them about it? ---
**Author:** ![EggNogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EggNogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EggNogg)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/15 "2002-07-10T21:32:25Z")
Then club them over the head with an office chair egg ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/16 "2002-07-10T22:14:57Z")
Lots of people have keys (except me, or course, - I would be right in there changing it back). But at least I have the paperclip. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrrgh-its-64-degrees-in-the-office/118230/17 "2002-07-10T22:53:11Z")
Be thank you that you aren’t in sacramento where it’s supposed to get around 114.