To have my own office, I admit,
is a pleasing thing;
No one ever bothers me, and
my phone only rarely rings.
I should be grateful, I know,
to be in this workplace;
My boss is often chipper
and has a grin upon his face.
Although, I must admit,
one aspect leaves me pained;
It is so terribly cold in here,
I feel frost permeating my brain.
“The thermostat is set at 70,”
they say, confused by my desperation,
“Most people are comfortable at that temp,
so cease the remonstrations!”
Many have glanced my way, puzzled,
trying to figure out why,
they’re able to walk around in summer clothing
while I wear my coat and try not to die.
No matter how warm it is outside,
no matter sun nor rain,
It feels like it’s below freezing in here,
as I twist in frigid pain.
The End. 
January 19, 2007 at 4:26 pm
I feel your pain. The 1600watt radiator-style space heater underneath my desk 6 inches from my legs can attest to that. People are insane with their cold. “Just wear an undershirt”, Joe says. Asshole.
January 19, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Yeah–and I’m STILL cold even when I’m wearing a sweater and a shirt underneath it, and my winter coat on top of it all!
It baffles me that the temp. doesn’t seem to bother anyone else. I’ve been tempted to bring in my space heater…it’s just sorta big and I have to walk a few blocks from my car to my building…
January 19, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Yea, mine’s pretty big too. I can carry it and ONLY it. The 2 wheels help.
It doesn’t help that I wear short sleeves to work (I don’t do “seasons”; I wear all clothes all year long) sometimes, or that the heating system at this whole academy is totally fucked (our tax $$$ at work).
At home I wear 2-3 shirts, a flannel, and a baja, crank the heat from 68 (sleep/work) to 75, and am still cold cause it’s downstairs (and the warm air now goes up the spiral stairs — “it’s not a bug, it’s a feature”).
Can’t wait to get the upstairs floors redone so we can move up there.
Can’t fathom getting the 36” TV up there, though. Not without help. But I digress.
Cold is the worst thing ever.
BUT… our mid-october camping trip was not as cold as I thought, not until after midnite. I was surprised that I was in any environment that OTHER people turned down because it was “too cold to camp” (And these were SKIIERS!).
Putting the heated rocks at the edge of the firepit into one’s lap helped.
okay. i’m on a biiiiiiiiiiig tangent now