Oh my word, I’m so glad we had air-con installed at the office over the winter period. The building I work in was, I’m sure, designed in such a way as to bake it’s occupants and provide the architect with an evil chuckle every time he drove by.
Of course, since the inauguration of the new system, the building temperature hasn’t been an issue but the temperature outside didn’t make you think about air-con at all. It just sat, quietly humming in the background while taking the lions share of the moisture and heat out of the air.
Now the weather has turned itself up a notch or two you can really tell just how well it’s regulating the temperature. When I walked out of the office to go and get my lunch I was confronted by a wall of heat.
It reminded me very much of when I was a little tike and the family went to Orlando, Florida for our summer hols. Walking out of the airport was like walking into a massive oven. I remember literally gasping for breath at the sudden temperature change as my lungs screamed “ow, ow it’s hot”!
On the downside, I have noticed that my skin is drier, and I’ve heard that air-con can do this. However, slightly dry skin is a) a girlie thing to be worried about and b) not in the slightest a reason to sit in the swealtering heat getting hot, bothered and sweaty for the entire day.
If it means Nivea for Men get more money out of me I’ll gladly pay the price.