ICTChris Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) I'm sure I remember a story about how office temperatures are set for male metabolic rates and are therefore often too cold for the average woman, explaining why you get these anomalies. Edited July 20, 2022 by ICTChris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 It was here I must have read it https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/feb/23/truth-world-built-for-men-car-crashes Quote The formula to determine standard office temperature was developed in the 1960s around the metabolic resting rate of the average man. But a recent Dutch study found that the metabolic rate of young adult females performing light office work is significantly lower than the standard values for men doing the same activity. In fact, the formula may overestimate female metabolic rate by as much as 35%, meaning that current offices are on average five degrees too cold for women. This leads to the odd sight of female office workers wrapped in blankets in the summer, while their male colleagues wander around in shorts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 I hate to side with the CEO with one eye on the heating bill, but It's a damn sight easier to wrap up warm than to cool yourself down, so until I'm allowed to parade around the office in a wifebeater and underpants, higher temperatures can GTF. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 13 hours ago, ICTChris said: It was here I must have read it https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/feb/23/truth-world-built-for-men-car-crashes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 On 19/07/2022 at 13:45, tamthebam said: I wonder how many work colleagues., usually of the female persuasion, are sitting in sweltering officers saying "I'm cold" On Monday, the day before the country caught fire, one female complained she had to go to the toilets and warm her hands under the hand dryer as someone had opened a window. They are a completely different species. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistledo Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 It's funny how there's always a token freezing cold lass in an office. Although, I'm probably one of those c***s that's always roasting and raging the moment someone turns a wee heater on. This week has been hell for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 On 19/07/2022 at 13:45, tamthebam said: I wonder how many work colleagues., usually of the female persuasion, are sitting in sweltering officers saying "I'm cold" We've got one sitting a boiling hot office wearing a cardigan and she also has a hot water bottle on her seat to warm her back. Everybody else is in shorts and t-shirt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 To be fair to the cold women, my dad wears a jumper every day. Tuesday he managed with just a T-shirt. Now back to the full kit. Then again, his health issues are such that he at least has an excuse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 2 hours ago, microdave said: We've got one sitting a boiling hot office wearing a cardigan and she also has a hot water bottle on her seat to warm her back. Everybody else is in shorts and t-shirt. Something that annoys me about these folk is that they'll always put on an incredibly thin cardie - enough to make a show of being cold, but not enough to actually help keep them warm. If you're genuinely cold, get your thermals on, or people are quite justified in assuming it's attention-seeking shite. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Colleague: "I'm cold" Tam's evil thoughts: "Nae wonder, work makes heat ya skiving boot..." I usually come out with an old Spike Milligan line; "Stand nearer Africa, it's warmer" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Me, when I walk into work this morning and see the warehouse has been completely moved around by the new boss despite everyone telling him it's a bad idea: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.Aye.R Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 On 19/07/2022 at 13:45, tamthebam said: I wonder how many work colleagues., usually of the female persuasion, are sitting in sweltering officers saying "I'm cold" Does my head in. Wear a fůckin jumper and stop being a boring arsehōle. The week it was 30degrees they were queuing up to moan about it being cold. The guys in the office have started wearing trainers and jeans in the office as we were the only ones previously making an effort. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 We just did a daft game to start a work meeting where we had to pick two M&Ms out of a bag. Each colour corresponded to a question e.g. yellow = What's your favourite book or film? One colleague refused to play because she's vegan until her non vegan pal said she would pick them out for her. Is it just me? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 1 minute ago, jimbaxters said: We just did a daft game to start a work meeting where we had to pick two M&Ms out of a bag. Each colour corresponded to a question e.g. yellow = What's your favourite book or film? One colleague refused to play because she's vegan until her non vegan pal said she would pick them out for her. Is it just me? It's all of you 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thistledo Posted September 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2022 1 hour ago, jimbaxters said: We just did a daft game to start a work meeting where we had to pick two M&Ms out of a bag. Each colour corresponded to a question e.g. yellow = What's your favourite book or film? One colleague refused to play because she's vegan until her non vegan pal said she would pick them out for her. Is it just me? I'd have refused to play as well. Not because I'm vegan, just because it sounds fucking shite. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello Sailor Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 First sign of a thunderstorm and the usual dullards are pressing their noses against the windows ooh and aah ing at the sight of a bit rain trying to wangle an early finish. your journey from edinburgh to fife isnt going turn into a boat ride home because you didn't get to finish an hour early. grow up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 First sign of a thunderstorm and the usual dullards are pressing their noses against the windows ooh and aah ing at the sight of a bit rain trying to wangle an early finish. your journey from edinburgh to fife isnt going turn into a boat ride home because you didn't get to finish an hour early. grow upI recall my normal 30 minute drive home turned into a 3 and a half hour race against time before the last road (basically a track) was closed due to flooding.Fortunately the boss let me away early.Saying that, there were weather warnings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Had a coffee with the Prof this morning. "It's almost a year since I came here," he told me. Not even a year...seems longer. Anyway, he spent the weekend doing some workload modelling based on his last uni. He plans to show the school management using maths how overworked he is. Spoiler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Had a coffee with the Prof this morning. "It's almost a year since I came here," he told me. Not even a year...seems longer. Anyway, he spent the weekend doing some workload modelling based on his last uni. He plans to show the school management using maths how overworked he is. Spoiler This is good because it is absolutely going to work, and despite everything, you are going to be back here posting in surprise/dismay that he has successfully offloaded some graft onto you. You know, we all know it. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 34 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: This is good because it is absolutely going to work, and despite everything, you are going to be back here posting in surprise/dismay that he has successfully offloaded some graft onto you. You know, we all know it. Plus he can now factor in his 'notoriety' as per the coverage in this thread. Capital to be made there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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