Are you freezing on campus, too?
Issue date: 9/10/09 Section: Opinion
The cold is unbearable. My body shivers violently, making the smallest task impossible. I am not stuck inside a snow bank in Antarctica, but inside a building in Hillsdale.
Obviously, the concept of moderation escapes people when operating their AC. Don't get me wrong, I would love to spend a hot summer day relaxing in a comfortably cool building-but it seems that none such exists.
Sometimes, I think that stores in malls compete for the coldest room, blasting frigid air to show off their temperature-control prowess. Other times, I wonder if the term "air conditioner" has its roots in military training, if it started out as a way to "condition" soldiers to survive in the bitterest climates.
It pains me to sit inside a freezing classroom building, surrounded by blue-skinned classmates, and have to watch people outside happily enjoy the sunshine. The temperature is worse inside than it is outside. Where is the logic in that? Why would anyone, especially in these trying economic times, spend money making his environment worse?
Although money does not seem to stop anyone from easing up on the A/C, it's always an issue when it comes to heat. I have to sit in Arctic conditions in the winter, too, often because there simply isn't enough money to make the building warmer. What? How is the temperature-control budget suddenly so limited? Perhaps more money would be available if it hadn't been wasted freezing out the building a few months earlier.
Unless I am the only person who doesn't like goose bumps, could someone please turn it down? Because I'm sick of walking into every restaurant, store and classroom building feeling like I am walking into the cold grip of death.
Obviously, the concept of moderation escapes people when operating their AC. Don't get me wrong, I would love to spend a hot summer day relaxing in a comfortably cool building-but it seems that none such exists.
Sometimes, I think that stores in malls compete for the coldest room, blasting frigid air to show off their temperature-control prowess. Other times, I wonder if the term "air conditioner" has its roots in military training, if it started out as a way to "condition" soldiers to survive in the bitterest climates.
It pains me to sit inside a freezing classroom building, surrounded by blue-skinned classmates, and have to watch people outside happily enjoy the sunshine. The temperature is worse inside than it is outside. Where is the logic in that? Why would anyone, especially in these trying economic times, spend money making his environment worse?
Although money does not seem to stop anyone from easing up on the A/C, it's always an issue when it comes to heat. I have to sit in Arctic conditions in the winter, too, often because there simply isn't enough money to make the building warmer. What? How is the temperature-control budget suddenly so limited? Perhaps more money would be available if it hadn't been wasted freezing out the building a few months earlier.
Unless I am the only person who doesn't like goose bumps, could someone please turn it down? Because I'm sick of walking into every restaurant, store and classroom building feeling like I am walking into the cold grip of death.
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