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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 602048" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Lisa I really admire you for being able to handle that! Not everybody could do that. And honestly, it's a lot easier to handle the physical discomforts than to work in a poorly managed hostile environment where employees are sniping at each other. been there done that. My son works in a place like that too and it took him a long time to get used to it. He's a welder in a large factory. They work in a big open area with no heat in the winter and no AC in the summer. In the winter they can bundle up but there's no way to get away from the heat in the summer. In this 95 degree heat they have to wear heavy clothing and a welding helmet. They drink liquids all day and by the end of the day their clothing is dripping wet. He can't eat in that heat either or he'll get sick. On the weekends he eats all day long but when he's working, he literally does not eat a thing until he gets home and has dinner. No way could I do that but he's gotten accustomed to it.</p><p></p><p>I guess it's all in what you're used to and it's probably to your advantage that you haven't been relying on the AC as much as some of us have. When I was a kid, nobody had air conditioning in their homes. We were hot but we were used to it and never even thought about it. And none of the schools were air conditioned. Now, if the AC goes out in the schools, they consider it to be an emergency and send the kids home! I've gotten so used to my AC now that I absolutely could not do without it. Taking the dogs outside is about how long I can manage to stick it out. But I think about my grandmother who came from a farm family and never had AC in her whole life. Even in her 80's and early 90's, she'd be out working in her garden in the hottest part of the summer, then she'd be in her steaming hot kitchen canning what she grew! I just know that I could NEVER do that!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 602048, member: 1883"] Lisa I really admire you for being able to handle that! Not everybody could do that. And honestly, it's a lot easier to handle the physical discomforts than to work in a poorly managed hostile environment where employees are sniping at each other. been there done that. My son works in a place like that too and it took him a long time to get used to it. He's a welder in a large factory. They work in a big open area with no heat in the winter and no AC in the summer. In the winter they can bundle up but there's no way to get away from the heat in the summer. In this 95 degree heat they have to wear heavy clothing and a welding helmet. They drink liquids all day and by the end of the day their clothing is dripping wet. He can't eat in that heat either or he'll get sick. On the weekends he eats all day long but when he's working, he literally does not eat a thing until he gets home and has dinner. No way could I do that but he's gotten accustomed to it. I guess it's all in what you're used to and it's probably to your advantage that you haven't been relying on the AC as much as some of us have. When I was a kid, nobody had air conditioning in their homes. We were hot but we were used to it and never even thought about it. And none of the schools were air conditioned. Now, if the AC goes out in the schools, they consider it to be an emergency and send the kids home! I've gotten so used to my AC now that I absolutely could not do without it. Taking the dogs outside is about how long I can manage to stick it out. But I think about my grandmother who came from a farm family and never had AC in her whole life. Even in her 80's and early 90's, she'd be out working in her garden in the hottest part of the summer, then she'd be in her steaming hot kitchen canning what she grew! I just know that I could NEVER do that! [/QUOTE]
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