
Minor TJ: does anyone know if there's a law about how hot it can be in an office? 27.5 degrees C here, and I feel like I'm melting.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:07,
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how are you?
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:09,
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Why you sick?
I'm at home due to my neck going yesterday afternoon
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:11,
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I'm at home due to my neck going yesterday afternoon

*worries*
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:14,
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I might pop outside at 12, when I'm on lunch.
don't worry about me, I'm granite.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:15,
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don't worry about me, I'm granite.

You might have a bug
I do worry, so be happy in the fact that someone is worried about you
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:17,
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I do worry, so be happy in the fact that someone is worried about you

It is taking my mind of the trapped nerve in my neck
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:19,
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Since you haven't seen me I would say it is the heat, do they still have the heating on in your office or is it an isolated spot of global warming caused by a subspace anomoly?
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:16,
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I'm refusing to go to another 'oh aren't we so eco' meeting until they turn the damn thing off, bunch of hypocrites.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:17,
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I'm sure some kind of Tachyon pulse could be utilised to disable the climate control subsystem.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:24,
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Pr0n shoots can go up to 40 degrees legally. So that they get all nice and schweaty.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:09,
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I shall find out.
Also, hello sweaty betty.
Edit: hmm
4. No maximum temperature is set in regulation because:
- this would be prescriptive and would limit the discretion of both duty holders and enforcers. Most modern health and safety law is goal-setting - setting out what must be achieved, not how it must be done. This approach enables HSE and Local Authority inspectors to use discretion and to make sensible judgements about the extent of risks and the efforts made to counter them;
- many workplaces have extreme temperatures because of the nature of the industry and the processes involved e.g. cast metal, catering and food processing; or because of the nature of the work activity, e.g. physically demanding work; and
- being reasonably comfortable in an indoor workplace is not a question of air temperature alone. Other issues to be considered include environmental factors and those which affect individuals, such as their age, sex and state of health. Sometimes the best that employers may be able to achieve is a thermal environment which will satisfy the majority of those working in that environment.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:08,
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Also, hello sweaty betty.
Edit: hmm
4. No maximum temperature is set in regulation because:
- this would be prescriptive and would limit the discretion of both duty holders and enforcers. Most modern health and safety law is goal-setting - setting out what must be achieved, not how it must be done. This approach enables HSE and Local Authority inspectors to use discretion and to make sensible judgements about the extent of risks and the efforts made to counter them;
- many workplaces have extreme temperatures because of the nature of the industry and the processes involved e.g. cast metal, catering and food processing; or because of the nature of the work activity, e.g. physically demanding work; and
- being reasonably comfortable in an indoor workplace is not a question of air temperature alone. Other issues to be considered include environmental factors and those which affect individuals, such as their age, sex and state of health. Sometimes the best that employers may be able to achieve is a thermal environment which will satisfy the majority of those working in that environment.

Mitchum is magic stuff.
Morning, Doctor Hairy Faced Knicker Elastic Pinger.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:09,
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Morning, Doctor Hairy Faced Knicker Elastic Pinger.

sweat til you can't sweat no moah.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:10,
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I had a moment on the stairs a minute ago when I had to sit down.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:11,
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I don't think I'd recommend it though. If anything, they seem to just get sweatier, and before long, they have what looks like snot all over their face. Surely there must be a better solution.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:15,
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whatever the actual results of their attempts, they always seem quite happy, though.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:16,
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It's worth a try, I suppose. *dons air conditioner repairman uniform*
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:18,
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apart from anything involving headstands, they make my head hurt.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:22,
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less than two weeks til I can have proper bacon again! yeeeah!
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:26,
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I think the H&S regulations relate to lowest temp - one sec and I'll check
www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:08,
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www.hse.gov.uk/temperature/

as far as i'm aware, if more people want it cool than hot, the heat has to be turned down.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:09,
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I'm hoping the heat's why I'm feeling so dizzy and sick.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:09,
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we don't want a sick captain! tell your boss the heat is making you sick and impairing your work. you may have to go home if you don't get some cool air.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:14,
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There's no reason why you should be forced to endure the unendurable because other people have reptilian metabolisms.
Eeek. I think I've just out-Icke'd Icke.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:12,
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Eeek. I think I've just out-Icke'd Icke.

but my mate is a fucking snowman in disguise. every time he comes round, he complains about the heat. being the nice person that i am, i just put more clothes on and open a window.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:15,
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not only am i always sick, but after all these years, i realise i must be a man!
a sexy female man, but there you go.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:17,
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a sexy female man, but there you go.

...and if you can't do that then just crack a window*.
*may involve written warnings or requests to pay for damages
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:10,
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*may involve written warnings or requests to pay for damages

then sweating followed by heat fueled rampage seems your only option.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:16,
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There is but I'm not sure what. When you DO get too hot and 'cloth off', please send me some photographs ;)
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:10,
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I've even taken my boots off, so I'm wandering around my building with no shoes on.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:13,
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"Ouch!"
Morning miss. It was about 9 degrees in our office yesterday. People were wearing coats and started going outside to warm up. Naturally, I stayed in my t-shirt all day.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:10,
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Morning miss. It was about 9 degrees in our office yesterday. People were wearing coats and started going outside to warm up. Naturally, I stayed in my t-shirt all day.


I was told there wasn't.
I was in an office where the aircon was pumping out hot air in August.
We were told we could wear shorts while it was being fixed. One of the worst fortnights of my life
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:17,
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I was in an office where the aircon was pumping out hot air in August.
We were told we could wear shorts while it was being fixed. One of the worst fortnights of my life

and ceiling fans that circulate hot air about. I know this because I've been stood on my chair (dangerous) with my head near one holding the thermometer. All for the good of SCIENCE.
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:19,
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and meddling with things you don't understand
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:22,
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doing something that would help if I had any control over the temperature. Good?
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Wed 13 May 2009, 11:24,
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