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I wonder why it is that in the summer every place you go is so d#!* cold? If we are concerned with the environment and cost, then why keep the air conditioning setting at freezing?
I have been trying this summer to avoid the use of my air conditioners and so far I have only used them about 5 days and only 2 of those days were for the whole day. I invested in window fans that can blow air in, suck the hot air or do both at the same time. I also have ceiling fans and a stand alone fan. There are days, ok many days, that is would be nice to put the air on and cool off, but I grew up without air-conditioning and I remember some warm nights, but don’t really remember dreading the summer. Just like in the winter when you layer on more clothes and keep the temperature in your house on 68, the summer I wear loose fitting,natural fiber clothing, put my hair up, keep hydrated, do the more labor intensive activities first thing in the morning or after the sun goes down and try not to use the stove on those hot days – either eating a salad or using the grill. A shower before bed or a cold wash cloth on the back of my neck seems to help if the night is a little warmer than usual. I think the thing that really gets me is not really the heat, but the humidity and the stickiness of everything! Here are a couple of links that will give you some other ideas on how to stay cool in the hot weather: http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/5-unusual-ways-to-stay-cool and http://www.wikihow.com/Cool-Yourself-Without-Air-Conditioning
To get back to my wondering – if an establishment sees people rubbing their arms, asking for a hot beverage or putting a sweater or jacket on – you would think that they would understand that it is too cold. Whenever I go the movies in the summer months I change from summer attire to fall attire, long pants, shirt with sleeves and always have a sweater with me and socks in my bag. I think this is universal. You are going to a movie, to sit in a room that is closed off and in the dark and you do not move very much – so why would they think that the temperature had to be below 60? Air-conditioning is a big expense for most businesses and who do you think really pays that bill? Us of course! All the expenses of running a business in passed on to the consumer – you and me.
I have asked many an establishment as to why they keep it so cold – the usual answer is that the employees are moving around and they get hot or the employees are near equipment that emits heat and therefore they need to be comfortable. During the course of their workday they get so hot that they need to keep the place so cold that condensation forms on the windows – really!? I have found that the places that cannot pass on their energy cost to the customer/consumer are usually a comfortable setting or a little on the warmer side – which frankly is fine with me.
I wonder – what do you do in the summer to stay cool?
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