You know what's wrong? Sitting in your office in May with a space heater turned on wearing two layers of long sleeved shirts, a heavy sweatshirt and a wool scarf wrapped around your head and neck with your teeth chattering and fingers turning blue. Why would this happen, you ask?
It's "boiler shut-off" week!
Every year at this time, as soon as students are finished with finals, our school shuts down the boilers on campus for two weeks for maintenance. Unfortunately, the buildings are wired so that the hot water going through the pipes is taken into account as part of the heating/cooling systems. When the hot water is off, the HVAC system seems to recognize that it is too cold, so it keeps blowing what it thinks is hot air out through the vents. Except, with the boilers off there is no hot air. So, the HVAC system keeps trying and trying and trying to make it warmer. Instead, it gets colder and colder and colder!!
Now, if it were actually warm out, this wouldn't be a huge deal. But, it's raining and cold and we're all turning into popsicles.
I think I'm going to go grade at home...
(Still haven't settled on a pen color, yet. ☺)
That's just rude to turn off the boilers! Definitely go home!!!
ReplyDeleteMan, I thought it was cold at my house in this weather but at least there's no cold air blowing on me!! Go home and get under a blanket!
ReplyDeleteI say go home and be warm.
ReplyDeleteYikes! I picture you bundled up, pen in hand, like you're on an Arctic expedition! Go home and grade there!
ReplyDeleteThat stinks! Grading at home sounds like the right answer to me =)
ReplyDeleteGo home. You can grade anywhere, and if you have to be bundled up, it's much cozier at home! I'm voting for turquoise :)
ReplyDeleteI hope that you are warmer today!
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