Sunny, hot and humid! This was the weather forecast today from our local station. If I were on holiday, I may appreciate this news. I am not on holiday so I am dreading going into labor today. I will explain. I labor at a local manufacturing contractor and my friend and I are regularly standing all morning. I appreciate my task and what I do, my friend and I make small medical equipment. The items my friend and I produce are not electrical so there is no need to have a weather conditions controlled area as there is with other devices. My buddy and I do have small window cooling systems in the chop room and offices. This keeps the bosses comfortable but not the rest of the workers. My buddy and I look forward to our breaks just to get some relief. My buddy and I recently had a team meeting to discuss our working environment and goals. Management asked what they could do to improve our overall feeling about the task. The general consensus was my friend and I would be more productive and appreciate our tasks more if my friend and I were in a weather conditions controlled environment. Business is up and financially the contractor is doing great. Management has agreed to look into the opening of an Heating and A/C system that would control the entire space. I hope that it works out. In the meantime, I am not looking forward to spending my morning today perspiring and feeling downright uncomfortable. I can only do my task to the best of my ability. My co-workers and I will just have to wait for the decision to be made and hope for the best.
a/c worker
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26/02/2024