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It's sub zero up here at the moment.
Today I had a thankfully short job working for an elderly lady.
Her house was like a sauna. I'll bet if I had stripped to my boxers I would still have been sweating.
I noted the thermostat was cranked up to 30!!! but I doubt the heating had managed to get the house quite that hot (the boiler never seemed to stop)
At one point she asked "are you warm enough" er, yes dear, a bit too hot actually.
"It's turned a bit cold, so I turned the heating up"
FFS do they not understand the function of a thermostat? There's no need to turn it up, it automatically inputs more heat to maintain a comfortable temperature, there's no need to turn it up.
This was one of those jobs when I just had to go outside every 10 minutes just to cool off and make it bearable.
I hope I don't end up like that in my old age.
Today I had a thankfully short job working for an elderly lady.
Her house was like a sauna. I'll bet if I had stripped to my boxers I would still have been sweating.
I noted the thermostat was cranked up to 30!!! but I doubt the heating had managed to get the house quite that hot (the boiler never seemed to stop)
At one point she asked "are you warm enough" er, yes dear, a bit too hot actually.
"It's turned a bit cold, so I turned the heating up"
FFS do they not understand the function of a thermostat? There's no need to turn it up, it automatically inputs more heat to maintain a comfortable temperature, there's no need to turn it up.
This was one of those jobs when I just had to go outside every 10 minutes just to cool off and make it bearable.
I hope I don't end up like that in my old age.