The Return To Cool

The HVAC system was up and running in my office building when I came into work Monday morning, but the hot, sweaty, greenhouse memories of last week will not be forgotten anytime soon. I actually miss it a little bit. With all the lights turned off, fans blowing everywhere, engineers trudging around in t-shirts, shorts, and black dress shoes; it felt like we were in a bunker of some kind. It gave the ho-hum place a little character for a while. The biggest difference of all has to be the noise. Usually, my office is disturbingly quiet. You can practically hear footsteps from across the building. But with the fans running and the windows open last week, you could barely make out the PA announcements or hear the phone ringing 2 feet from your ears.