Thats absurd. People die without AC, wtf is wrong with the brits?
Comment on UK workers ‘should get day off’ if workplace is hotter than 30C
Buckshot@programming.dev 6 months agoProbably half the offices I’ve worked at had no AC at all. One job I had moved to a new building that didn’t have AC, they spent a fortune installing it, then were required to remove it when they vacated the building a few years later.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 6 months ago
floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
There are many old buildings, and historically it hasn’t often been warm enough to make air conditioning worth it. But the climate is getting warmer now.
tal@lemmy.today 6 months ago
If you’re also an American, Europe has more-moderate extreme temperatures than parts of the US do; most of it is near water, which helps moderate temperature, and it has few arid places. The UK, which is an archipeligo, particularly so.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 6 months ago
Basically 30 years ago it was very seldom needed. It's almost as if ... oh, I don't know, the climate is changing.
peter@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Really? I’ve never worked on an office without AC. Maybe I’ve just worked in posh offices