Looking for a windbreak for an office chair.
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So the aircon in the office sucks, they're trying to get it right and have been monitoring temp. I borrowed a thermometer for an hour today and it reads over 22 degrees C, but I'm underneath a vent with cold air coming down on my back. I picked up a cold 3 weeks ago and haven't been able to shake it. I sit at my desk wearing a hoodie with the hood pulled up and my arms wrapped around my chest and I'm still cold, but when I get up to make a cup of coffe I break into a sweat. I've been looking for something like a wind break that I could duct tape to the back and arms of my chair, which would extend up over my head to shelter my shoulders and head from the breeze, but I haven't found anything yet. (I might think about one going down under the seat to protect my kidneys too) I've been to the doc today and got antibiotics to try to shift the cold, and I've asked for a desk move (and I've been listening to ongoing discussions about the aircon for the last hour and a half), so I can try the desk right next to mine next week, although I'm not convinced it will make much difference. If anyone has seen anything that might work as a widnbreak, that I could attach to the back of my chair, I'd love to hear about it.
Pete
Put up an umbrella
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So the aircon in the office sucks, they're trying to get it right and have been monitoring temp. I borrowed a thermometer for an hour today and it reads over 22 degrees C, but I'm underneath a vent with cold air coming down on my back. I picked up a cold 3 weeks ago and haven't been able to shake it. I sit at my desk wearing a hoodie with the hood pulled up and my arms wrapped around my chest and I'm still cold, but when I get up to make a cup of coffe I break into a sweat. I've been looking for something like a wind break that I could duct tape to the back and arms of my chair, which would extend up over my head to shelter my shoulders and head from the breeze, but I haven't found anything yet. (I might think about one going down under the seat to protect my kidneys too) I've been to the doc today and got antibiotics to try to shift the cold, and I've asked for a desk move (and I've been listening to ongoing discussions about the aircon for the last hour and a half), so I can try the desk right next to mine next week, although I'm not convinced it will make much difference. If anyone has seen anything that might work as a widnbreak, that I could attach to the back of my chair, I'd love to hear about it.
Pete
He's telling the truth about the hoodie. I've got an image right here: Mystery Man
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Put up an umbrella
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von BraunThat might actually work.
Pete
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So the aircon in the office sucks, they're trying to get it right and have been monitoring temp. I borrowed a thermometer for an hour today and it reads over 22 degrees C, but I'm underneath a vent with cold air coming down on my back. I picked up a cold 3 weeks ago and haven't been able to shake it. I sit at my desk wearing a hoodie with the hood pulled up and my arms wrapped around my chest and I'm still cold, but when I get up to make a cup of coffe I break into a sweat. I've been looking for something like a wind break that I could duct tape to the back and arms of my chair, which would extend up over my head to shelter my shoulders and head from the breeze, but I haven't found anything yet. (I might think about one going down under the seat to protect my kidneys too) I've been to the doc today and got antibiotics to try to shift the cold, and I've asked for a desk move (and I've been listening to ongoing discussions about the aircon for the last hour and a half), so I can try the desk right next to mine next week, although I'm not convinced it will make much difference. If anyone has seen anything that might work as a widnbreak, that I could attach to the back of my chair, I'd love to hear about it.
Pete
Find an old cardboard box, flatten it and hang in from the ceiling below the vent at a tilt to deflect the air into the next guys cube.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius
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So the aircon in the office sucks, they're trying to get it right and have been monitoring temp. I borrowed a thermometer for an hour today and it reads over 22 degrees C, but I'm underneath a vent with cold air coming down on my back. I picked up a cold 3 weeks ago and haven't been able to shake it. I sit at my desk wearing a hoodie with the hood pulled up and my arms wrapped around my chest and I'm still cold, but when I get up to make a cup of coffe I break into a sweat. I've been looking for something like a wind break that I could duct tape to the back and arms of my chair, which would extend up over my head to shelter my shoulders and head from the breeze, but I haven't found anything yet. (I might think about one going down under the seat to protect my kidneys too) I've been to the doc today and got antibiotics to try to shift the cold, and I've asked for a desk move (and I've been listening to ongoing discussions about the aircon for the last hour and a half), so I can try the desk right next to mine next week, although I'm not convinced it will make much difference. If anyone has seen anything that might work as a widnbreak, that I could attach to the back of my chair, I'd love to hear about it.
Pete
I'd say if you start breaking wind while seated at your chair, you'll greatly enhance your chances for a cubicle move. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
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Find an old cardboard box, flatten it and hang in from the ceiling below the vent at a tilt to deflect the air into the next guys cube.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius
It's a vent that blows 4 ways, I did think about taping a bit of paper over the part directing the air in my direction, but everyone else under it is complaining about it too, so I don't want to be making enemies or have to tape a new bit of paper up there every day. But I did see an aircon windbreak while looking for this, the theory being it redirects the air out along the ceiling instead of straight down on top of you. Being cold air it's going to fall anyway but maybe this would be better than a constant stream coming down directly onto my back.
Pete
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I'd say if you start breaking wind while seated at your chair, you'll greatly enhance your chances for a cubicle move. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
:-D Maybe, but my manager doesn't sit in the same area as me, so I might just piss off my colleagues.
Pete
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:-D Maybe, but my manager doesn't sit in the same area as me, so I might just piss off my colleagues.
Pete
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So the aircon in the office sucks, they're trying to get it right and have been monitoring temp. I borrowed a thermometer for an hour today and it reads over 22 degrees C, but I'm underneath a vent with cold air coming down on my back. I picked up a cold 3 weeks ago and haven't been able to shake it. I sit at my desk wearing a hoodie with the hood pulled up and my arms wrapped around my chest and I'm still cold, but when I get up to make a cup of coffe I break into a sweat. I've been looking for something like a wind break that I could duct tape to the back and arms of my chair, which would extend up over my head to shelter my shoulders and head from the breeze, but I haven't found anything yet. (I might think about one going down under the seat to protect my kidneys too) I've been to the doc today and got antibiotics to try to shift the cold, and I've asked for a desk move (and I've been listening to ongoing discussions about the aircon for the last hour and a half), so I can try the desk right next to mine next week, although I'm not convinced it will make much difference. If anyone has seen anything that might work as a widnbreak, that I could attach to the back of my chair, I'd love to hear about it.
Pete
Peter Mulholland wrote:
If anyone has seen anything that might work as a widnbreak, that I could attach to the back of my chair, I'd love to hear about it.
I put clear packing tape over the vent above me. Otherwise snow would start flying out of the darn thing.
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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So the aircon in the office sucks, they're trying to get it right and have been monitoring temp. I borrowed a thermometer for an hour today and it reads over 22 degrees C, but I'm underneath a vent with cold air coming down on my back. I picked up a cold 3 weeks ago and haven't been able to shake it. I sit at my desk wearing a hoodie with the hood pulled up and my arms wrapped around my chest and I'm still cold, but when I get up to make a cup of coffe I break into a sweat. I've been looking for something like a wind break that I could duct tape to the back and arms of my chair, which would extend up over my head to shelter my shoulders and head from the breeze, but I haven't found anything yet. (I might think about one going down under the seat to protect my kidneys too) I've been to the doc today and got antibiotics to try to shift the cold, and I've asked for a desk move (and I've been listening to ongoing discussions about the aircon for the last hour and a half), so I can try the desk right next to mine next week, although I'm not convinced it will make much difference. If anyone has seen anything that might work as a widnbreak, that I could attach to the back of my chair, I'd love to hear about it.
Pete
This sounds like the perfect excuse to visit a hardware store. Get to it!
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So the aircon in the office sucks, they're trying to get it right and have been monitoring temp. I borrowed a thermometer for an hour today and it reads over 22 degrees C, but I'm underneath a vent with cold air coming down on my back. I picked up a cold 3 weeks ago and haven't been able to shake it. I sit at my desk wearing a hoodie with the hood pulled up and my arms wrapped around my chest and I'm still cold, but when I get up to make a cup of coffe I break into a sweat. I've been looking for something like a wind break that I could duct tape to the back and arms of my chair, which would extend up over my head to shelter my shoulders and head from the breeze, but I haven't found anything yet. (I might think about one going down under the seat to protect my kidneys too) I've been to the doc today and got antibiotics to try to shift the cold, and I've asked for a desk move (and I've been listening to ongoing discussions about the aircon for the last hour and a half), so I can try the desk right next to mine next week, although I'm not convinced it will make much difference. If anyone has seen anything that might work as a widnbreak, that I could attach to the back of my chair, I'd love to hear about it.
Pete
Go in after hours, pull the louver/vent and install a piece of cardboard in the hole. Replace louver/vent. ;)
