I will preface this by saying that I am always cold. Or at least on the cold side of the spectrum. As a result, I am angry and sullen during New York winters, which are pretty intolerable with wind tunnels through the streets because of buildings. I acknowledge that I probably like the climate to be a bit warmer than most (I tend to sit out in blaring heat and sun because it feels nice [I think I'm a cat] and have no problem with humidity [I was blessed with good hair]), however I assume that most people in New York welcome spring and summer when they come.
Apparently I'm fucking wrong.
The entire motherfuckin' city apparently desires it to be 39 degrees at all times. From where do I make this deduction? From the fact that the temperature of every fucking place a human being can control is pumped senseless with air conditioning.
Today is the first really warm day (76 degrees... girls wearing dresses and everything) and sure enough, I get on the bus, and the A/C is on so high that I'm shivering and I'm having difficulty hearing myself think from the "rrrrrrrrrrrr" of the system. Listen, on a 95 degree day, I'm as happy to enjoy a little conditioned air as much as the next guy, but 76 degrees? And the first day of nice weather? Aren't we jumping the gun a little bit?
Furthermore, everywhere I look, people are trying to invest in green campaigns to try to use the least amount of... well... anything we used to use. So why are we bangin' the A/C control up to the thick blue line, all the time? I don't need to feel a gust of FREEZING air every time I walk by a shop and someone is walking out of it. Seriously? We're using so much air conditioning that we're conditioning the air out-of-doors?
It's summer. I want to wear summer clothes. I don't want to carry around a fucking PARKA with me all day so I can wear it when I go inside these places. Enough is enough.
Plus, air conditioning feels weird. It feels creepy. I don't like it. Get a fan. And go fuck yourself.
-moon
4.24.2008
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Answer: Old people. The excessive A/C is for old people.
ReplyDeletePS. I like seeing nippies in A/C environments. I'm sorry if you're a girl and this seems out of line. But it's just true.
ReplyDeleteYou're not alone. I hear more complaints about excessive air conditioning than almost anything else in the summer.
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine, who is in his 60's brings a coat with him the summer. The elderly can't deal with excessive, but they also can't deal with excessive cold.
Let's all start writing to the stores and restaurants that do this. Let's write our representatives in Congress and the state legislatures about this in government buildings.