Put on a Sweater!
There is something funny about people who complain about being cold and instead of putting on an additional layer of clothes, they choose to crank up the temperature. I had this roommate one time who loved to walk around in her shorts and t-shirt in the house, in the dead of winter. She hated the cold weather and so would crank up the thermostat to nearly eighty two degrees. I would come home and laugh and clinch my teeth at the same time.
Why in the world would someone crank up the heat instead of putting on some more clothes, such as a sweatshirt, maybe some pants, or curling up with a blanket and a hot cup of tea? 
Temperature inside your home, office or business should be comfortable, but not too hot or too cold, and regulated to the season and temperature outside. I would constantly talk to that roommate and encourage her to put on more clothes and turn the heat down, as we were consuming a lot of energy keeping her bare legs warm.
The next time you find yourself a little too cold, put on a sweater. If you become a bit too warm, put on something to cool you down. Save the energy and regulate your body temperature the good ol’ fashioned way.
December 14th, 2006 at 10:50 am
Layering is a very good thing Jen. There are so many clothes out there that are air wicking, quick dry and conduct warmth. Outdoor clothing styles really don’t go out of fashion, so what I buy lasts for years. Although I wonder about what is used to actually make these products, in the end, they do help in cutting down on the energy bills.
September 12th, 2007 at 6:15 am
I spent one miserably cold winter in a basement apartment in Chicago with the ‘heat’ coming from radiators above the dropped ceiling. Anybody ever heard that heat rises? I would sit in a full set of serious long johns, a heavy full length robe and with my heavily socked feet on a space heater. We had electric blankets for sleeping, cranked way up. Of course, since the ‘heat’ was furnished as part of the rent, the electric bill was ours. I complained many times to the landlord and his wife. Her response was to tell me to put on more sweaters. That advice was not easy to follow in the shower. The shower gave a mere trickle of warm water. The bathroom had a large window in one end of it and the dropped ceiling tiles did not go up to the top of the window, they just went across the wall in an even line that let the wind blow down the window and out into the rest of the bathroom. We made arrangements to move out, but we warned everyone the landlord showed the place to before we left. He was finally forced to rent to a Spanish couple that didn’t speak enough English for us to warn.