Opening a window to get some fresh air is quite normal. It's refreshing and allows air to circulate for five minutes. It Sounds good indeed. But "fresh" and "five minutes" seems to be very different from my own concept of it. During winter, usually around minus twenty Celsius degrees, all the windows have to be open. For the all day. Which Creates a wind whirlpool quite deranging when you prefer not to work with your parka on.
Funny is that would only happen in winter time, when we can freeze to death at work. What I found very impolite is the fact that nobody thinks of others doing so and keep in maintaining the window open, whatever the opinion of the surrounding colleagues. It reaches peaks of unreasonableness when we have colleagues from the other side of the room opening the window on the opposite side, leaving them with the fresh air required but leaving the others in front of an open draft where all the wind meets.
Worse than this situation is when the fellow worker near you open the window whom is in the AOE (Area of Effect) of both and go for a break! And close it when he/she comes back. The first time I was surprised and thought:
- Whhhhattt??????
But ok, once is only once. Until it occurs enough times to be called a modus operandi. What is wrong with them? Is the world just a place where they have not to share? Is the end of communism the start of an Egocentric Dictatorship? Why is it so hard to see, accept and interact with other without the ME first?
Once more I don't see concessions made, even if I am not a big fan of windows opening in general.I obviously accept it open for a period of time. That way, I think, both parts can be happy. As we live in a shared environment it's better to be aware of all persons thoughs, that's what I call socializing.
I better not comment this... even worse is when finally there is some warm day with a really fresh (and not freezing) breeze and the windows are supposed to be closed to not let the "warm air" come in... they just make me crazy!
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