Originally Posted by
Fanjet
As for me, I'm not a fan of AC. Growing up in San Diego, we didn't even have an AC unit in our house. And I can't remember if any of our neighbors did either. There were only about a handleful of days each year when it would have been useful (usually end of August, early September). And then we just went to the beach since it was only a few blocks away. It's also very difficult for me to sleep with the AC on. I usually wake up with a sore throat in the morning. When I'm on the East Coast in the summertime, I'll usaully run the AC for 10 or 15 minutes before I go to bed, and then turn it off.
The funny thing is that I'm from the deep South and I think many of us are far more sensitive to heat because we have to have air conditioning all the time. During the summer it's not uncommon for it to be 95 or higher for most of July and August, and it is extremely humid. The humidity here makes the hot weather feel much hotter, but it also makes the cold weather feel much colder as well. So the humidity does play a factor in the need for climate control.
In any event, I do think it ridiculous that a major business can't get it's AC running in the middle of a heat wave.