An Icy Reception From This State

I work in a retail superstore in Alaska, one of the first ones that visitors to the state come through after arriving here.

A customer pulls me from a conversation I’m having with another customer to angrily ask:

Customer: “Why did the bathroom faucet water make my hands all red?!”

Me: “Ma’am, did you let the water warm up before wetting your hands?”

Customer: “No! It was freezing!”

Me: “Ma’am. We’re in Alaska, and it’s thirteen degrees.” *Minus ten in Celsius.* “You need to let the water warm up before you stick your hands in it.”

Customer: *Slightly less aggressive.* “Does… does this happen to everyone?!”

Me: “No, usually just the people who stick their hands in freezing water.”