The Boss Can Only Provide Cold Comfort
The weather has suddenly turned colder as we hit September. We’re discussing it one morning in the office. FYI, the office building’s furnace broke down at the beginning of summer, and it has yet to be fixed.
Coworker #1: “I swear, last week it was ninety degrees. Now I’m freezing. My car actually told me it was fifty-two this morning.”
Coworker #2: “That’s what happens when August clocks out.”
Boss: “Morning, team. How’s everyone adjusting to the weather?”
Me: “We’ve decided we’re all mad at the atmosphere.”
Boss: “Good. Stay unified. It builds morale.”
Coworker #2: “So does central heating.”
Me: “Which we’re still waiting for.”
Boss: “Scratch morale. Let’s all be cold together and build character instead.”
The furnace was fixed a few weeks later, when the surprisingly early onset of cold weather made the office temperature technically illegal, and the senior managers decided working from home was a more distasteful concept than having their workers attempt to type in the office wearing gloves.
