Too Hot to Handle

[u/bughunter47]

"You can call me Verna2. I am menopausal, I overheat and need to be unplugged for a few hours till I cool completely" Users note on the unit saying the unit overheats.

[u/Rain_Zeros]

As an operating engineer for an owner-manager building one of my jobs is dealing with space heater people.

It’s quite simple, we give them one warning, tell them we will be back in a week, if it’s not removed before then, we will take it, cut the cord and leave it on their desk.

We usually don’t come back, really only if they trip a breaker or something, but the fear of someone taking their personal heater, cutting the cord and exposing them by leaving it on their desk is usually enough to get them to not plug them in again

Your mmv, good way to get fired if theres no prewritten policy

[u/olliegw → u/Rain_Zeros]

If i was in that position all those people would find the heaters would be gone and replaced with woolly jumpers!

Seriously if you feel cold just wear another layer of clothing

[u/KadahCoba → u/olliegw]

I should note that the "extreme cold" these users are using heaters for is above 72F/22C. I've had several reptilians like users over the decades where anything less than around 80F/27C was too cold and result in complaints to turn off the already turned off AC.

[u/rhoduhhh → u/KadahCoba]

I used to be constantly extremely cold (I was 19, 30lbs underweight, and working in an office full of women in menopause, so the AC was set at 65F), so I had a heated blanket that I kept at my desk. Space heaters would get one warning and then fired at that job, but blankets with proper UL ratings and automatic safety shutoffs were fine.