Cold social security office

Sitting in a social security office, waiting for your number to be called so you can go and sit at one of the tiny windows to fulfill whatever task you needed to get done, if you brought all the necessary paperwork, is a pain.

It is painfully dull and extremely frustrating, but necessary in some instances.

I had to deal with one such instance recently. The office in my area opens at 9 am, and I arrived exactly at 9, and the entire waiting area was already filled. I had assumed 9 was when they first began letting people in but apparently the doors opened early to allow people to sign in and get their number. Because of this I was number 132, and 101 was just being called when I arrived. No seats were available so I was left standing, and the waiting was made even worse by the air conditioning in the building. For whatever reason they had their air conditioner at full blast in the middle of winter even though it was 32 degrees outside. It was a poor use of their HVAC system; we needed the furnace to be running, not the air conditioning! I was stuck in the frigid waiting area for a little over an hour, and my visit only took 5 minutes once I was called. 5 minutes was all it took to get the paperwork I needed, get it filled out, and leave, but it took over an hour to start! I was so glad to get out of that building, with its ridiculous wait and insane air conditioning, and into my car to head on home.

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Restaurant reviewing as a couple

The placement of the vents can lead to some sections being too cold and others not cold enough when the air conditioner is running, and the opposite when the furnace is on

My boyfriend and I had been looking for an activity to do together for a while and finally decided on something last month. Each weekend we go out to a different restaurant in our area for the purpose of giving it our own review. There’s a lot of small, locally owned places and it’s been really fun to check out restaurants we may have never thought to enter before. I’m a pretty picky eater, unlike my boyfriend, so the food review is his job. I also comment on how well I like whatever dish I selected but my main goal is checking out the restaurant’s atmosphere and service. How quickly we get seated, how attentive the waiter is, and how long it takes for the food to be prepared falls into the service aspect. For the atmosphere I rate the seating arrangements, decor, and HVAC system. The heating and cooling within a restaurant is really important to me, although it isn’t really something people think about unless something is wrong. The placement of the vents can lead to some sections being too cold and others not cold enough when the air conditioner is running, and the opposite when the furnace is on. If you feel like you need a winter jacket at the table then something is clearly wrong, and the same goes for if you’re sweating from the heat. It’s the restaurant’s responsibility to maintain proper temperature control within the building for the comfort of their customers. In any case, the reviewing has been a lot of fun! We’ve had a great time going out and I can’t wait until the weekend to decide where to go next.

 

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No Electricity After Hurricane

I couldn’t wait for our power to come back on so that my buddy and I could run our cooling system.

I remember when my buddy and I were hit by a hurricane about seven years ago. Our electricity was out for ten mornings. Of course, those living in the wealthier areas of neighborhood had their electricity back on almost right away, but, my buddy and I terrible folks had to wait. It was horrible. The temperatures stayed around the low to middle nineties, which my buddy and I were used to, but, the humidity was unbearable. And, it felt like that hurricane took all the breeze with it, and because my buddy and I were in the neglected side of town, our drainage system wasn’t as fine as it was in the wealthier areas, and, after a few mornings, the mosquitoes were unbearable! It’s not like my buddy and I could stand in our homes with the doors closed. It was way too hot. And, most of us in that area didn’t have the luxury of screened doors or screened in porches. I legitimately went to my sister’s dwelling plus borrowed my infant nephew so that my buddy would feel terrible enough to hook us up to his generator plus my buddy and I could run our fans, at least. I couldn’t wait for our power to come back on so that my buddy and I could run our cooling system. It was so humid plus the bugs were so awful, I still cringe thinking about it. It took ten long mornings before our power was restored. My associate and I had to wait for unit to be brought down from up North. Boy, were my buddy and I grateful to have our air conditioner back!

 

 

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Learning about HVAC

As a student, I have been made better aware of how my buddy and I humans are destroying the Earth, especially the effect our energy usage has had on the environment.

I don’t have a lot of money to spare, but, our government understands that not everybody has extra money to spare to help our environment, which legitimately explains why tax deductions are offered to people who choose energy efficient appliances.

Homes are rather cheap in my small rural town, and, when I purchase one, I hope to have the extra money to purchase environmentally friendly appliances, like the geothermal HVAC system. The temperature within the Earth stays fairly consistent, plus the geothermal system uses the heat beneath the Earth’s surface to heat the dwelling in winter, plus returns the heat to the Earth in the Summer when the system cools the home, and a geothermal system is more costly to purchase, however will save money in the long run. It uses less energy than traditional HVAC systems, lasts years longer, plus requires minimal maintenance. It also leaves a much smaller carbon footprint than other traditional methods of heating plus cooling a house. Since several of the houses in my small rural neighborhood don’t offer air conditioner outside of window units, purchasing a dwelling here will provide me the opportunity to do my part in helping the environment by purchasing a geothermal air conditioner plus heater.

 

 

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Hoping Not to Lose Power During Tropical Storm

We are under a tropical storm warning. I’ve lived through numerous tropical storms and hurricanes and you would guess it would be no giant deal. The problem is, the tropical storms and hurricanes that I have lived through in the past were in a wealthy neighborhood better prepared for that kind of weather. The neighborhood I live in now doesn’t get dire weather, and is not prepared for flooding and power outages. I’m really not as distraught about flooding as I am about power outages. I can cook really enough on the grill for a few afternoons, but, I do not like going without air conditioner. Although the hot and cold temperatures will only be in the middle to high eighties, the humidity will be terrible. And in about two afternoons, the mosquitos will be terrible, too. Experience tells me this. In the past, after a tropical storm or hurricane, we’ve gone afternoons without electricity, but, numerous stores and diners with electricity were open, and my associate and I would spend time in them, enjoying the cool air conditioner and freezing drinks. I never appreciated air conditioner and freezing drinks as much as I did after a few afternoons without electricity in the middle of summer time in the south. The meteorologists are predicting extensive power outages in this area. I really hope it doesn’t take long to restore it. To me, humidity is worse than high hot and cold temperatures. Although it’s only in the eighties here right now, the humidity is already close to ninety-five percent, so, I am enjoying my air conditioner while I have it.

 

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Hot summer time afternoon

When I was younger, at times, I really enjoyed the heat.

I grew up in a tropical climate and raised my children there.

Every weekend, I took my children to the beach or the local lake to swim or to the park or elementary school playground to play. We would make a afternoon of it. I’d pack up some towels, drinks, lunch, popcorn, and sunscreen, turn the control machine on my air conditioner down about four degrees, and off my associate and I would go. The children always had a relaxing time, and got plenty of fresh air and exercise. Two of the parks in my hometown had water spouts that helped to keep the children cool, and these are the parks my associate and I chose on the hottest afternoons, because, cooling off is extremely pressing in a tropical environment. After a long afternoon of fun in the sun, my associate and I would return house to an air conditioned house, grateful for the cool air. This is one giant reason I would turn the control machine down an extra four degrees before leaving, so that my associate and I could cool off suddenly when my associate and I returned home. After baths and showers and a nice lunch, my associate and I would sit around soaking up the air conditioner until bedtime. After the heat of the afternoon, my associate and I would sleep so well in the cool air conditioner, often bundled up in blankets. Of course, I would turn the control machine back up to seventy-six degrees, where I usually kept it throughout the week to conserve energy, but, that one weekend afternoon and night, my associate and I would splurge, because really freezing air is a real treat after an extremely hot and humid afternoon in the sun.

 

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Learning about Heating in addition to A/C

As a student, I have been made better aware of how my good friend and I humans are destroying the Earth, especially the effect our energy usage has had on the environment.

I don’t have a lot of currency to spare, but, our government understands that not everybody has extra currency to spare to help our environment, which absolutely explains why tax deductions are provided to people who choose energy efficient appliances.

Homes are rather cheap in my small rural town, and, when I purchase one, I hope to have the extra currency to purchase environmentally friendly appliances, like the geothermal Heating in addition to A/C system. The temperature within the Earth stays fairly consistent, in addition to the geothermal system uses the heat beneath the Earth’s surface to heat the household in winter, in addition to returns the heat to the Earth in the summer time when the system cools the home, then a geothermal system is more high-priced to purchase, however will save currency in the long run. It uses less energy than traditional Heating in addition to A/C systems, lasts years longer, in addition to requires minimal repair. It also leaves a much smaller carbon footprint than other traditional methods of heating in addition to cooling a house. Since several of the houses in my small rural town don’t offer air conditioning outside of window units, purchasing a household here will supply me the opportunity to do my part in helping the environment by purchasing a geothermal air conditioning in addition to heater.

 

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Taxi driver won’t turn down AC

I experienced the worst taxi ride of my life last week.

Honestly, it was an incredibly awkward ride with some instances that provided me cause for worry. I was picked up at the airport and was meant to be taken downtown to the hotel I had a room booked at. It should have been a pretty straight-forward, straightforward experience… Unfortunately the driver’s English was really broken. I was able to communicate the address to him just fine, but once my friend and I got on our way he turned the boombox on harshly loud to a channel I could not understand due to the language. I was willing to bear with that but what I couldn’t stand was how high he was running the air conditioning system in the car. Vents in the back of the automobile were blowing freezing air from the air conditioning system straight on me and it was unbearably cold. The vents in the back didn’t have the same covers as the ones in the front, so I couldn’t close them on my end, so I tried asking the driver if the air conditioning system could be turned down. He either couldn’t hear me over the boombox or didn’t understand, or maybe he simply didn’t care, but whatever the case I was ignored and the arctic blast from the air conditioning system never wavered… What made things even worse is that he answered his phone in the middle of the trip! I was genuinely uncomfortable and didn’t feel safe with that at all. I was cheerful when my friend and I finally arrived at the hotel. When I went to spend money him I provided exact change from what the toll said I owed, and he provided me a rather rotten look for the lack of a tip, although he didn’t deserve one after that.

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Restaurant reviewing as a couple

My guy and I had been looking for an interest to do together for a while and finally decided on something last month, but each weekend my friend and I go out to a bizarre diner in our part for the purpose of giving it our own review, there’s a lot of small, locally owned places and it’s been genuinely fun to check out diners my friend and I may have never thought to enter before. I’m a pretty picky eater, unlike my guy, so the food review is his task. I also comment on how well I like whatever dish I selected but my main goal is checking out the diner’s atmosphere and service. How suddenly my friend and I get seated, how attentive the server is, and how long it takes for the food to be prepared falls into the service aspect, then for the atmosphere I rate the seating arrangements, decor, and Heating, Ventilation and A/C system. The heating and cooling within a diner is genuinely important to me, although it isn’t genuinely something people feel about unless something is wrong. The placement of the vents can lead to some sections being too freezing and others not freezing enough when the air conditioning system is running, and the opposite when the furnace is on. If you feel like you need a winter time jacket at the table then something is clearly wrong, and the same goes for if you’re covered in sweat from the heat. It’s the diner’s responsibility to maintain respected temperature control within the building for the comfort of their clients. In any case, the reviewing has been a lot of fun! We’ve had a wonderful time going out and I can’t wait until the weekend to decide where to go next.

 

 

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Broken elevator has no AC

The cooling system in the elevator had stopped, as well as without the air conditioning the elevator hastily began to heat up.

I had a doctor’s appointment last yearthat ended up having to be rescheduled. It wasn’t because I was too tied up that day, though. In fact, I arrived at the building half an hour before my appointment, however my doctor’s office was located on the 7th floor so I got into the elevator to head up to sign myself in early. Everything was going fantastic until the elevator broke down between floors 3 as well as 4. I was the only one in the elevator as well as I panicked when it abruptly jerked to a stop, pressing all of the buttons to try to get something to work. Nothing worked except for the emergency iPhone installed next to the button display, through which I was alerted that help was on the way. I eventually calmed down however wasn’t able to stop the sweat that was start to drip down my body. The cooling system in the elevator had stopped, as well as without the air conditioning the elevator hastily began to heat up. The lack of A/C turned the enclosed space into a sweltering sauna. I was going to miss my appointment however that wasn’t a massive problem at the time. The temperature outside that day was in the high 76s, as well as the building’s lobby had been cooled down nicely from the building’s HVAC system, however in the elevator without access to this cooling I couldn’t help however obsess over how hot it was, making me all the more aware of the lack of A/C as well as heat. I was so relieved to finally get out of there that I wasn’t even aggravated about having to reschedule my appointment.

 

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