One of the reasons people love working from home is that they can have their space the way they like it. In an office, you have little control over things.

The maintenance folks can’t make everyone happy. See why that hard led to a different kind of discomfort at the office.

AITA for not turning the office heat up?

For some reason, the thermostat in my office also controls the office next door (as well as the heat in my office). It’s locked, so I can’t adjust the heat.

Today, the woman in the office next door and a maintenance worker came to check the thermostat.

This woman is about to be disappointed.

Apparently, she is finding her office quite cold and wants to turn the heat up.

This would also turn the heat up in my office. They asked me if we could turn it up by 3 degrees. It’s currently 22 degrees C in my office, though it may be cooler next door.

I said no. It’s already quite warm in my office; if it gets hotter, I’ll get sleepy, or very uncomfortable.

Another colleague suggested that my office neighbor get a space heater.

Unfortunately, there was no middle ground.

She says she has one, but it doesn’t warm her office up enough.

I feel bad that she’s cold, but I really can’t imagine working in a warmer space every day, especially in the winter, when I’m wearing warmer clothes anyway. I can’t come to work in summer clothes when it’s freezing outside.

Also, I’m a 48-year-old woman. Any minute the Menopause Fairy is going to show up with her basket of hot flashes.

AITA for not letting them turn up the heat so my coworker in the next office can work more comfortably?

Here is what folks are talking about.

Some people run hot!

I think so, too, but who knows what the circulation is like.

I agree, but good luck with that.

Definitely. Maybe buy her a shawl and Starbucks as a gesture of goodwill.

This makes more sense, but I bet OP has a bigger one.

Before I gained weight I would also be freezing.

If you liked that post, check out this story about a guy who was forced to sleep on the couch at his wife’s family’s house, so he went to a hotel instead.