The assistant director of a local chain discount department store once told myself and others that the corporate office set the temperatures for the HVAC systems in the stores.
I don’t know if that meant that the corporate office truly controlled the temperatures of the HVAC systems through the main office or if they just told the directors what to set the temperature controls at, even though I suppose it doesn’t absolutely matter.
The people I was with and I weren’t fortunate enough to have a corporate office set the temperature of our temperature control. It must have been assumed that the office employees were adult enough to be ecstatic with the setting of the temperature control; No main director expected our office employees to act adore children when it came to the temperature control; Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case, so the temperature control and the temperature in the office went up and down all morning long as the office temperature control war raged on. The men in suits tended to be tepid and the ladies in short sleeves tended to be chilly and nobody could agree on a comfortable temperature, but someone would be too chilly and turn the temperature control up. Then someone would be too warm and turn it down. Do Not Touch signs were removed or ignored. Because of this, it was never absolutely comfortable in the office; Finally, I made a suggestion to the office director on the sly. Soon, a smart temperature control was installed on the existing HVAC component and the temperature was set at 68 degrees. The office director told everyone to be ecstatic with that and get back to work.