15 degrees in the office - what would you do?

[The Farmer]

you would sit down and draw up a SWAT analysis documenting what the strengths and weaknesses are of this situation [Quote]

I thought it was

SWOT

Strengths - Weaknesses - Opportunities - Threats.

Has it changed?

[The Farmer]

SWAT is just like SWOT, but with bigger & better guns.

HTH.

I prefer SWAT also.

Might be a bit heavy handed in this case though.

[DaveB]

Nothing wrong with a bit of heavy handedness.

"Peace through superior firepower", as the saying goes.

[zathras]

Down tools?
Live with it?

Think of the invoice and put a sweater on!

[kirk]

Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately I would have to down tools to go and fetch jumpers/socks etc.

The temperature has now climbed to a measly 17 degrees Centigrade with the help of human heat, PC heat, a little sun through the window and a couple of tiny fan heaters.

This has removed the legal option to down tools but its still bloody cold!!!!!

What kind of tools would you be downing? Your keyboard and mouse?!?

[kirk]

At the end of the day (it's night time, yeah I know!) the client and you have a responsibility for health and safety. If the client won't exercise their's excercise your own.

I finished a contract recently where, on the day I started I found out I ad no desk to work from. Just a small workbench with a monitor and k/board and piles of hardware equipment, loose software CD's etc etc stwen around the monitor. An absolute ******* tip. So I advised my agency and the client that I would be going home until they had a proper desk sorted out and duly charged them for the three days it took them to sort it out. H&S legislation can seem like a pussy's charter sometimes but you can sensibly put it to good use.

I bet that went down well with the client, especially come renewal time!

[threaded]

Down tools?
Live with it?

Tch, one morning the clients showers were only blowing cold. I just remarked how much like being back at school it was and got on with it.

threaded in "got to show johnny foreigner what a stiff upper lip is" mode