It’s always good to bring a sweater to a coffee shop with poor HVAC zone control

I’ve been working remotely for almost two years now, and I have a love-hate relationship with it.

On one hand I have a ton of flexibility to do my work whenever I would like, but on the other hand, I really miss that human interaction you get in an office setting.

That’s why I’ve learned to work remotely at coffee shops a few times a week. If I’ve learned anything from it, every shop’s coffee tastes completely different, and the air conditioning varies largely also. Some coffee shops feel like sweatshops and have air conditioning with horrible zone control. Zone control ensures that the air vents are appropriately placed to provide a cooling experience to all spaces and corners of the room. Without zone control you may experience spots where the cool air doesn’t touch at all, so it feels really hot. I’ve learned to identify what type of air vents coffee shops have right when I walk in and determine what angles they face to avoid sitting in a seat that doesn’t have a/c. On the other hand, you also want to make sure you are sitting appropriately during the cold season so you’re able to feel heat coming from vents. Cold spots while you are sitting trying to work is the worst and often deters me from wanting to stay any longer, so it feels like a waste of time all for a heater. I’m not saying that I have developed a special skill for this or anything, but I’d like to think that I’ve developed a keen eye for air conditioning systems throughout this whole process.
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