Hot shops!

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I never understand why shops have the heating on full blast, yet have the doors wide open? Surely it defeats the whole point of having heating on in the first place!?!

I find BHS, M&S and Primark to be pretty hot to shop in, although I'm sure they could probably save a load of cash by turning off those really hot spotlights in store. It must cost them a fortune in electricity!

Aquatronixjenny

I think it's the spot lights that give off a lot of heat. M and S and Primark is dreadful and I can't last any more that 15 minutes in there.

Reverbe

Torry_Quine wrote: »

To me it seems ridiculous that shops are of the temperature where staff are able to wear a t-shirt. I wouldn't have my home that warm so it suggests that shops are well off if they can afford to heat to that level.

you have to wear a tshirt in some shops when you work there not due to heating but cos they dont have aircon so you roast esp when store is filled to overflowing with customers.. its not always cos they have high heating on.. some shops dont have any heating on and I have had to wear several layers including jumpers and thermals.

texranger

Reverbe wrote: »

you have to wear a tshirt in some shops when you work there not due to heating

this is not true, t-shirts are worn because long sleeves can get snagged in till draws etc.
a lot of heat generated in large stores is not created by any heating systems. body heat is a major contributor

Torry_Quine

Reverbe wrote: »

you have to wear a tshirt in some shops when you work there not due to heating but cos they dont have aircon so you roast esp when store is filled to overflowing with customers.. its not always cos they have high heating on.. some shops dont have any heating on and I have had to wear several layers including jumpers and thermals.

texranger wrote: »

this is not true, t-shirts are worn because long sleeves can get snagged in till draws etc.
a lot of heat generated in large stores is not created by any heating systems. body heat is a major contributor

In town today and every shop was hot, many with blowers over the entrance. It's very mild just now so just ridiculous. Sleeves shouldn't be catching in drawers etc if they are correctly fitted.

The customer should be the most important person but overheated shops mean I just leave without buying

Reverbe

texranger wrote: »

this is not true, t-shirts are worn because long sleeves can get snagged in till draws etc.
a lot of heat generated in large stores is not created by any heating systems. body heat is a major contributor

thanks for telling me this . I was actually however posting from my own recent experience in a small store with no heating or air con.

texranger

Torry_Quine wrote: »

In town today and every shop was hot, many with blowers over the entrance. It's very mild just now so just ridiculous. Sleeves shouldn't be catching in drawers etc if they are correctly fitted.

The customer should be the most important person but overheated shops mean I just leave without buying

but heating is never fully on body heat generates most heat in a shop, so should shops just allow customers in small batches to keep the body heat down

Reverbe

Torry_Quine wrote: »

In town today and every shop was hot, many with blowers over the entrance. It's very mild just now so just ridiculous. Sleeves shouldn't be catching in drawers etc if they are correctly fitted.

The customer should be the most important person but overheated shops mean I just leave without buying

Agreed. it happens in one of the stores I have worked in, where there is aircon but a financially motivated out and out not to be used policy...

Torry_Quine

texranger wrote: »

but heating is never fully on body heat generates most heat in a shop, so should shops just allow customers in small batches to keep the body heat down

The shops I have been in recently definitely did have heating on, you could feel it coming out of vents in some case. If it's too hot even with no heating then air conditioning should be on. :mad:

faded_flowers

Torry_Quine wrote: »

The customer should be the most important person but overheated shops mean I just leave without buying

Yeah, nevermind the poor staff stood round for 9 hours - the customer in for 10 minutes clearly matters more. Despite the fact the customer could just take their coat off :think:

My store keeps the temp at 20 degrees for the animals - I suppose we should let them shiver.