Life in an office can be extreme. When the A/C is not properly functionning the temperature can be a real issue. Either X-cold or X-hot. No openable window is also a problem. We discovered that there was a way to overcome this problem, we called it HASTM, just like french links would pronounce the donkey (zee hass!). HASTM (a.k.a. Human Automation System, Trade Mark) is when you cannot have a proper automated control of your A/C (by temperature), you call the technician whenever you are that cold that you plan to bring pinguins to keep you warm or so hot that a sauna bathtub is a chilling thought. The technician then either shut down or start up the A/C, so you only need to bear 20 min of unbreathable atmosphere. Simple, efficient but not between lunch hours and breaks and you don't need to service that damn faulty temperature automated system you bought from a dodgy russian company for peanuts. You can call it "using the A/C technician to switch a button", we call it HASTM, it is more... corporate!
