Or, at least it should be illegal to set it at a temperature below 80. I am not kidding. I don't know what people are thinking, and I can't imagine what it must cost for places like Walmart and Home Depot to keep their ginormous stores with high ceilings two degrees above frigid. I hate it. This time of year, I will favor the small tiendas and open air markets more than usual.
The other day, I couldn't avoid a trip to Walmart. I needed treats for the dogs, and, for them, I will brave the arctic temperatures. It was a warm day. I was sweating lightly, but not really uncomfortable. Walmart has those huge blast blowers right inside the door, so when you walk in the cold air hits your wet skin, and it painfully feels like you've just entered a freezer.
I was only there for dog treats, so I didn't grab a cart, I just hurried past the blowers as quickly as possible. I got about 10 paces in when I got weak kneed and started to see spots in front of my eyes. My vision narrowed down beyond tunnel to a tiny pinprick of light. I cursed myself for not getting a cart so I would at least have that to hold onto. I stood there taking deep breaths and trying not to swoon. I can imagine few things that would be more embarrassing (and less sanitary) than crumpling to the floor in Walmart. I bet they would make a really big deal about it.
This isn't the first time I have had this problem. A few weeks ago, Chuck and I went to Home Depot in search of a toilet seat for our very huge toilet and a very long masonry drill bit for our hammer drill. Walking in, we were hit again with that annoying blast of cold air. While I didn't even come close to fainting this time, I did not feel well. We struck out on the toilet seat, but did find the drill bit.
For some reason, I wanted to go out into the garden center, I don't remember why now. They had just watered all the plants, so we walked out of the air conditioning directly into a sauna. Then we had to go back into the air conditioning to make our purchase. I really wanted to just leave, but we had been to several places already to find the drill bit. I toughed it out long enough to check out, but after that we both felt so bad we had to go home and lay down.
If the place I walk into is only slightly frigid, rather than full on arctic, I will get really dizzy and start sweating uncontrollably. I mean full on water faucet. Sweat dripping off me and into my eyes like I was mowing the lawn in the middle of the day in a Texas summer. It's really no fun and quite embarrassing.
I love dehumidify. We use it at night when we go to sleep. I think more places should learn about this wonderful thing. To all of the businesses out there: please dehumidify. I bet if you did that you could give me cheaper prices. Or if you must absolutely use air conditioning, not below 80 degrees, okay?
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I was dripping like a glass of ice water in the heat.
I was so uncomfortable I could hardly stand it. I'm surprised I didn't faint.
I've heard that mini-splits with the dehumidify option are more expensive, but I've also heard they are cheaper to run.
We sleep at night on dehumidify at 29 degrees, totally comfortable.
I'm with you, living in the heat and dealing with it. If only there weren't obstacles around every corner!
By the way, HI.