seeing red.

I recently moved my office to a space in the upstairs of my building. These buildings are very old pieces of shit. They used to have children's programming up here during the summer and I remember it was really really hot. When I moved up here I put in a maintenance request asking for a window air conditioner to be installed and for the screen on the window to be fixed. The maintenance supervisor was here yesterday and he told me they were going to wait to install the window air conditioner because he remembers that there isn't a problem cooling this space. I told him that I remember being in here and it was hotter than hell. He told me he remembers being in here and it was fine. I asked him to show me where the vents are that all this cool air comes out of. He said he didn't remember where they were but he would find them. He also told me that the screen was ripped because the maintenance guys had cut it so they could change the lightbulb in the light on the building. What???

This morning my co-worker was here and she came up to check out my new digs. She asked if I was going to get an air conditioner. I told her that no, I was told cooling the space wasn't a problem. She laughed and said that was ridiculous. I believe the word she used to describe the temperature in the room was "sweltering." So I emailed the dude that told me I didn't need an air conditioner and told him what she said. He emailed me back and said this:

"Thanks, Jenny!
That is helpful. However, I still have a memory of times when it was cool up there. I do want to try the vents thing on the first warm day. If we try our best and can’t get it, we WILL do the air conditioner."

What an asshole. I emailed back and told him I would try the vents thing but that I would not wait for an air conditioner to be installed. And I asked him why the screen in the window hasn't been fixed yet.

I emailed him on purpose because I knew he was going to say something stupid. It's a good thing he didn't say something stupid to my face because I probably would have lost my mind on him.