Sealed Windows Public Sector Office

Not sure why the public sector part is relevant, but no, you're not alone, plenty of people like fresh air, unsurprisingly.

The issue is that having open windows only benefits those who are sitting beside the window. Anyone who is more then 5 or 6 feet away doesn't really get the benefit. Not only that, it completely negates any active air conditioning system that's running in the background. No point having cooled, dehumidified air being pumped into the office if someone is letting air from outside in through the windows. So not only are they the only ones benefiting from the fresh air, they're literally making it worse for everyone else.

I used to run facilities for a large enough office, about 250+ people, and far and away the HVAC system is the biggest gripe of all. Not everyone is the same, and everyone has different tolerances, but the amount of authoritarians who demanded that the temperature be set to their preference was eye opening. I've had two people sitting next to each other ringing up every 5 minutes to cancel the previous guy's request and to change it from hot to cold, or vice versa.

There was some auld bint who had a window seat but complained of getting a crick in her neck because of the draught from the window. So we tried to move her, but she wasn't having any of it. She wanted us to isolate the blower directly above her desk and have that pump out hot air, all year long, to block the draughts. We couldn't do that so she came in with a doctor's note saying we had to provide her with a radiator. She'd be sitting by the window, with her jacket and gloves on and the radiator going full blast on days like today.

It took up so much time dealing with requests from staff that we had to limit them and only supervisors / managers could request changes be made. Day one, her boss rang me up and said she'd requested that the heating be turned on. In the middle of August. Everyone else in shirt and tie, sweating like Jospeh Fritzl on MTV Cribs, and she wants the heating on full blast. She complained one day because someone in a cellular office off the main open plan one had their windows open and there was a draught coming under the door.

I swear to God, it was worse than the car parking demands. I ended up getting in professionals to do surveys and wet bulb temps and all sorts of checks on seals etc. If you're too cold when the inside air temperature is 22 degrees Celsius, then you have bigger issues than the air con system.