I keep a space heater in my office and yeah, I let it really heat up the place. I get cold easily, and being cold makes me sleepy. This one partner has come in a couple times, remarked how hot it is, and then says the heat must be making me fall asleep while I work. It doesn't come off like a joke but rather a suggestion I'd work better without it, which irks me because partners have told me I'm efficient, and also because I feel like it lacks an awareness that people's bodies are different

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Just tell him that you need it because otherwise your hands get so cold it's harder for you to type. My desk was under a vent one year and it was known that I and other female attorneys and staff had to periodically run our hands under warm water just so we could thaw them well enough to type.

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Sounds miserable. I've totally been there though where it's too cold.to type

The next time he makes the "joke", just politely ask him if he has a concern bc you noticed he's mentioned it a few times. Hopefully he'll be embarrassed and apologize bc it's such a weird thing to glom onto without an underlying reason.

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“Weird that you’re so sensitive that heat would affect you that way. Bye.” Like, mind your own f*ing business, dude. I hate when people think they know what will work best for others.

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Yeah same. Like it's such a control freak thing for the most random thing

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“Actually I get sleepy when I’m cold.” The only response you need. It is none of his business and weird to grab onto.

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Thanks and agree

I just feel like it's very much a guy thing to overheat, and women tend to be more comfortable in warmer environments, and the fact he doesn't understand that and assumes I'd react to a 74 degree room the same way he would is stupid. And people, including his underling seniors, have told me they staff me because I'm efficient. I'm getting a lot of work done. I do also bill a lot, including on his cases, but I don't think that makes me inefficient just a pushover for not saying no. And I guarantee I'd be getting less done if I left my office at 65/68. That is literally my bedtime temperature.

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I have a space heater in my office and it makes me super sleepy.

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I think they just try to make conversation and it’s annoying. I wouldn’t think too much of it or you can say actually people tell me I’m really efficient, do you not think so?

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